Kissimee data

• how long is river

  165km
• floodplain

  5km
• when was river channelised

  1960s
• dredged a ... deep channel

  30 foot
• engineering changes

  1962-71
• transformed into a

  90km, 10m deep drainage canal
• how much floodplain wetlands drained by building of canal

  2/3
• how much river restored

  100km
• started and completed

  started 1999

  completed 2015
• benefits how much wildlife species

  320
• how much wetlands created

  11,000 hectares
• how long does water stay in drainage basin for during a flood

  1 day

  previously 11 days
• precanal average flow

  0.05 m/s
• wetland loss

  14000 hectares
• reduction in wading birds

  90%
• navigable depths maintained

  90%
• cost

  400m
• initial channelisation cost

  20m