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Environmental & Impact Analysis on Watersheds


Objective:

Applying the concepts of life cycle analysis and pollution prevention to concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in order to mitigate their negative environmental impacts on watersheds.

Environmental Sustainability of CAFOs:

This project seeks to assess the environmental sustainability of various types of animal feeding operations by developing and deploying life cycle analysis tools and environmental economics tools. These tools would be used to evaluate the environmental and economic viability of concentrated animal feeding operations. They would also be used to compare CAFOs to animal feeding operations that employ sustainable agricultural techniques and organic agricultural techniques.

Pollution Prevention Technologies for CAFOs:

Concentrated animal feeding operations have grown to such a size as to have a serious impact on the surrounding environment. The large size coupled with their production focus can allow the CAFO to viewed as an industrial process. This project seeks to optimize the CAFO from an environmental aspect by employing state-of-the-art technology to minimize the environmental footprint of CAFOs by the reduction or elimination of wastewater, air emissions and manure disposal.

Contact Information:

Primary Investigators:
Dr. Douglas Young
(513) 569-7542
young.douglas@epa.gov
Fax:(513) 569-7677
Postal Address:
26 West Martin Luther King Drive
Mail Stop 443
Cincinnati, Ohio 45268

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