Wisconsin’s Dane County approves Menasha River Dairy manure digester

In Wisconsin, the McFarland Thistle reports that the Dane County Board approved the construction of an anaerobic digester at the Menasha River Dairy. According to the article, this was after a two week delay caused by concerns regarding a similar digester suffering a spill in a nearby town.

A number of safety measures will be used, including construction of a berm around the digester, and various alarms and sensors. The article quotes Supervisor Marly Kolar as stating, “I am very comfortable with the safety measures… I ask people to consider that this is a means of energy production. Energy will be produced by a waste product. The digesters keep the phosphorous out of our lakes.”

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