Therefore be it resolved that Great Lakes United supports a precautionary moratorium on all new or expanding Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) that produce untreated animal waste; and, Therefore be it further resolved that Great Lakes United supports: The improvement and similar wastewater transportation, delivery, and treatment systems on each CAFO site within the Great Lakes watershed, at least as stringent as the U.S. federal or Canadian provincial water quality mandates and standards required of municipalities producing the same volume of human waste; and that these improvements should apply to all medium and large livestock operations; and, that safe nutrient management practices and disposal of sludge should be included in the requirements in order to maintain adequate water quality standards in ground and surface waters.