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)