Remediation Plan Needed for Dairies near Mexican Border

Situated in a fast-growing population corridor of the New Mexico borderlands, large commercial dairies have been a sore point of contention in recent years. In the Mesquite-Anthony area of Dona Ana County just north of the Mexican border, residents complain of foul odors and large manure piles from dairies that count thousands of milk cows. Additionally, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) has traced groundwater pollution to local dairy operations. According to the NMED, past discharges of wastewater from dairies have resulted in the excessive presence of nitrate, chloride and dissolved solids in groundwater.

Now, the NMED is requiring 12 dairies to come up with a groundwater pollution remediation plan. In a recent press statement, the environmental regulatory agency said the dairies, working as a consortium, submitted the first phase of an abatement plan to the State of New Mexico. The submission marks the first stage of a remediation program, since the dairies will be required next to come up with a concrete cleanup plan. The NMED did not give a specific timeline for the cleanup, but the agency stated that the public will have 90 days to comment and request a hearing once the cleanup plan is received in Santa Fe.”*

*From: http://www.mexidata.info
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