| Abstract: | Lake Carlton straddles the line between Lake and Orange Counties in central Florida. The 382-acre lake is highly eutrophic and subject to virtually perpetual algal blooms. The Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission has proposed to restore the lake to a less eutrophic state by dewatering the lake long enough to allow the muck on its bottom to dry and compact. Lake Carlton would be permanently sealed off from Lake Carlton. On the assumption that the seasonal rainfall would be normal, and that the dewatering phase would begin on March 1, the predicted time required to dewater the lake at a pumping rate of 50,000 gpm (gallons per minute) is 21 days. The average rate of pumping required to maintain the lake in a dewatered condition is computed to be 2,400 gpm. If pumping is ended May 31, the predicted altitude to which the lake would recover by October 31 as a result of net natural input is 56.2 feet above sea level. Raising the lake level to 63 feet above sea level by October 31 would require that the net natural input be supplemented at an average rate of about 4,860 gpm between May 31 and October 31. (Woodard-USGS) |
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| ProdID: | 25936 |
| Citation Author: | Anderson, Warren; Hughes, G. H. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iv, 31 p. :ill., maps ;26 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, |
| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 76-131 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Hydrologic considerations in dewatering and refilling Lake Carlton : Orange and Lake Counties, Florida; 1977; WRI; 76-131; Anderson, Warren; Hughes, G. H. |
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| Text: | Hydrologic considerations in dewatering and refilling Lake Carlton : Orange and Lake Counties, Florida; 1977; WRI; 76-131; Anderson, Warren; Hughes, G. H. |
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| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, |
