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Lake Okeechobee (US: / oʊ k i ˈ tʃ oʊ b i / oh-kee-CHOH-bee) [1] is the largest freshwater lake in the U.S. state of Florida. [2] It is the eighth-largest natural freshwater lake among the 50 states of the United States and the second-largest natural freshwater lake contained entirely within the contiguous 48 states, after Lake Michigan.
Thirty-three hundred cubic feet per second (cfs) or 2.1 billion gallons of water from Lake Okeechobee is discharged through the St. Lucie Lock and Dam on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, in Martin County.
The Army Corps of Engineers will release as much as an average 904.84 million gallons of water a day into the river to lower the lake level from 16 feet — which is 1.4 feet higher than this time ...
Fisheating Creek is a stream that flows into Lake Okeechobee in Florida. It is the only remaining free-flowing water course feeding into the lake, and the second-largest natural source for the lake. Most of the land surrounding the stream is either publicly owned or under conservation easements restricting development. The lower part of the ...
What are Lake Okeechobee discharges? ... C-44 Canal from Lake O to Stuart. The C-44 Canal's water level poses issues of its own. When it's too low (below 14 feet), the agency opens the Port Mayaca ...
Great Salt Lake: Utah: 950 sq mi 2,460 km 2: natural salt [4] 9 Lake Oahe: North Dakota–South Dakota: 685 sq mi 1,774 km 2: man-made [5] 10 Lake Okeechobee: Florida: 662 sq mi 1,715 km 2: natural [6] 11 Lake Pontchartrain: Louisiana: 631 sq mi 1,634 km 2: natural brackish [7] 12 Lake Sakakawea: North Dakota: 520 sq mi 1,347 km 2: man-made 13 ...
Some clean-water advocates blamed recent Lake Okeechobee discharges on ... The new rules say the Army Corps of Engineers can discharge 2.3 billion gallons a day when the lake level is 16.5 feet or ...
An aerial views of the St. Lucie Inlet on Feb. 26, 2024 shows the dark water from Lake Okeechobee discharges entering the South Fork 9 miles upstream. So far, 15 billion gallons of gunky water ...