By the Numbers: Kewaunee County CAFOs

1/3

Number of cows per acre in Kewaunee County.

1

Kewaunee County’s state ranking in cattle density.

15

Number of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in Kewaunee County.

30

Percent of wells in Kewaunee County that do not meet safe drinking water standards due to E.coli and nitrate contamination.

47

Percent of wells in the Town of Lincoln that do not meet safe drinking water standards due to E.coli and nitrate contamination.

20,000

Approximate number of people who live in Kewaunee County.

45,000

The number of dairy cows projected to be added to Kewaunee County farms.

80,000

Approximate number of dairy cows that live in Kewaunee County.

924,822

The number of humans it would take to create the waste equivalent of the cows of Kewaunee County. That represents the entire populations of Green Bay, Madison and Milwaukee.

Source: George Meyer, former Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Secretary and current executive director of the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, at the Sept. 9 meeting of the Door County Environmental Council.