To reduce blue-green algae and other harmful pollutants in our lakes, we need to reduce the amount of phosphorous that comes into them. One of the main sources of phosphorous is manure from dairy farming upstream. This is in addition to leaf matter and other phosphorous sources in our urban areas.

I recently toured a Manure Digester with County Executive Joe Parisi, Director of Policy and Program Development Dave Merritt, and John Haeckel of Clean Fuel Partners.