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Lake Okeechobee Update. This has been a very wet year Current lake elevation: 15.6’ Last year elevation: 15.11’ 2 years ago: 10.93’ At 16.0’ elevation – 1% failure At 18.0’ elevation – 45% failure At 21.0’ elevation – 100% failure Rate of inflow is 6 times greater than outflow.
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Lake Okeechobee Update • This has been a very wet year • Current lake elevation: 15.6’ • Last year elevation: 15.11’ • 2 years ago: 10.93’ • At 16.0’ elevation – 1% failure • At 18.0’ elevation – 45% failure • At 21.0’ elevation – 100% failure • Rate of inflow is 6 times greater than outflow. • Of the 32 lake culverts to be replaced or removed; • 12 are under contract • 1 is under construction • 1 has been replaced • Completed by 2018 • Source: SFWMD
2013 Discharges to the Caloosahatchee Estuary Data are provisional and subject to change Data through Sep 9th • Source: SFWMD