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Improved Piggery Effluent Management Systems Incorporating Highly Loaded Primary Ponds

110 Pages
1 Dec 0008
Author(s): Alan Skerman

Australian Pork Limited commissioned this project to demonstrate the technical feasibility and benefits to the Australian pig industry of utilising highly loaded (and significantly smaller) primary effluent ponds for the treatment of effluent from piggery sheds. In comparison to conventional effluent ponds, the results indicated that highly loaded ponds offer comparable levels of solids reduction and a range of practical and economical benefits, including easier desludging, lower odour emissions, reduced construction costs, and improved potential to establish or expand piggeries at sites limited by separation distance to sensitive receptors.

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