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
Jackson County
City of Maquoketa, 110 Pershing Rd., Maquoketa, IA 52060
Log No. 34,835
The City of Maquoketa requests a modified water use permit authorizing the withdrawal of water from one buried sand and gravel aquifer well, approximately 99 feet deep, located in the NE ¼ of the NE ¼ of Section 24, T84N, R2E, and three existing Cambrian-Ordovician (Jordan Sandstone) aquifer wells, approximately 2,140 to 2,325 feet deep, located in the NE ¼ of the NE ¼ and the SW ¼ of the SE ¼ of Section 24, T84N, R2E, and the SW ¼ of the SW ¼ of Section 19, T84N, R3E, all in Jackson County, Iowa, in the maximum total quantity of 400 million gallons per year at a maximum total rate of 2400 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. Permittee may withdraw water at a maximum rate of 1,200 gallons per minute from each well during periods of emergency use.
This modification entails the increase in annual total maximum quantity from 350 million gallons of water in a year to 400 million gallons of water per year.
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 23.
Hardin County
Pine Lake Corn Processors, 33275 10th St., Steamboat Rock, IA 50672
Log No. 34,615
Pine Lake Corn Processors requests to modify a permit authorizing withdrawal of water from seven existing Mississippian Limestone aquifer wells, all approximately 200 feet deep, six wells located in the SW ¼ of Section 3, one well located in the NW ¼ of Section 10, T88N, R19W, Hardin County, Iowa, and one Cambrian-Ordovician (Jordan Sandstone) well, approximately 8 inches in diameter and 2,000 feet deep, pumping at 700 gallons per minute, in the SW ¼ of Section 3, T88N, R19W, Hardin County, all withdrawals in the maximum total quantity of 345 million gallons per year at a maximum total rate of 1,670 gallons per minute for use in the production of fuel grade ethanol on the facility located in the SW ¼ of Section 3, T88N, R19W, Hardin County, Iowa.
This proposed permit modification represents an increase in the yearly withdrawal quantity (320 million gallons per year to 345 million gallons per year), an increase to the instantaneous pumping rate from 1,150 gallons per minute to 1,670 gallons per minute, and the increase in production from the new Jordan Sandstone well for redundancy, as above-described.
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 19.