Amendments to the Livestock Manure and Mortalities Management Regulation in Manitoba :
– Livestock operations of 300+ animal units will be required to submit test results for samples of water from the source used for livestock
– Existing operations of between 300 and 400 animal units have until 2010 to develop sufficient storage capacity and will not be allowed to winter spread after this date
– Older manure storage facilities built without a permit must now be registered. An application for registration must be submitted to government by July 10, 2004. Non-registered storage facilities cannot be used after July 10, 2010.
– Commercial applicators hired to spread manure must be certified and consultants retained to prepare manure management plans must be professional agrologists or Certified Crop Advisors registered in Manitoba
– Reduced rates of manure application to environmentally sensitive soils.

Other actions taken to date in the overall strategy to enhance land use planning and protection of water quality are:
– The Water Protection Act in March 2004 to protect and conserve Manitoba’s water
– Amendments to the Planning Act in 2004 to improve the process by which municipalities evaluate proposed livestock operations
– The establishment of a Department of Water Stewardship in the fall of 2003
– The Safe Drinking Water Act in August 2002
– The release of Manitoba’s Water Strategy in April 2003
– The establishment of the Office of Drinking Water
– The hiring of 12 new drinking water officers
– Enhanced training programs for operators of water and waste water systems
– The establishment of the Lake Winnipeg Stewardship Board