Forum Addresses Water Quality
LITITZ (Lancaster
Co.) Water quality in Lancas
ter County was the topic of discus
sion at a recent meeting of the
Agricultural Issues Forum, a group
of people who meet monthly for
the purpose of strengthening agri
culture through better communica
tions and alliances.
Guest speaker was Karen Hot
ted, president of the Conestoga
Valley Association. Her talked
focused on contamination of
groundwater supplies by industrial
discharge, landfill leachate, and
underground storage tank failure.
Using a map of Lancaster Coun
ty's stream and agricultural land
overlaid with the locations of fed
eral Superfund CIRCLA sites and
approved landfill and industrial
discharge locations, she showed
the extent to which Lancaster's
water sources are endangered.
Further, she said, “Many
assumptions regarding the level of
protection of water resources by
agri
systems
agri
systems
regulatory agencies are not borne
out by the reality of regulatory
implementation.’’
In other words, she said that
while laws and regulations exist
for the protection of water resour
ces, enforcement of those laws and
regulations is minimal or
nonexistant.
To help change the situation,
she advocated stricter monitoring
of the discharge approval process
and, more important in the long
term, adoption of waste reduction
technology by industry.
Asserting that technology exists
whereby industry can both
increase' their profitability and
benefit the environment, Hottell
said, ‘This can be a truly 'win
win' situation.’’
Although production agricul
ture has been cited as a major con
tributor to water pollution by
excess nutrients being washed into
waterways, Hottell said that there
are potentially more harmful sour-
ces of groundwater contamination
that deserve close scrutiny by reg
ulatory agencies and the public.
One reason is because a body of
water polluted with nutrients will
naturally cleanse itself, given time
and a reduction in the amount of
nutrients allowed to flow into the
water.
On the other hand, many toxic
or potentially toxic chemicals used
in manufacturing, or as a compo
nent in manufactured products,
can contaminate a water supply
and pose a threat of permanently
destroying that water source.
The next two scheduled meet
ings of the Agricultural Issues For
um are Feb. 20, for an update on
nutrient management legislation;
and March 11, for a special meet
ing with the state Senate Agricul
ture and Rural Affairs Committee.
For more information, contact
Michael Brubaker, managing
director of the Pennsylvania Agri
cultural Issues Forum.
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AJCC Registration Soars
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio—
The American Jersey Cattle Club
recorded the largest number of
Jersey registrations in almost 40
years and says it is due to a
registration incentive program it
announced in October.
The program allowed breeders
to register animals at 20 to 60 per
cent savings over regular fees,
bringing in a total of 76,816
registrations were received in the
AJCC office during 1991.
This is the highest number since
1953, and an increase of 41.7 per
cent over last year. This over
whelming response shows the con
fidence Jersey owners have in the
future of the breed. A total of
57,627 registrations were recorded
during the year.
The AJCC staff has been work
ing hard to keep up with the quanti
ty of registrations that have poured
into the office in the last three
Mon.-FH.
7:30-4:30
Sat. 7:30-11:30
months. As many as 17,871 appli
cations were received in a single
day.
The AJCC asks participants to
be patient as the registration
department sorts through and com
pletes applications. Woik will be
processed in the following order
transfers first, followed by
registrations received with proper
fees. Those who took part in the
deferred payment plan and did not
send money will be processed
third, after proper fees are
received.
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