AquaBounty’s 627-page water withdrawal and consumptive use permit application shows drawdown levels from its operation fall within acceptable limits, confirming what various officials have been saying all along…there is plenty of water to support AquaBounty and the surrounding community. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources finished its scientific review for the application on Jan. 21. With the completion of the review, the public comment will run through Feb. 22. People can submit their comments online, or by mail…all the info, online. Once the comment period ends…AquaBounty will have one week to respond. The ODNR Division of Water Resources director will either approve or deny the permit by March 14. AquaBounty wants to begin construction on its planned 479,000-square-foot facility in Pioneer… capable of raising 10,000 metric tons of genetically modified salmon a year. The $320 million dollars to do it…is the largest single project investment in Williams County history.