Based on these findings, environmental restoration goals and objectives for the Kissimmee River were formulated. Continuous flow to be from July to October, with highest discharges in SeptemberNovember, and lowest discharges in MarchMay. Average velocities between 0.3 and 0.6 cu. Stage Recession rates that typically do not exceed 0.3 m per month. Stage hydrographs in floodplains with inundation frequencies comparable to prechannelization hydroperiods, including seasonal and longterm variability patterns.
Alternative restoration plans Restoration efforts are underway in the Kissimmee River.
The project's immense cost does not only comprises labor but also land acquisitions. The restoration plan will involve the upper and lower basin portions of the Kissimmee area and river. Mass transport of this material was shown not to occur. These studies also indicate that unfilled sections of C38 would severely limit restoration efforts by causing high velocities in remnant meanders causing inadequate floodplain inundation frequencies, and rapid recession of flood waters. The most important constraint in the restorative planning and modeling efforts was flood control.