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The Spatial Organization of CAFOs and its Relationship to Water Quality in the United States

Journal of Hydrology

Volume: 613: 128301

OCT 2022

Miralha, L., Sidique, S. & Muenich, R. L.

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From the source: "We thank the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering and the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment for supporting this project. Author Miralha was also funded by an American Association of University Women International Fellowship which helped to support this work. Author Sidique was supported on a USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Capacity Building Projects for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture project 1017146, grant number 2018-70001-28751 to contribute to this work."

From the source: "The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper."
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Data spanning 2005-2014 from 16 states in the U.S. shows the spatial organization of concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) to be highly indicative of surrounding water quality, with clusters of CAFOs presenting higher near concentrations of total nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P). The study also finds elevated total N and P levels around clusters of small and medium-sized sized farms, highlighting that farms which are likely less regulated may have substantial environmental impacts.

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