Water use permits for review, published 03/26/2026

• Thursday, March 26, 2026

• News Release

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

Carroll County

Landus Cooperative, 2321 N Loop Dr. Ste. 200, Ames, IA 50010

Log No. 34,404

Landus Cooperative requests a newly modified industrial water use permit authorizing withdrawals of two existing and one new Pleistocene sand and gravel wells, about 160 feet deep, located in the SE ¼ of NW ¼ of Section 36, T84N, R33W, Carroll County, Iowa, in the maximum quantity of 34.0 million gallons per year at a maximum rate of 90 gallons per minute, throughout the year each year for use as production water for processing primarily soy products, on land generally described as the NW ¼ of Section 36, T84N, R33W, Carroll 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 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 wateruse@dnr.iowa.gov, and should specify the applicant's log number. The public comment period ends April 16.