Dane County Executive Joe Parisi asked the county’s Department of Land and Water Resources to determine how much manure such a facility could process with the budget, county officials said.
A manure spill from a northeastern Wisconsin farm is thinning as it flows downstream toward the bay of Green Bay, state environmental officials said Thursday.
Factory farms in eastern Wisconsin would have to limit manure spreading under new restrictions the state Department of Natural Resources board is poised to adopt in an attempt to protect groundwater from contamination.
Environmentalists warn that manure spills are putting Wisconsin's water supply at risk and that the proliferation of so-called "megafarms" will lead to more pollution accidents.
A La Crosse-based health care network celebrated the completion of a $14 million project that uses cow manure to produce electricity in conjunction with the World Dairy Expo.
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi plans to use the county’s 2015 budget to put in place a variety of measures meant to slow down the amount of phosphorus entering local lakes, rivers and streams.