Utah strategy to address water pollution from animal feeding operations

The purpose of this strategy is to outline a process to achieve the goal of addressing existing manure management problems and water quality impacts in a manner that is most appropriate for each operator affected, and which can be implemented with reasonable cost and within reasonable time frames. Voluntary incentive-based approaches will be emphasized, so that other regulatory methods are used only for the largest facilities or where voluntary methods, over time, fail to solve pollution problems. It is important that long term goals and targets be established so everyone can work within those time frames to solve their problems in cost effective ways, such that the sustainability of Utah agriculture can be promoted.