These industries employed an estimated 1,312 people. Most of the businesses in Wright County purchase their water from a PWS or obtain their water from a private supply not requiring a permit. There are three water use permits for industry in Wright County. There is no power production in Wright County. Mining Water Use Mining in Wright County consists of sand and gravel extraction.
Activity varies from year to year based upon construction needs.
Four 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 north central hydrogeologic region in which Wright 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 6.9 percent of wells tested for nitrates exceeded the recommended maximum. These test results are based on non-random samples.