MaxE wrote:
Misslizard wrote:
Some of our lakes and rivers get closed because of E. coli and toxic algae.
It’s from fertilizer run off, farm animals and bad septic systems.Mostly in summer when it gets really hot and you want to swim.
Can you propose a solution that won't make farmers feel persecuted? It's a lose-lose situation.
Plant a barrier of shrubs between water sources to slow down run off ,don’t spread more triple 13 than you need ,and don’t overgraze.
They regulate septic tanks now and they have to be inspected before you can get power.However there are lots of old leaky systems and straight pipes still out there.
Don’t locate factory farms in sensitive water areas.They built a hog farm here near National Park land and it was eventually shut down because of concern it was leaking into the river and causing a toxic algae bloom.
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