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Animal Agriculture: Information on Waste Management and Water Quality Issues

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date June 28, 1995
Report No. RCED-95-200BR
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Summary:

Pollution from animal waste runoff can foul surface water and groundwater by introducing excess nutrients, organic matter, and pathogens. This report focuses on the management of wastes produced by breeding and feeding operations--generally farms, ranches, and feedlots--for beef cattle, dairy cows, hogs, broilers, laying hens, and turkeys. GAO discusses (1) water quality concerns linked to animal agriculture sources of nonpoint pollution--pollution not traceable to a specific point of origin, (2) consolidation trends and geographical shifts in animal agriculture, (3) animal agriculture production covered by point source permits, (4) commonly used animal waste management practices and their costs, and (5) Agriculture Department cost-share assistance for animal waste management.

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