Ad Hoc Committee Created in Wood County to Study the Effect of Manure Irrigation
Monday, August 25th, 2014 -- 8:13 AM
(Wisconsin Ag Connection) -The Wood County Judicial and Legislative panel has decided to establish an ad hoc committee to study the effect of manure irrigation and the authority local governments have in regulating it before asking the county board to ban the practice altogether.According to the Wisconsin Ag Connection, the study group will be made up of members of the judicial, conservation, education, economic development, and health committees and will be charged with the task of researching the appropriateness of legislating waste irrigation at the county level.
Last month, the group voted to send a resolution to the full board asking them to halt the use of spraying animal waste through industrialized irrigation equipment or through pivoting pipes after receiving complaints from concerned citizens. But when the farm community came forward to challenge the committee's authority over the proposal, the panel decided to take a further look.
Wood County Board Chairman Lance Pliml says the state is asking counties to hold off on developing new ordinances relating to animal waste disposal until a Wisconsin study on the impacts of spray manure is completed early next year.
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