Weather can play a huge role in effectively managing hog manure and lagoons. Substantial rains in hog farming areas can cause the lagoons to overflow or the walls surrounding the lagoons to break, allowing for the hog waste to enter nearby streams and rivers. During the mid 1990’s, a series of sever weather storms swept through the coastal areas of North Carolina and caused major flooding of streams and river. After Hurricane Fran, the US Department of Agriculture granted federal grants to coastal areas to help with clean up. Much of the environment was effected by downed trees and having to clean out materials from rivers and streams but according to the NC DENR report, hog farming might have had a big impact on the amount of damage down by the storm.
Another incident in North Carolina effecting water quality was after Hurricane Floyd. A hog lagoon broke and spilled over two million gallons of waste from Lanier Farm in Rose Hill into a tributary in the Northeast Cape Fear River. Two other hog lagoons on the farm burst as well. Sampson and Pitt country were also two counties to get hit hard by the hurricane and many of their hog lagoons overflowed as well
Another incident in North Carolina effecting water quality was after Hurricane Floyd. A hog lagoon broke and spilled over two million gallons of waste from Lanier Farm in Rose Hill into a tributary in the Northeast Cape Fear River. Two other hog lagoons on the farm burst as well. Sampson and Pitt country were also two counties to get hit hard by the hurricane and many of their hog lagoons overflowed as well
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