Well Contamination Near Livestock Farms

Record #:

3191

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Testing by state health authorities found that one-third of 948 drinking water wells located near livestock farms had contaminants, and one in ten exceeded safe standards. Nitrate was the prime pollutant.

Source:

Currents (NoCar TD 171.3 P3 P35x), Vol. 16 Issue 2, Winter 1997, p5, il

Subject(s):

Agriculture--Environmental aspects; Water, Underground--Pollution; Wells; Drinking water--Contamination--Health aspects