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Ethanol Plants Could Trigger New Water-Use Laws
By Mr Ethanol | February 25, 2008
News-Leader:
Missouri’s rush to expand ethanol production may end up rewriting the state’s water-use laws.
At least that’s what a group of Webster County residents believes will happen as their lawsuit against an ethanol project near Fordland moves through the courts.
Susan Tolliver, a member of the Citizens for Groundwater Protection, spoke about the lawsuit Saturday at the Ozarks New Energy Conference.
During a session about the future of ethanol production, Tolliver stood in the audience and said the fight against the Rogersville ethanol plant wasn’t over.
She said the group has amassed $255,000 in lawyer fees battling Gulfstream Bioflex Energy’s $165 million ethanol plant planned for east of Rogersville.
The group fears the plant’s water use will significantly deplete underground water supplies. A judge last year disagreed and allowed the company to resume construction.
Tolliver said her group will appeal that ruling. No hearing date has yet been set. More.
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