Kissingen Springs

[10] This water enters the aquifer from local groundwater recharge areas that include the Lake Wales Ridge and other relict islands to the east and north.

[15][16] A hydrology report on Peace River points to efforts to repair damage caused by the lowering of the Floridan Aquifer water level.

[20] The Southwest Florida Water Management District has developed a plan to restore waterflow to Kissingen Springs.

[21] 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.

[citation needed] There is a project to raise the level of Lake Hancock and start a larger flow towards Peace River.

[23] The intent of these two projects is to increase the clean flow of Peace River and recharge the aquifer around the Kissengen Spring area.

The Lake Hancock Outfall Wetland Project (LHOWP) is a large-scale, flow-through, wetland to improve the quality of water that discharges from Lake Hancock to Saddle Creek and ultimately to the Peace River and Charlotte Harbor.

The project site is located adjacent to and south of Lake Hancock in Bartow, Polk County, Florida.

The finished project is expected to consist of a 1,008 acres (408 ha) treatment wetland located on former reclaimed phosphate mine clay settling areas now owned by the Southwest Florida Water Management District.

The cells will incorporate narrow planting strips separated by larger natural recruitment zones.

Peace River has several openings into the karst conduits and millions of gallons of water flow underground instead of down the riverbed.