The industries employed an estimated 514 people. Most of the businesses in Osceola County purchase their water from a PWS or obtain their water from a private supply not requiring a permit. There are no water use permits for industry in Osceola County. There is no power production in Osceola County. Mining Water Use Mining in Osceola County consists of sand and gravel extraction.
Activity varies from year to year based upon construction needs.
Three water permits were issued for mining in the county. The State-Wide Rural Well Water Survey completed in 1989 indicates the following quality results for private well water, shown in Table 3, for the northwest hydrogeologic region in which Osceola County is located. The Iowa State-Wide Rural Well Water Survey, 1990. The UHL's test results for the county also show that in an average year 45.9 percent of wells tested for nitrates exceeded the recommended maximum. These test results are based on non-random samples.