Field Office Compliance - Assistance

Assistance ID - 56400
Osceola Water Works - 310338248
2320 WEST CLAY STREET Osceola, IA 50213
Clarke County

FO 5

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1/22/2013 From: OSCEOLAWATER DEPARTMENT mailto:osceolawater@wildblue.net Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 11:04 AM To: Gastineau, Janet [DNR] Subject: Re: drought planning Ok thanks.... On 1/22/13, Gastineau, Janet [DNR] Janet.Gastineau@dnr.iowa.gov> wrote: No on the NPDES permit time frame. I would check with the supervisor of that section to see if a permit would even be needed. Lamoni does not have one for this purpose, so it may not be necessary. I would contact Adam Schnieders at (515) 281-7409 or Adam.Schnieders@dnr.iowa.gov. -----Original Message----- From: OSCEOLAWATER DEPARTMENT [mailto:osceolawater@wildblue.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:42 AM To: Gastineau, Janet [DNR] Subject: Re: drought planning Janet, I did hear that that the governor had set aside 2 million in his budget. That is very encouraging for us. My understanding is that the lake level won't affect the casino. They are not required to take the boat out anymore. I was told the boat could just simple sit on the lake bottom. Do you know the time frame to get a NPDES permit if they choose this option? Brandon JANET GASTINEAU
1/22/2013 From: Alt, Dennis [DNR] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 9:03 AM To: Gastineau, Janet [DNR] Cc: Schnieders, Adam [DNR]; Pham, Anne [DNR]; Anderson, Michael [DNR]; Neleigh, Jim [DNR]; Bunton, Jennifer [DNR]; Veerabhadrappa, Taroon [DNR]; Grapp, Shelli [DNR] Subject: RE: Osceola source water question There is no restriction about pumping water from one lake to another. Even though this is termed a temporary line, they may need an NPDES permit. They should also take into consideration the impact of increased surface area and evaporative losses when moving water from a small lake to the larger lake. This could be reduced by pumping it directly to the water treatment plant. The downside of pumping it to the treatment is the difference in water quality and perhaps the impact on treatment process changes and finished water quality. They will need to apply for a temporary water use registrations. They can apply on line. The forms are also available via our web site. If they plan to continue this practice in future years, they will need to apply for a modification of the water allocation and use permit. JANET GASTINEAU
1/22/2013 From: Gastineau, Janet [DNR] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 9:02 AM To: 'OSCEOLAWATER DEPARTMENT' Subject: drought planning Dennis Alt thought there was $2 million in the governor’s budget for the new reservoir…do you know anything about that? His first reaction was that it might be more efficient to pump directly to the WTP because of evaporation, but if you wanted to pump overland from one to the other the DNR wouldn’t have a problem with it. However, he also thought there was a chance that it may need an NPDES permit, like you have for your lagoon discharge, because you are discharging into a recreational lake. Is the casino worried about the boat staying afloat? JANET GASTINEAU
1/22/2013 From: Gastineau, Janet [DNR] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 8:25 AM To: Alt, Dennis [DNR]; Anderson, Michael [DNR]; Bunton, Jennifer [DNR]; Veerabhadrappa, Taroon [DNR] Cc: Petersen, Ted [DNR] Subject: Osceola source water question Osceola is concerned about their lake level and called asking if the department would approve a temporary line from a small lake about a mile away that they could take water from and dump into West Lake. The operator always believed the line from the source had to be directly piped to the WTP. I’m thinking of Lamoni where the two lakes are used to pump into the primary source water, so that’s not the case, but maybe standards have changed since Lamoni constructed their source waters. The small lake they are considering pumping [overland] from has a pretty small watershed, so it would just be a temporary solution. They are getting close to implementing phase 1 of their drought/conservation plan. JANET GASTINEAU
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