ADENA SPRINGS RANCH PERMIT AND SILVER SPRINGS
Your voice is needed to help stop the St. Johns River Water Management District from approving a consumptive use permit that could kill Silver Springs - a once thriving eco-system.
The Facts -
- On December 2, 2011, Adena Springs Ranch submitted a consumptive use permit (CUP) application for 13.267 million gallons of water per day (mgd) for a cattle and slaughterhouse operation near Ft. McCoy in Marion County.
- The entire City of Ocala uses approximately 12.85 million gallons of water per day (mgd). - The applicant would use the water to irrigate pasture land for approximately 30,000 head of cattle and for the slaughterhouse. -The property is located within the springshed of Silver Springs, a National Natural Landmark, and the Silver River, an Outstanding Florida Water (OFW). Click here for The St. Johns River Water Management District and complete information on the Adena Springs Ranch Permit. |
Watch Our Video -We put together a short video about the Adena Springs Ranch Permit and what it means to the health and longevity of our delicate eco-system in Florida.
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The Concerns -
According to the EPA’s “Animal Waste: What’s the Problem?”:
[T]he growing scale and concentration of AFOs [animal feeding operations] has contributed to negative environmental and human health impacts. Pollution associated with AFOs degrades the quality of waters, threatens drinking water sources, and may harm air quality.
By definition, AFOs produce large amounts of waste in small areas. For example, a single dairy cow produces approximately 120 pounds of wet manure per day. Estimates equate the waste produced per day by one dairy cow to that of 20–40 humans per day.…
Manure, and wastewater containing manure, can severely harm river and stream ecosystems. Manure contains ammonia which is highly toxic to fish at low levels. Increased amounts of nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, from AFOs can cause algal blooms which block waterways and deplete oxygen as they decompose. This can kill fish and other aquatic organisms, devastating the entire aquatic food chain.
ALSO
- In 1996 the Centers for Disease Control established a link between spontaneous abortions and high nitrate levels in Indiana drinking water wells located close to feedlots.
- High levels of nitrates in drinking water also increase the risk of methemoglobinemia, or "blue-baby syndrome," which can kill infants.
- Animal waste contains disease-causing pathogens, such as Salmonella, E. coli, Cryptosporidium, and fecal coliform, which can be 10 to 100 times more concentrated than in human waste. More than 40 diseases can be transferred to humans through manure.
- In May 2000, 1,300 cases of gastroenteritis were reported and six people died as the result of E. coli contaminating drinking water in Walkerton, Ontario. Health authorities determined that the most likely source was cattle manure runoff.
Additional Information:
Cesspools of Shame: How Factory Farm Lagoons and Sprayfields Threaten Environmental and Public Health
Livestock’s Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options (a 2006 report published by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization)
Diet of Disaster
[T]he growing scale and concentration of AFOs [animal feeding operations] has contributed to negative environmental and human health impacts. Pollution associated with AFOs degrades the quality of waters, threatens drinking water sources, and may harm air quality.
By definition, AFOs produce large amounts of waste in small areas. For example, a single dairy cow produces approximately 120 pounds of wet manure per day. Estimates equate the waste produced per day by one dairy cow to that of 20–40 humans per day.…
Manure, and wastewater containing manure, can severely harm river and stream ecosystems. Manure contains ammonia which is highly toxic to fish at low levels. Increased amounts of nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, from AFOs can cause algal blooms which block waterways and deplete oxygen as they decompose. This can kill fish and other aquatic organisms, devastating the entire aquatic food chain.
ALSO
- In 1996 the Centers for Disease Control established a link between spontaneous abortions and high nitrate levels in Indiana drinking water wells located close to feedlots.
- High levels of nitrates in drinking water also increase the risk of methemoglobinemia, or "blue-baby syndrome," which can kill infants.
- Animal waste contains disease-causing pathogens, such as Salmonella, E. coli, Cryptosporidium, and fecal coliform, which can be 10 to 100 times more concentrated than in human waste. More than 40 diseases can be transferred to humans through manure.
- In May 2000, 1,300 cases of gastroenteritis were reported and six people died as the result of E. coli contaminating drinking water in Walkerton, Ontario. Health authorities determined that the most likely source was cattle manure runoff.
Additional Information:
Cesspools of Shame: How Factory Farm Lagoons and Sprayfields Threaten Environmental and Public Health
Livestock’s Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options (a 2006 report published by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization)
Diet of Disaster
Take Action -
- Send an e-mail to SJRWMD Executive Director Hans Tanzler at htanzler@sjrwmd.com. Let him know you oppose the permit.
- Contact the SJRWMD Governing Board. Click here for a list of members and e-mail addresses. The Governing Board will eventually vote to approve or deny this permit.
- Contact Governor Rick Scott. Click here for contact information.
- Reduce your intake of meat products and by-products like dairy, eggs and cheese. Click here for an assortment of spring-friendly recipes and click here for even more. If you don't demand it - they won't build it!
ALSO
Submit comments or receive notifications regarding the Adena Springs Ranch permit application:
1. Go to the St. Johns River Water Management District website page about this issue.
2. Click on the "District's e-Permitting site" link in the Public Input box in the upper right corner.
3. Fill out the Public Input Form and Submit.
For any questions or comments about this issue you can click here to submit your information to The Girls Gone Green.
- Contact the SJRWMD Governing Board. Click here for a list of members and e-mail addresses. The Governing Board will eventually vote to approve or deny this permit.
- Contact Governor Rick Scott. Click here for contact information.
- Reduce your intake of meat products and by-products like dairy, eggs and cheese. Click here for an assortment of spring-friendly recipes and click here for even more. If you don't demand it - they won't build it!
ALSO
Submit comments or receive notifications regarding the Adena Springs Ranch permit application:
1. Go to the St. Johns River Water Management District website page about this issue.
2. Click on the "District's e-Permitting site" link in the Public Input box in the upper right corner.
3. Fill out the Public Input Form and Submit.
For any questions or comments about this issue you can click here to submit your information to The Girls Gone Green.
