Lake Okeechobee Conditions Report December 30, 2008:
According to the USACE web site, Lake
Okeechobee stage is 14.03’ NGVD, which is 0.04’ lower
than a week ago, 0.22’ lower than a month ago, and 3.75’ higher
than it was a year ago. The current stage is 0.62’ below the
historical average for this date, and 0.51’ above the simulated
historical average for the current regulation schedule (LORS2008). Total
reported inflows are 246 cfs and include
contributions from S65E (106 cfs), S71 (126 cfs) and Fisheating Creek (14 cfs). Total reported outflows are 1315 and include
environmental releases to the Caloosahatchee
River (412 cfs), water-supply releases through S351, S352, and S354
(583 cfs), and releases to the L8 at Canal Point (266
cfs) and to the St. Lucie Canal at S308 (54 cfs).
Next Monday (January 5), the District in cooperation with the
USACE and the FWC will begin aerially treating approximately 1000 acres of
water hyacinth and water lettuce. This treatment is directed at
eliminating large rafts of these floating plants along the shoreline, primarily
between Fisheating
Bay and the Kissimmee
River. Spray boat operations that began after TS Fay will also
continue treating an additional 500 acres of these species. These
treatments will impose no water use or fishing restrictions.
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