The manure lagoon is a no-go for now. A crowd of Somers residents was pleased Tuesday night when zoning officials blocked ...

The Somers zoning appeals board unanimously decided that Oakridge Dairy's manure lagoon/pond is not an agricultural use, so ...

Nearby neighbors on Watchaug Road, where the pond was going to go, said this would "stink." The Zoning Committee agreed.

Lagoon and pond volumes should allow for a large and sudden amount of rain. A recommended 12-inch grass spillway will absorb any overflow and reduce erosion (Figure 2). Solid manure storage is used ...

Large manure storage tanks located directly underneath the livestock housing area. * Manure storage located away from the livestock housing areas in open lagoons or ponds. * Above ground, silo-type, ...

An irrigation pond is a place to collect manure that would be applied to land through irrigation to grow crops for the cows to eat. Get top local Connecticut stories delivered to you every morning ...

“A pond that contains water isn’t the same as a pond that contains diluted manure,” Ann Levesque said. “Somers doesn’t want to be another Smellington.” Smellington is a word used to ...

SOMERS — Plans for a 3-acre lagoon that would hold cow manure and water from a nearby farm were dealt a blow Tuesday when the zoning board of appeals ruled the farm needs to go through the ...