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 [email protected] 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
Cherokee County
City of Aurelia, 236 Main St., Aurelia, IA 51005
Log No. 34,835
The City of Aurelia requests a newly-modified water use permit authorizing withdrawals of withdraw water from two existing and one proposed Cretaceous Dakota Sandstone wells, about 305 feet to 400 feet deep, Well # 1, located in the SW ¼ of the SW ¼ of the NE ¼ of Section 10, Well No. 4, located in the S ½ of the SE ¼ of the NW ¼ of Section 10, and new well #5, located in the SE ¼ of Section 10, all in T91N, R39W, Cherokee County, Iowa, in the maximum quantity of 45 million gallons per year at a maximum rate of 470 gallons per minute 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 proposed permit modification represents the addition of one Cretaceous Dakota Sandstone well as described above. It also represents no change in yearly allocation from 45 million gallons per year, and the increase in instantaneous pumping capacity from 450 gallons per minute to 470 gallons per minute.
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 at the website address listed above, or upon request to the Department at the address listed above. Public comments can be sent to [email protected], and should specify the applicant's log number. The public comment period ends November 5.