We the residents of the towns of Rome and Saratoga and surrounding areas petition the Wisconsin DNR, other state agencies and the EPA to deny the permits for the Golden Sands Dairy proposed for Saratoga, Wisconsin. Scientific evidence provided to the DNR for it's EIS process shows that the quality and level of our surface water will be negatively impacted if this CAFO is built. In addition, qualified test results have been provided showing the existing CAFO in Armenia, partly owned by the same company, has tainted local residents wells with high nitrate levels, and has generated E Coli in the area of their pivot well manure spreading area. Monitoring wells at their site show nitrate levels nearly 8 times higher than state and federal limits. Nearly 2,000 residential homes in Rome and Saratoga and the Rome Municipal Water Utility are within the cone of depression of the proposed 33 high capacity wells and rely on area water for drinking and fire protection. Lakes Camelot, Sherwood, Arrowhead and Petenwell are fed by headwaters and the water table within the cone of depression. The risks of contamination and reduced water levels is unacceptable to the thousands of residents in proximity to the proposed CAFO.
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October 16, 2012
ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY STEPPED UP TO PROTECT OUR WATER!! THIS IS A HUGE START AND I AM ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY BY THE MOMENTUM WE HAVE BUILT SO FAR!!
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419 Comments
Our clean water is important to our health and recreation. I support farming but the concentration of cattle and excess of hi cap wells is not good in sand country. We are currently over supplied with milk products and the government is having to purchase the excess.
"Golden Sands" is an appropriate name for what it would look like if this goes through. That topography is so porous it would be like a manure sieve. This is a bad idea and hopefully common sense and logic will rule when the decision is made to deny these permits.
CAFOs should not be located in an area so close to homes, lakes and streams. Especially when situated in an area whose local economy is experiencing a boom in recreational tourism. Please deny the permits for the sake of our area's environmental and economic health.
This area is not ecological suited for a CAFO due to soil conditions that demand high water usage {irrigation} and also its inability to filter out pollutants due to the soils lack of organic matter. No CAFO for Saratoga, Wisconsin!
We retired to this area because of the attractiveness of living on a lake and being near three other lakes. Our family enjoys fishing and boating and we are concerned that this CAFO would contaminate these lakes to the point we would no longer be able to enjoy them.
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If the CAFO gets put into operation, there is no benefit to the communities surrounding it. Why would an industry be allowed to operate within a community when no one in the community is in favor?
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We the residents of the towns of Rome and Saratoga and surrounding areas petition the Wisconsin DNR, other state agencies and the EPA to deny the permits for the Golden Sands Dairy proposed for Saratoga, Wisconsin. Scientific evidence provided to the DNR for it's EIS process shows that the quality and level of our surface water will be negatively impacted if this CAFO is built. In addition, qualified test results have been provided showing the existing CAFO in Armenia, partly owned by the same company, has tainted local residents wells with high nitrate levels, and has generated E Coli in the area of their pivot well manure spreading area. Monitoring wells at their site show nitrate levels nearly 8 times higher than state and federal limits. Nearly 2,000 residential homes in Rome and Saratoga and the Rome Municipal Water Utility are within the cone of depression of the proposed 33 high capacity wells and rely on area water for drinking and fire protection. Lakes Camelot, Sherwood, Arrowhead and Petenwell are fed by headwaters and the water table within the cone of depression. The risks of contamination and reduced water levels is unacceptable to the thousands of residents in proximity to the proposed CAFO.
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Reached 1,000 supporters
March 15, 2016
October 16, 2012
ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY STEPPED UP TO PROTECT OUR WATER!! THIS IS A HUGE START AND I AM ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY BY THE MOMENTUM WE HAVE BUILT SO FAR!!
Reached 100 supporters
October 15, 2012
419 Comments
When someone builds next to a dairy farm, they have no right to complain about the smell or the water quality...but we were here first. You wouldn't put a CAFO in the middle of Stevens Point. Why should you allow one in the middle of our residential area???
Our clean water is important to our health and recreation. I support farming but the concentration of cattle and excess of hi cap wells is not good in sand country. We are currently over supplied with milk products and the government is having to purchase the excess.
"Golden Sands" is an appropriate name for what it would look like if this goes through. That topography is so porous it would be like a manure sieve. This is a bad idea and hopefully common sense and logic will rule when the decision is made to deny these permits.
CAFOs should not be located in an area so close to homes, lakes and streams. Especially when situated in an area whose local economy is experiencing a boom in recreational tourism. Please deny the permits for the sake of our area's environmental and economic health.
This area is not ecological suited for a CAFO due to soil conditions that demand high water usage {irrigation} and also its inability to filter out pollutants due to the soils lack of organic matter. No CAFO for Saratoga, Wisconsin!
We retired to this area because of the attractiveness of living on a lake and being near three other lakes. Our family enjoys fishing and boating and we are concerned that this CAFO would contaminate these lakes to the point we would no longer be able to enjoy them.
Stop CAFO
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When someone builds next to a dairy farm, they have no right to complain about the smell or the water quality...but we were here first. You wouldn't put a CAFO in the middle of Stevens Point. Why should you allow one in the middle of our residential area???