Who can make a difference?
Anyone who stores animal or other contaminated effluent on site including:
- Dairies
- Food processing plants
- Pulp mills
- Public wastewater managers
Causes of groundwater contamination
- Improper animal waste management
- Leaching, overflow, or runoff from storage areas
- Excessive irrigation or land application of storage lagoon waste
- Unlined surface impoundments
What can you do?
Individual action
- Best Management Practices for manure management and proper design/storage for contaminated effluent
- Reduce use of products that cause contaminated effluent (herbicides, insecticides, solvents
Community action
- Invite your SWCD or DEQ representative to address pollution prevention issues related to lagoons at local meetings
- Share information with neighbors