Lake Okeechobee Conditions Report December  23, 2008:

According to the USACE web site, Lake Okeechobee stage is 14.07’ NGVD, which is 0.10’ lower than a week ago, 0.27’ lower than a month ago, and 3.82’ higher than it was a year ago.  The current stage is 0.61’ below the historical average for this date, and 0.50’ above the simulated historical average for the current regulation schedule (LORS2008).  Total reported inflows are 115 cfs and include contributions from S65E (98 cfs) and Fisheating Creek (17 cfs).  Total reported outflows are 958 and include environmental releases to the Caloosahatchee River (434 cfs), water-supply releases through S352 (136 cfs) and S354 (144 cfs), and releases to the L8 at Canal Point (244 cfs).

 

Monthly phytoplankton monitoring was performed at all nine sites last Thursday (December 18th). Mean secchi depth was 0.44 m (compared to 0.40 m in November) with greatest depths (> 0.60 m) in the north and west. Chlorophyll and toxin data are not yet available but an isolated light water-column bloom was observed near the Clewiston Water Intake. 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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