Rash of Lagoon Failures Stirs Some Action on Hog Farms

Record #:

2522

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Inattention to swine waste lagoons of the state's proliferating hog industry resulted in spills in 1995 that damaged the environment. State government reaction has been minimal.

Source:

Currents (NoCar TD 171.3 P3 P35x), Vol. 15 Issue 1, Fall 1995, p5-6, il, bibl

Subject(s):

Agricultural wastes--Environmental aspects; Swine; Sewage lagoons