Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations or also known as CAFO’s are another cause for the contamination of water. CAFO’s are giant livestock farms where thousands of chicken and cows are housed into small confinements and live in horrible conditions. When so many animals are stored in a limited space manure will become a problem for the farm, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists, “CAFOs produce some 300 million tons of untreated manure each year (about twice as much as is generated by the entire human population of the United States)” (“The Hidden Costs of CAFO's: Smart Choices for U.S Food Production”). Disposal of high amounts of manure produced by livestock will usually be done in an incorrect manner, this could be
