By Walter F. Roche Jr.
US Nitrogen drew over a million gallons of water from the Nolichucky River on seven separate days in January with the monthly total reaching more than 19 million.
The monthly report shows the highest single day total was 1.3215 million gallons on Jan. 2.
The company uses the free water in the production of liquid ammonium nitrate and related products which are used by its parent company, Austin Powder, in the production of explosives.
The January total is nearly double the 9.9 million gallons used by the company in December.
The report shows there were five days during the month when a minimal amount of water was pumped by the company through a 12-mile pipeline which runs from the Midway plant to the Nolichucky River.
The monthly report shows US Nitrogen discharged 10.8 million gallons of waste water back into the river. That compares to 5.9 million gallons dumped back into the river in December.
The company obtained special state permits to draw and dump water back into the Nolichucky. Both were recently renewed.
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