DES MOINES – The DNR Water Quality Bureau has the following draft water use permits posted for public review. Water use permits regulate how Iowa’s water resources are allocated to ensure facilities use water efficiently and responsibly, at rates and quantities consistent with permit conditions.
As part of the permit review process, the public has the right, and is encouraged, to comment on draft water use permits. Please submit any comments to wateruse@dnr.iowa.gov by 4:30 p.m. on the last day of the comment period.
Water Use Permits for Review
Find permit document details at: www.iowadnr.gov/waterusepermits
Linn County
Cedar Rapids Community School District - Harrison Elementary, 1310 11th St NW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52405
Log No. 34,185
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Iowa Code Chapter 455B, there is now on file with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Water Supply Engineering Section, 6200 Park Avenue, Suite “200” Des Moines, Iowa 50321 an application as described below.
Cedar Rapids Community School District requests one new industrial-type water use permit for geothermal heating and cooling for Harrison Elementary, authorizing withdrawals of water from two new Silurian Dolomite withdrawal wells and two Silurian Dolomite water re-injection wells, each about 560 feet deep, on land generally described as the SE ¼ of the NW ¼ of Section 20, T83N, R07W, Linn County, Iowa, in the maximum quantity of 158.0 million gallons per year at a maximum rate of (up to) 300 gallons per minute throughout each year for geothermal purposes (heating/cooling/reinjection) within and without the Permittee's school district property.
The analysis indicates that the requested amount of water is available, and can be used in a beneficial way.
The Department has determined that this use of water conforms to the relevant criteria (Iowa Code Chapter 455B and Iowa Administrative Code Chapter 567) and recommends the permit be granted.
A copy of the summary report is available upon request to the Water Quality Bureau at the address listed above. Public comments can be sent to wateruse@dnr.iowa.gov, and should specify the applicant's log number. The public comment period ends January 26.
Dallas County
Hillcrest Country Club, 27749 Prospect Ave, Adel, IA 50003
Log No. 34,139
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Iowa Code Chapter 455B, there is now on file with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Water Supply Engineering Section, 6200 Park Ave. Suite 200, Des Moines, IA 50321, an application as described below.
Hillcrest Country Club requests to modify an existing water use permit (No. 2639-M7), authorizing to withdraw water directly from the North Raccoon River and from a Dallas County gravel pit, and from a North Raccoon River alluvial well, approximately 45 feet deep, all in the NE ¼ of Section 28, T79N, R27W, Dallas County, Iowa, in the maximum total quantity of 50 acre-feet per year at a maximum rate from each source up to 290 gallons per minute; storage of said water in a golf course irrigation pond (Hillcrest Pond) with a surface area of about 1.5 acres; withdrawal of water from said irrigation pond in the maximum quantity of 50 acre-feet per year at a maximum rate of 400 gallons per minute, for a maximum cumulative total quantity of 100 acre-feet per year at a maximum cumulative instantaneous rate of 1270 gallons per minute, all during the period of April 1 through October 31 of each year, for irrigation of a nine-hole golf course located on land generally described as part of the SE ¼ of the SE ¼ of Section 21, part of the SW ¼ of the SW ¼ of Section 22, and part of the N ½ of the NE ¼ of the NE ¼ of Section 28, all in T79N, R27W, Dallas County, Iowa.
The Department has determined that this use of water conforms to the relevant criteria (Iowa Code Chapter 455B and Iowa Administrative Code 567) and recommends the permit be granted.
A copy of the summary report is available upon request to the Water Quality Bureau at the address listed above. Public comments can be sent to wateruse@dnr.iowa.gov, and should specify the applicant's log number. The public comment period ends January 22.