page_title: Kissingen Springs
section_title: Restoration
hierarchical_section_title: Kissingen Springs / Restoration
caption_attribution_description: English: Streamflow changes along upper Peace River, Fl
context_page_description: Kissingen Spring was a natural spring formerly flowing in Polk County, Southwest Florida. It was also a venue for recreation until it dried up in 1950. Hundreds of wells drilled into the Floridan Aquifer may have caused the demise of the springs. Its site is located near the northern end of Peace River, approximately 3/4 mile east of U.S. Highway 17 and 4 miles south of Florida SR 60 / south of Bartow.
context_section_description: It is not known whether the water shortage at Kissengen Spring is real and permanent, or the result of a period of lower than average rainfall coupled with decades of pre-regulatory overdrafting of the aquifer.
  There is a project to raise the level of Lake Hancock and start a larger flow towards Peace River.
  To restore Kissengen Spring, the aquifer must be recharged with enough water to recreate the original spring pressure.  Peace River will have to be restored to the year round minimal flow.  During May, much of the upper Peace River goes dry.  This dry period is hindering the aquifer recharge and revitalzation of Kissengen Spring.
  The intent of these two projects is to increase the clean flow of Peace River and recharge the aquifer around the Kissengen Spring area.
caption: Streamflow changes along upper Peace River
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