US Nitrogen Draws 13+ Million Gallons

By Walter F. Roche Jr.

US Nitrogen, the Greene County chemical firm drew 13.84 million gallons of water from the Nolichucky River in August, down substantially from the prior month.
In a report filed today with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, the company reported that on six days during the month it drew a little more than 1 million gallons from the river for use in its manufacturing operations.
The September total was down by more than 20 percent or nearly five million gallons from the amount the company pumped from the river in August.
The monthly report shows that during the same period, the ammonium nitrate manufacturer discharged 5.83 million gallons back in to the river. That figure is slightly higher than the 5.7 million discharged into the river in August.
According to the new report there were no discharges into the Nolichucky on 17 days during September.
There were two periods during the month from Sept. 1 to Sept. 4 and from Sept. 27 to Sept. 30 when no water was discharged for four days in a row.
US Nitrogen is required to file the reports on river water usage every month under the terms of its permit. The latest report, unlike previous submissions, does not provide monthly totals for each category.
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