ANR-954 Selecting, Planning, And Managing Dairy Waste Storage Ponds
ANR-954, New Oct 1995. By Ted W. Tyson, Extension Agricultural
Engineer, Associate Professor, Agricultural Engineering, Auburn
University
| Selecting, Planning, And Managing
Dairy Waste Storage Ponds |
To satisfy Alabama's agricultural "no
discharge" water quality concept, dairy operators can choose
from three predominant types of dairy waste management systems:
daily scrape and haul, lagoon-gutter flush, and waste storage
pond. These systems share some common activities, and when properly
planned and managed, each allows for the necessary basic functions
of waste collection, transfer, and land application.
Daily scrape and haul has the advantage of bypassing the treatment-storage
option of the other methods. However, because of the high daily
labor needed and the constraints of timing land applications,
this method is most applicable to dairy herds of 100 cows or less.
The other two systems--lagoon-gutter flush and waste storage pond--are
applicable to dairy herds with more than 100 cows.
CONTENTS
Deciding Which Dairy Waste Management
System To Use | Planning
A Dairy Waste Storage Pond | Managing A Dairy
Waste Storage Pond | Owner Responsibility
References
- ASAE Engineering Practice EP393.2. Manure
Storages. 1993. ASAE, The Society For Engineering In Agricultural,
Food, And Biological Systems.
- ASAE Data D384.1. Manure Production And Characteristics.
1993. ASAE, The Society For Engineering In Agricultural, Food,
And Biological Systems.
- Agricultural Waste Management Field Handbook.
1992. Part 651, National Engineering Handbook. Soil Conservation
Service.
- Zublena, J. P., J. C. Barker, and D. P. Wesen.
1994. Dairy Manure As A Fertilizer Source. Circular AG-439-28.
WQWM-122. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.
- Bennett, M., C. Fulhage, and D. Osburn. 1991.
Waste Management Systems For Dairy Herds. MP 666. University
of Missouri Extension Service.
- Fulhage, C., and D. Pfost. 1993. Earthen
Pits (Basins) For Liquid Dairy Waste. WQ305. University Extension,
University of Missouri-System.
For more information, call your county Extension
office. Look in your telephone directory under your county's name
to find the number.
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