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CAFOs: Designed to Pollute Vreba Hoff II, Hudson, MI (approx. 4,000 dairy cows)
10 million gallon
sewage lagoon (Adjacent to
drains/ditches leading
to waters of the
State.)
Stormwater catch basin (Contains sewage. No
secondary containment)
Silage Bunkers
(As it ages, silage ferments. Liquid
leachate, very high in
nutrients, runs off)
Dead animals (Most CAFOs have hundreds of
animals die each year.
Disposal methods vary, but
often animals are left in piles to
decompose, causing serious fly
infestations.)
Leachate runoff from silage &
possibly dead animals (Runoff has killed vegetation)
To Lime Lake
Open ditch: Runoff from barns runs into
open ditch, which leads to
underground drain tiles and
county drains leading to
waters of the State.
Underground tile (Carries runoff or
spilled waste to Lime
Lake Inlet)
Open ditch (Carries runoff into a “karst”
wetland and then to Fisher
Lake)10 million gallon
sewage lagoon (No secondary
containment in case of
spill)
Underground tile (Carries waste and
runoff to Fisher Lake)
Calf hutches
All fields surrounding
this CAFO are tiled,
carrying any runoff to
county drains & waters
of the State.
To Fisher Lake
Information obtained from facility blueprints (on file at DEQ) & County drain maps. Photo taken 8/16/2005
Scale – to give an indication of
the size of the sewage lagoons,
the white box is approx. the
size of a semi-truck & trailer.
Underground tile (Carries runoff or spilled
waste open ditch leading to
Fisher Lake)