Map source:
www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wpp/ watersheds/info/ws-11010002.htm |
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Map source:
cares.missouri.edu |
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Map source:
cares.missouri.edu |
Proposed ethanol
plant site is in James River Basin Watershed, east of
Rogersville, MO.
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The proposed ethanol plant site is
a 252-acre property northeast of the junction of U.S. Highway 60
and Porter Crossing Road. The approximate location is the NEĽ of
Section 15, Township 28N, Range 19W in Webster County, MO. |
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The proposed site straddles the
school district and fire protection district boundaries of Rogersville and Fordland, MO. |
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Map source:
cares.missouri.edu |
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Map source:
dnr.missouri.gov/env/
wrc/docs/WR59.pdf |
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Map source:
ims.missouri.edu/berm
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| Soils at the proposed site are
wet-natured due to a restrictive layer approximately two feet
below the surface. |
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Annual precipitation map of
Missouri |
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Wind rose data recorded at the
nearby Springfield, MO, Regional Airport shows the predominant
wind direction for April through September will be from the
south-southeast toward the north-northwest. |
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Diagram
source: extension.missouri.edu/
explore/ envqual/eq0401.htm |
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Map source:
www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wrc/
springsandcaves.htm#Losing |
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Map source:www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wrc/
springsandcaves.htm#Sinkholes |
| Limestone
deposits may provide high pollution potential in the Ozarks. |
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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 for surface water to travel underground |
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Source: Missouri
Department of Natural Resources |
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Photo credit: Bob
Schultheis |
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Map source:
cares.missouri.edu |
Karst (soluble limestone)
topography of the Ozarks is among the most fragile and
susceptible to pollution in the U.S.
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Surface water can move unfiltered
and rapidly underground through solution channels and sinkholes
on the Ozarks landscape.
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The proposed wells, capable of
pumping 2,000 gallons per minute, would likely have a
2-mile radius of impact on groundwater levels in neighboring
wells.
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Map source: Missouri
Department of Natural Resources-Southwest Regional Office
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Data source:
www.oseda.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/countypage?29225 |
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The Ozark
aquifer consists of
several water-bearing rock formations with no confining layers
to separate them. The Davis Formation is below the Potosi
Formation, and separates the low-yield Derby-Doerun dolomites
from the Ozark aquifer. |
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Pumping a
high-capacity deep well, over time, can draw water away from
shallower wells, requiring these wells to be deepened,
need pumps lowered, or need new deeper more costly wells
drilled. |
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The expected population growth in Webster County
through 2010 |
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