Tony Evers, Republicans both looking to get factory farms to pay for cleaner water


Tony Evers, Republicans both looking to get factory farms to pay for cleaner water


Wisconsin’s Democratic governor and a Republican legislative leader have put forth two water quality-related proposals signifying possible bipartisan support for clamping down on industrial farm pollution.

The proposals call for increased use of fees paid by the state’s growing animal feedlots to shore up Department of Natural Resources efforts to keep millions of tons of farm manure from tainting drinking water, lakes and streams.

However, much more is at stake. Newly elected Gov. Tony Evers has declared 2019 the “Year of Clean Drinking Water” and proposed $70 million in spending to protect water resources....

For Ken Notes:

WELTEC Starts Work on 80,000 TPA Food Waste to Biogas Plant in Yorkshire England

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Ken Notes: One more time - We have a proven model that works, we can digest waste to produce energy then heat and dry the effluent to sell or use as bedding. It is being done (a lot in Germany and they now export the technology), and we know it works! It would exponentially clean the water, produce a little energy, and create a clean usable product.

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