Slurry storage

Farmersdaughter85

Member
Livestock Farmer
Hi, looking for advice.
Our slurry pit was cleaned out last year and they hit a natural spring. Unfortunately, we’re getting about 1000 gallons of water entering the pit which is unmanageable and we just don’t have capacity to hold never ending supplies of water.
Has anyone had a similar issue? I wondered about lining the pit but was concerned about the membrane bubbling or breaking under the pressure if (more like when) there was water build up. Can anyone recommend specialist companies who can help? Based in Cornwall
 

frederick

Member
Location
south west
Hi, looking for advice.
Our slurry pit was cleaned out last year and they hit a natural spring. Unfortunately, we’re getting about 1000 gallons of water entering the pit which is unmanageable and we just don’t have capacity to hold never ending supplies of water.
Has anyone had a similar issue? I wondered about lining the pit but was concerned about the membrane bubbling or breaking under the pressure if (more like when) there was water build up. Can anyone recommend specialist companies who can help? Based in Cornwall
Lining definitely won't work.
Only option is to drain the spring out of the lagoon and concrete the floor. Still very risky or start again.
 

Cowski

Member
Location
South West
We have the same issue with an earth banked silage clamp dug into a hill. Does anyone have a solution (please don’t say flexicoil along the wall🙈) short of digging out the whole bank and putting false wall in?
 

puppet

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
sw scotland
We have the same issue with an earth banked silage clamp dug into a hill. Does anyone have a solution (please don’t say flexicoil along the wall🙈) short of digging out the whole bank and putting false wall in?
You need a wall round the base with a pipe behind it to take all that water away
 

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