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16th Annual Public Meeting on the Long-Term Plan for Achieving Water Quality Goals for the
Everglades Protection Areas Tributary BasinsFebruary 25, 2019
Jose Otero, PESection AdministratorEverglades Policy and Coordination Division
System Conditions
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Rainfall in June 2017
▪ Vey wet in LO watershed
▪ Extremely wet in EAA and WCAs
Rainfall in September 2017
▪ Extremely wet in LO watershed
▪ Extremely wet in EAA
▪ Very wet in WCAs
Lake Okeechobee
WCA 3A
System Conditions in Water Year 2018
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2017 2018
May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Steep rise in stage due to
very high rainfall in June and
Hurricane Irma in September
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System Conditions in Water Year 2019 (partial)
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2018 2019
May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Lake Okeechobee
WCA 3A
Steep rise in stage due
to record May rainfall
Rainfall in May 2018
▪ LO watershed, EAA, and WCAs
received about 300% of normal
rainfall
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WY18 WY19 (partial WY) WY2015 (highest lake releases)
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tVolume of STA Inflow by Water Year
Basin Runoff Lake Releases RS Assumption *
Inflow to STAs in Water Years 2018 and 2019
* Restoration Strategies assumes a long-term annual average 58,300 acre-feet of
lake releases to the STAs (STA-3/4) to achieve the WQBELs
Dry season rainfall in Water Year 2015
▪ Normal to above normal in Lake
Okeechobee watershed
▪ Below normal in EAA and WCAs
