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. Comments can also be sent to: 6200 Park Avenue, Suite 200, Des Moines, Iowa 50321.
Water Use Permits for Review
Find permit document details at: www.iowadnr.gov/waterusepermits
Chickasaw County
Aquamarinebrook, LLC, 1020 Pembroke Ave, Lawler, IA 52154
Log No. 34,189
Aquamarinebrook, LLC, requests a new water use permit to withdraw water from one Devonian aquifer well, located on land generally described as the NW ¼ of the SE ¼ T97N, R13W, S34 Chickasaw County, Iowa, in the maximum quantity of 12.8 million gallons per year, at a maximum rate of 120 gallons per minute during the period April 1 to September 30 of each year for operation of a confined animal feeding operation on said land.
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 for the application is available upon request to the Department 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 March 27.