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Food processing wastewater >>> irrigation?
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<blockquote data-quote="brettsacks" data-source="post: 7375454" data-attributes="member: 155431"><p>Hello all...</p><p></p><p>We are in the planning stage of building our farm buildings. Our mixed farm will consist of ~40 dairy cows and ~80 pigs. Cows will never be housed (on pasture all-year round) and pigs will be reared in the woodland.</p><p></p><p>The idea is simple... Milk the cows seasonally - around 9 months a year - and make cheese everyday. Then, when we're not making cheese, pigs return from the abattoir and we will make charcuterie.</p><p></p><p>In terms of buildings, we are putting up a small four stall tandem milking parlour which will be adjacent to our food processing unit. The food processing unit will also be modest and will be used only for cheesemaking and charcuterie making.</p><p></p><p>We are not on the sewage mains and thus we have two main sources of waste water. PLEASE, remember this is a really small operation and 40 cows will not necessitate a poo-lagoon or any water treatment facility.</p><p></p><p>Two main sources of waste water are:</p><p>1. Milking parlour washdown water. After scrapping the parlour down (to make farmyard manure) we will pressure hose the parlour. Thus, this wastewater will be made up of predominantly clean water. We will then mix this dirty water with the washdown water used for the milking line system.</p><p> --- We envision spreading this water onto pasture. It's not a lot of water but it's a cheap option.</p><p></p><p>2. There will be water from our food processing unit. Cheesemaking and charcuterie involves A LOT of washing down - of equipment and floors etc. This water will pass through a grease trap. Again, the composition of this waste water will be predominantly clean water used in the washdown process.</p><p> ---- We hope to also spread this water onto pasture. There's not a lot of guidance on this?...</p><p></p><p>I was hoping that perhaps there was a small producer that has solved the wastewater problem? A cesspit & pumping is just too expensive...</p><p></p><p>Anyways... I am interested to hear any thoughts or questions!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brettsacks, post: 7375454, member: 155431"] Hello all... We are in the planning stage of building our farm buildings. Our mixed farm will consist of ~40 dairy cows and ~80 pigs. Cows will never be housed (on pasture all-year round) and pigs will be reared in the woodland. The idea is simple... Milk the cows seasonally - around 9 months a year - and make cheese everyday. Then, when we're not making cheese, pigs return from the abattoir and we will make charcuterie. In terms of buildings, we are putting up a small four stall tandem milking parlour which will be adjacent to our food processing unit. The food processing unit will also be modest and will be used only for cheesemaking and charcuterie making. We are not on the sewage mains and thus we have two main sources of waste water. PLEASE, remember this is a really small operation and 40 cows will not necessitate a poo-lagoon or any water treatment facility. Two main sources of waste water are: 1. Milking parlour washdown water. After scrapping the parlour down (to make farmyard manure) we will pressure hose the parlour. Thus, this wastewater will be made up of predominantly clean water. We will then mix this dirty water with the washdown water used for the milking line system. --- We envision spreading this water onto pasture. It's not a lot of water but it's a cheap option. 2. There will be water from our food processing unit. Cheesemaking and charcuterie involves A LOT of washing down - of equipment and floors etc. This water will pass through a grease trap. Again, the composition of this waste water will be predominantly clean water used in the washdown process. ---- We hope to also spread this water onto pasture. There's not a lot of guidance on this?... I was hoping that perhaps there was a small producer that has solved the wastewater problem? A cesspit & pumping is just too expensive... Anyways... I am interested to hear any thoughts or questions! [/QUOTE]
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