Webster County Groundwater Impact Committee Report for Watershed Committee of the Ozarks Board Springfield, MO Nov. 3, 2006

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Webster CountyGroundwater Impact Committee
ReportforWatershed Committee of the Ozarks
BoardSpringfield, MONov. 3, 2006

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Committee MembersAppointed by County Commission

• Bob Schultheis - Natural resource engineering
  specialist
• Marshfield, MO (Committee Chair)
• Larry Alberty - Fordland area businessman
• Fordland, MO
• Karen Asher - Seymour area farmer
• Seymour, MO
• Joe Blaine - Soil scientist
• Seymour, MO
• Joyce Noland - District technician, Webster
  County SWCD
• Marshfield, MO

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Proposed ethanol plant site isin James River
Basin Watershed
Map source www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wpp/watersheds/inf
o/ws-11010002.htm
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Proposed site NE¼ of Section 15, Township 28N,
Range 19W in Webster County, MO
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Property is in two school districtsand two fire
districts
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GBE Reasons for Site Selection

• Yes
• Lay of the land
• Proximity to a natural gas pipeline
• Easy access to railroad four-lane highway
• Can ship corn cheaper than shipping ethanol
• 90 of grain arrive by rail, 10 by truck
• No
• Large livestock industry in southern Missouri
• Planning and zoning never came to mind

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GBE Ethanol Plant Estimates 1

• Inputs
• 194 rail cars per week (data from GBE)
• 3,500 bushels per rail car
• 2.70 gallons of ethanol per bushel
• 4.84 gallons of water per gallon of
  ethanol
• 17.0 pounds of DDGs per bushel of grain
• 24 hours per day of operations
• 50 weeks of operation per year
• 10,000 KwH electrical demand, if no gas used
  (data from GBE)

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GBE Ethanol Plant Estimates 2

• Outputs
• 97,000 bushels of grain processed per day
• 825 tons of DDGs produced per day
• 261,900 GPD of ethanol produced
• 1,833,300 gallons of ethanol produced per week
  (data from GBE)
• 76 rail cars per week _at_ 24,000 gal.
  each
• 1,267,600 GPD of water required per day
• 880 GPM of water (data from GBE)
• 47 acre-inches of water per day (if
  irrigated)

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Soils are wet-natured due to a restrictive layer
approximately two feet below the surface.
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Predominant wind direction forApril-September is
from SSE to NNW
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Pollution Risk Areas
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Losing streams leak water underground in
unpredictable directions with little or no
filtering
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Sinkholes are direct conduits forsurface water
to travel underground
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Possible well locations to give2000-foot
separation distance
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What Happens to Discharge Water?

• Unclear from GBE how much water will be
  discharged
• 880 GPM 47 acre-inches per day
• Soils will hold total of 3.5-5.0 inches of water
• Annual precipitation and evaporation are nearly
  equal
• Rest must be discharged to drainage-ways
• How much will recycling concentrate the discharge
  water? Whats in it?

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Equivalent Conversions

• 880 GPM water 21,000 persons _at_ 60 GPD
  3,520-unit housing
  development _at_ 6
  people per house 808
  acres _at_ 10,000 sq.ft. per lot
  
• 10,000 KwH 5,100 houses _at_ 1,400 KwH per month
  
• 825 tons DDGs/day 825,000 head of cattle
  _at_ 2 lbs. fed per
  day 5,680
  acres of feedlot
  _at_ 300 sq.ft. per animal

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Other Considerations

• Noise from hammermills dryers
• Light pollution
• Odor
• Air emissions(EPA proposal would increase
  allowable levels from 100 tons/year to 250
  tons/year)
• Safety from explosion and fire
• Traffic on Highway 60 and railroad
• Can the plant be converted to cellulosic ethanol?

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Will the Jobs Help the County?

• 200-300 outside workers during construction
• 35-45 employees _at_35,000/year 2.1 million
  annual payroll
• Rail car loading/unloading
• Scale operators for weighing trucks
• Laboratory personnel
• Clerical workers
• Will all employees live in Webster Countyand buy
  here?

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Equivalent Residential Demand

• 880 GPM water 21,000 persons _at_ 60 GPD
• 10,000 KwH 5,100 houses _at_ 1400 KwH per
  month

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For More Information, Contact
Paul Ipock Webster County Presiding
Commissioner Courthouse, 1st Floor Marshfield, MO
65706 417-859-4250 (Mondays or Tuesdays)
417-859-2223 (County Clerk)