Do waste spills occur when earthen manure storage lagoons collapse, equipment breaks, or people make mistakes?
A. 1. Structural collapses are extremely rare occurrences in livestock lagoons. Annual or more frequent operation inspections or construction-phase inspections are required by regulation in many leading pork production states like Iowa, North Carolina and Illinois. The National Environmental Dialogue on Pork Production recommends detailed recordkeeping by manure storage structure owners, and regular, periodic inspections of structures by appropriate regulatory agencies. Many state and local regulations prohibit the location of livestock lagoons in floodplains while many municipal lagoons are sited near streams and rivers which places them at additional risk for untreated sewage discharge during heavy precipitation events. 2. In 1996, North Carolina was hit with two hurricanes and a tropical storm. As a result, 68% of the municipal waste treatment systems in the state malfunctioned. Specifically, 122 systems reported the emergency discharge of 270 million gallons of raw sewage. Another
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