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
Johnson County
City of Coralville, PO BOX 5127, Coralville, Iowa 52241
Log No. 34,225
The City of Coralville Water Department requests a newly modified permit authorizing withdrawal of water from three existing Silurian Dolomite aquifer wells, between 420 and 500 feet deep, located in the NW ¼ of the NE ¼ of Section 6, T79N, R06W; the NE ¼ of the SW ¼ of Section 31, T80N, R06W; and the SW ¼ of the SW ¼ of Section 32, T80N, R06W; from two new Silurian Dolomite wells, each 501 feet deep, located in Section 29, T80N, R06W; from three Cambrian-Ordovician (Jordan Sandstone) aquifer wells, between 1,715 and 1,740 feet deep, located on land generally described as the SE ¼ of the NE ¼ of Section 31, the SW ¼ of the SW ¼ of Section 32, T80N, R06W, and the NW ¼ of the NW ¼ of Section 5, T79N, R06W: and from three buried sand and gravel aquifer wells, between 80 and 90 feet deep, one located in the SE ¼ of the SW ¼ of Section 31, T80N, R06W, and two located in the NW ¼ of the NE ¼ of Section 6, T79N, R06W; all located in the City-established Well Fields in Johnson County, Iowa, in the maximum amount of 1650 million gallons per year at a maximum rate of 5,000 gallons per minute (10.0 cubic feet per second) throughout each year for municipal purposes within and without the permittee’s corporate limits consistent with its municipal distribution system and other provisions of law.
The permit modification is designed to accommodate the system’s future increased operation. The system is adding two Silurian Dolomite wells as above-described.
The Department has determined that these uses of water conform to the relevant criteria (Iowa Code Chapter 455B and Iowa Administrative Code Chapter 567) and recommends the permits 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 February 16.
Monona County
Joyce E. Bentley Revocable Trust, 23014 Filbert Ave., Onawa, IA 51040
Log No. 34,184
Joyce E. Bentley Revocable Trust requests to modify an existing water use permit (No. 10433), to withdraw water from two Missouri River alluvial wells, one located in the SE ¼ of the SW ¼ of Section 23, in the maximum quantity of 98 acre-feet per year, at a maximum rate of 1000 gallons per minute; and one located in the W ½ of Section 25, in the maximum quantity of 120 acre-feet per year, at a maximum rate of 850 gallons per minute, at a maximum of 16 hours per day; both within T83N, R46W, Monona County, Iowa, during the period April 1 to September 30 of each year for irrigation of up to 250 acres of general farm crops on land generally described as all of Section 26, the S ½ of Section 23, the W ½ of Section 25, and the SW ¼ of the SW ¼ of Section 24, all within T83N, R46W, Monona County, Iowa.
The modification requests to increase the number of Missouri River alluvial aquifer wells from one well to two wells, increase the maximum annual water allocation from 98 acre-feet per year (AFY) to 218 AFY, and increasing the maximum water withdrawal rate from 1,000 gallons per minute (GPM) to 1,850 GPM.
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 February 13.