It also displays water pollution information for slaughtering and processing facilities for which the EPA has data. For more details, please see the methodology below. The federal Clean Water Act requires the EPA to set pollution control standards for each type of industry — including slaughterhouses — and to update those standards as advances in pollution-control technology allow. Yet the agency last updated pollution standards for the largest slaughterhouses in , while other slaughterhouses are only required to meet federal standards set 44 years ago.
Updated pollution standards could lead to significantly cleaner water in areas where slaughterhouses are concentrated. The most technologically advanced slaughterhouses already release far less pollution than the dirtiest plants. For more information about water pollution from slaughterhouses, see our factsheet: Slaughterhouses Are Polluting Our Waterways.
This map was made possible in part by support from the Clean Water for All coalition. Our research has found that meat processing plants are dumping huge amounts of pollution into our rivers. This map combines information about slaughterhouses from the U.
Pollution data was downloaded from two EPA sources on 15 May Appeared in the downloaded Water Pollutant Loading Tool data with non-zero levels of pollution.
Facilities were checked for matching facility names, street addresses or other confirmation of a match before pairing facility information with water pollution data. A number of facilities listed in the USDA data did not have a corresponding entry in EPA pollution data because they do not report any discharges to water that appear in the EPA database.
We retained pollution information for eight facilities where EPA flagged that the data may contain potential outliers. Nitrogen and phosphorus water pollution was aggregated for each facility for which data was available from the Water Pollutant Loading Tool. Publishers, New Delhi; ii Based on field survey Aligarh, an agricultural and industrial town located in western part of the state of Uttar Pradesh, spreads over an area of about 40 square kilometers and has a population of more than 0.
This will lead to an increase in demand for food items, vegetables, milk, meat etc. Although the city is famous for its lock industries, brasswares and educational institutions but today it has made its name in the country for meat processing and production units Table 2. Field surveys were conducted to locate the Kattighars slaughter house both inside Aligarh city and its outskirts during and Information regarding the functioning of these kattighars was also collected. Table 1. Table 2.
Source: 1. Based on information collected from field Survey , 2. The Kattighar at Makdoomnagar was once located outside the city municipal boundary in the city outskirts along Mathura bypass road. Presently due to growth of city population, the city has expanded and this Kattighar is now surrounded by a dense population.
People are forced to settle near and around the Kattighar having unhealthy conditions. The Kattighar at Makdoomnagar is run by the Aligarh Municipality since , the Municipality contracted out the slaughter house to a private contractor who further sub-contracted to 3 butchers who slaughter animals in a private godowns which have no arrangement of drinking water, ventilation and disposal facility.
One butcher slaughters about 70 buffaloes per day. At least buffaloes are slaughtered in these godowns daily and the meat is supplied to the city and various other cities Khurja, Mathura, Delhi etc. Now this slaughter house has become old and dilapidated without any basic amenities like water connections, boundary wall, wrotten gate, kutcha uncemented floor, no solid and liquid waste disposal facility etc.
The waste of slaughtered animals is thrown and dumped in the landfill site, some of the waste such as hides and solid waste are sold to private parties while waste water and blood is washed away and discharged. Figure 2. Location of sampled villages in the vicinity of i Hind agro industries Ltd anupshahar Road ; ii Frigorifco conserva allana Mathura Road.
The whole area is kutcha and the condition of the place worsens during the rainy season. The area is totally polluted with animal parts strewn all over, having foulsmell and filth all around. Since April, this Kattighar has closed down [5] [6]. These are two room tenements with a shop in front, where at five in the morning, a buffalo is slaughtered in one of the rooms. All the waste is just washed off into the drain, clogging the sewer lines.
Illegal slaughtering in Aligarh cannot be banned [6]. An alternative for this problem was to penalize the kattighars which do not improve the conditions of slaughtering and disposal of waste and to give the kattighars in the hand of private parties for its proper development.
Privatization of slaughter houses was thought to be a sure panacea for various ills of kattighars. Indepth investigation revealed that these slaughter houses were also creating the same problems. The first slaughter house was established in and gradually 6 meat factories were established in the city outskirts within 7 km from the city centre Figure 1 and Figure 2 , Table 3 , 1 along Anupshahar road, 4 along Mathura bypass road and 1 along G.
T road towards New Delhi. But as per the local reports these factories are slaughtering nearly 25, animals daily. For indepth investigation two slaughter houses the Hind Agro Industries located along Anupshahar road at Chherat village, nearly 7 km away from the city centre and Frigorifico Conservation Allana Sons Ltd.
Sometimes truck load of animals are illegally brought for slaughtering. Information gathered from nearby villages revealed that waste in. Table 3. Location of slaughter houses in the aligarh city outskirts. Note: Many small units of privately owned open slaughter houses are located around Mathura road bypass.
Source: Based on information collected from Field survey When it overflows during the monsoon season, the dirty water spreads into the fields polluting both land and water even killing animals who drink this water. Living and sustaining in the nearby villages has become very difficult for the residents due to stench and filth.
Frigorifico Conservation Allana Sons Ltd. Two other factories established along Mathura bypass road at Talaspur Khurd village were H. The best way to fight this system and reduce or eliminate its waste is to avoid meat altogether. If we lower the demand for meat and other animal products then we can lower the amount of pollution that results as well.
By choosing to eat more plant-based foods, you can drastically cut your carbon footprint, save precious water supplies and help ensure that vital crop resources are fed to people, rather than livestock. With the wealth of available plant-based options available, it has never been easier to eat with the planet in mind.
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