Two industries, a packing plant and a tool manufacturer, are large industrial users of water in Kossuth County. There are five water-use permits issued for industry, using an estimated total of 2,500 mgy. Most of the businesses in Kossuth County purchase their water from a PWS or obtain their water from a private supply not requiring a permit. There are no powder production facilities in Kossuth County. Mining Water Use Mining in Kossuth County consists of sand and gravel extraction.
Activity varies from year to year based upon construction needs.
The USGS estimated that there was no water used for mining in 1990. No water use permits are issued for mining in Kossuth County. The Iowa State-Wide Rural Well Water Survey, 1990. The UHL's test results for the county also show that in an average year 6.5 percent of wells tested for nitrates exceeded the recommended maximum. These results are based on non-random samples.