How manure is stored in a lagoon
One of the ways to manage manure on a farm is to store it in a lagoon. Here is how the lagoon at McMahon’s EZ Acres works.
A pump sucks the manure into a pipe that carries it to the lagoon.
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Animal waste is pushed through holes in the floor into a tunnel beneath the barn.
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Farmers pump manure out of the lagoon as needed.
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The lagoon is built in clay soil and has a steel-reinforced concrete floor over a layer of fill.
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The lagoon is 185 feet across and 16 feet deep.
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The lagoon has a heavy plastic landfill liner; the walls are steel-reinforced concrete within a 1/4-inch-thick plastic shell.
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Three pipes buried below the lagoon monitor for leaks.
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A pump sucks the manure into a pipe that carries it to the lagoon.
2
Animal waste is pushed through holes in the floor into a tunnel beneath the barn.
1
Farmers pump manure out of the lagoon as needed.
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The lagoon is built in clay soil and has a steel-reinforced concrete floor over a layer of fill.
5
The lagoon is 185 feet across and 16 feet deep.
4
The lagoon has a heavy plastic landfill liner; the walls are steel-reinforced concrete within a 1/4-inch-thick plastic shell.
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Three pipes buried below the lagoon monitor for leaks.
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A pump sucks the manure into a pipe that carries it to the lagoon.
Animal waste is pushed through holes in the floor into a tunnel beneath the barn.
Farmers pump manure out of the lagoon as needed.
The lagoon is 185 feet across and 16 feet deep.
The lagoon is built in clay soil and has a steel-reinforced concrete floor over a layer of fill.
The lagoon has a heavy plastic landfill liner; the walls are steel-reinforced concrete within a 1/4-inch-thick plastic shell.
Three pipes buried below the lagoon monitor for leaks.
Source: McMahon’s EZ Acres Peter Allen | pallen@syracuse.com