Public warned to stay out of Silver and Duck Creek on Oneida reservation due to `acute` manure spill


Public warned to stay out of Silver and Duck Creek on Oneida reservation due to `acute` manure spill


GREEN BAY – A faulty valve is being blamed for causing a manure spill in Outagamie County that resulted a fish kill on the Oneida reservation...

...DNR officials say the manure emptying into the nearly full storage structure filled it to capacity with the excess escaping onto a grassy waterway. DNR and county officials estimated the manure spill to be around 300,000 gallons...

...ome of the manure that escaped was reported to have emptied into Silver Creek, a tributary of Duck Creek, and killed a number of fish as far as 3 miles away. Field staff also confirmed that the manure plume reached Duck Creek...

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Ken Notes: This was not a CAFO, but I fear the day when one fails. I also notice that when yo are pumping over a mile from the farms there is a lot that can go wrong. We need to work with farmers and companies to exponentially improve the safety of these operations.

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