Welcome to S-79,
Also known as the W.P Franklin Lock and Dam.
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| The Caloosahatchee River is the highwater outlet for the Lake |
But managers think of it more as a flow structure.
Record rains have caused those gates to open up to relieve pressure on the upstream Lake’s levee. That hasn’t been a major problem over the past few years but it is now ever since the Lake rose over a foot in the past month.
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| Hydrograph of Lake O stage over the past several years relative to eco-operational thresholds and historical stats |
That’s good for the levee but bad for the estuaries downstream.
