Description
This horse farm houses 14 horses and 6 dogs. They have built a ":pit" to dump horse manure mixed with hay etc. which is not draining properly and collects large amounts of urine/water which turns this pit into a lake. I was instructed to pick up said water with the tractor and dump it in a stream that is running through the property. They also have a compost area where the manure is dumped and shifted around until it breaks down into soil where all the liquid urine water seeps out of these piles and they are trying to get it to run down into the same stream. The arena is almost always flooded as are the pastures and stalls. The whole property doesn't seem to be set up properly to allow adequate drainage of the rain water and overflow from Nute's pond. I have pictures of the RV and the pit (which was so flooded that I got the tractor stuck in there, which you could see) on my phone but don't know how to get them to you. Let me know if you'd like to see them.
6 Comments
Admin (Verified Official)
Stella Collier (Verified Official)
Acknowledged Aaron Pool (Registered User)
This issue will be investigated. Please contact Code Compliance at 780-3794. You may send the pictures to codecompliance@bainbridgewa.gov.
Stella Collier (Verified Official)
Robin W (Registered User)
Closed Stella Collier (Verified Official)
COBI considers this closed because the potential water quality violation is being voluntarily and proactively addressed. COBI and KCD will continue to monitor the property.
Thanks again for your report that has resulted in a property owner receiving assistance and water quality being preserved.