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SOUTHFLORIDAWATERMANAGEMENTDISTRICT

Water Conditions Summary

South Florida Water Management District
Governing Board Meeting
July 16, 2015

Jeff Kivett, PE, Division Director

Operations, Engineering & Construction
South Florida Water Management District

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201314DRYSEASON:
OnlyJanuaryaboveaverage
DrySeasonended92%ofaverage

2014WETSEASON:
May26th

Oct4th

Nearaverage(108%)

201415DRYSEASON:
Maywas51%belowaverage
DrySeason86%ofaverage

2015WETSEASON:
Belowaveragefor
first45days

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SFWMD

June 2015 Rainfall

(02-Jun to 01-Jul)

DISTRICT-WIDE: 6.09
(74% of Avg, or -2.17)

All District rainfall areas,

with the exception of the
Upper Kissimmee, recorded
below average rainfall for
June 2015

Largest deficit is for Eastern

Broward, with -6.67

Driest May-June since 2004

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SFWMD

Wet Season Rainfall

(02-Jun to 14-Jul 2015)

DISTRICT-WIDE: 8.19
(73% of Avg, or -3.02)

Upper Kissimmee is 5%
above average

Lower Kissimmee and East

Caloosahatchee are less
than 10% below average.

All other District basins

have a rainfall deficit for the
wet season up to date

Eastern Broward has a

deficit of around 8.9 for this
wet season
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SFWMD

July 2015 Rainfall

(02-Jul to 13-Jul)

DISTRICT-WIDE: 2.10
(71% of Avg, or -0.85)

Lower Kissimmee and

Southwest Coast basins are
above average

Rest of basins are all below

average

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F L O R I D A

W A T E R

M A N A G E M E N T

D I S T R I C T

SouthFlorida

LastMonth
CurrentConditions
85%ofthegroundwatermonitoringwellsinMiamiDadeCountyareatthelowest10percent
ofpastwaterelevationsfortheirindividualperiodsofrecord(notsurprisingbecausewe
typicallyneverhavethisdryofconditionsinthemiddleofJuly).

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U. S. Seasonal Precipitation Outlook

National Climate Prediction Center (CPC)

Jul 2015

Oct-Dec 2015

Jul-Sep 2015

EC=Equal
Chances

Posted 30June2015

A
B
3340 ~30
N
3037

Posted 18June 2015

Posted 18June2015

The most-recent CPC precipitation outlooks for central & southern Florida indicate:
- Increased chances of Below-Normal (B) rainfall for July, higher likelihood for Lake O and north
- Equal chances of Above-Normal (A), Normal (N) & Below-Normal (B) rainfall for the 2015 wet season
- Increased chances of Above-Normal rainfall for 2015-16 dry season
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Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Ifwecontinuetofollow10th percentile,LakeOkeechobeecanbeexpectedtocrossintowatershortage
managementzone+/ theweekofAugust10th.

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2015 WET SEASON

2015-16 DRY SEASON

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Low chance (<5%) stage rises

above the Low Sub-band during
most of the wet season.
Higher chance (~8%) in Oct/Nov

~75% chance wet season stage

is within or above the Baseflow
Sub-band from Sep-Dec

2015 WET SEASON

2015-16 DRY SEASON

50% chance
stage falls in
purple-shaded
region

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WaterShortagePreparedness

Water Shortage Management Plans guide response

activities.

Similar to hurricane or flood response, water shortage

managed through Emergency Management with
specialized teams

Increased public information and outreach on need

for water conservation in the Lower East Coast

Evaluating groundwater monitoring data from LEC

utilities and USGS to identify any potential increase in
chlorides as indication of salt water intrusion

Monitoring operating levels in the STAs

Initiating communications with major water user

groups (utilities, agriculture, golf courses, Tribe)

Water Shortage planning team meeting weekly

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2015OperationsUptoDate
C10A

Lake Okeechobee

S352
S354

LakeOkeechobeeregulatoryreleases
totidethroughL8andC51canals

S351

EAA

WCA-1

G200A

WCA-2A

G404

WCA-2B

WCA-3A

WCA-3B

L.Okeechobee maximumpractical
regulatoryreleasestoWCA1,2A,3ANW
Corner(G404),HoleyLand,and
Rotenberger throughSTA1E/1W,STA2,
andSTA3/4 May1 June12015,31,700
acrefeet.
LakeOkeechobeesupplemental
irrigationreleasestoLOSA,water
supplytoSTAsandLECurbanareas
WCA1,2A,and3Areleasesfor
watersupplyasneeded

Everglades NP
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July:Locationshurricanesmostlikely
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Discussion?

S334SpillwayandS356PumpStationlocatedontheL29(Tamiami)Canal.
WestoftheintersectionwiththeL30andL31Ncanals.