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Today, the issue is not only
protecting water sources, but also finding & permitting them.
Schreuder, Inc. provides cost-effective, creative & customized solutions to water
use/reuse & environmental issues facing you.
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Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC
SI
has provided technical assistance to Mosaic Fertilizer LLC in combining and
renewing water use permits for its mining and fertilizer manufacturing
operations in Florida. In 1996, SI helped the Mosaic predecessor company
to consolidate water use permits for 11 mines and 3 chemical plants for a total
annual average water supply of 485 million gallons per day (mgd) from the
Floridan Aquifer.
In 2000, SI helped Mosaic
predecessor company Cargill Fertilizer to combine 2 water use permit for 6mgd
for its Riverview chemical plant. The water sources are Lithia and
Buckhorn Springs, tributary to the Alafia River.
In 2006, SI began work to
consolidate and renew water use permits for Mosaic's combined companies for 8
mines and 5 chemical plants, The total combined water use is planned at
76.7 mgd from the Floridan Aquifer.
During the permitting process, SI
provided groundwater modeling, evaluations of the proposed groundwater
withdrawals to consider groundwater impacts over a 5000 square mile area.
The modeling evaluations demonstrated no adverse impacts for the proposed
withdrawals. |