Role of animal wastes in agricultural land runoff

Robbins, Jackie W. D.; Howells, David H.; Kriz, George J.

Role of animal wastes in agricultural land runoff

1971

Robbins, Jackie W. D. | Howells, David H. | Kriz, George J.

Twelve typical agricultural areas representing three types of animal waste management techniques--lagooning, direct discharge into streams, and land spreading including pasture and drylot units--were studied to determine the amounts of and factors governing stream pollution from swine, dairy, beef, and poultry production operations. More than 1500 stream and lagoon effluent samples were collected with an automatic sampler developed for the study. The samples were analyzed for bacteria, nutrients, and degradable organics. Hydrological and waste management data were also collected. Study results point to the superiority of land spreading for the disposal of animal wastes.

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AGROVOC Keywords

pollution water water pollution

Bibliographic information

Published in

Water pollution control research series

Publisher

[U.S. Environmental Protection Agency], Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office [distributor]

Other Subjects

Animal waste

Language

English

Note

by Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University at Raleigh ; [authors: Jackie W.D. Robbins, David H. Howells, George J. Kriz].

Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-103).

Type

Monographic; Bibliography; Government Publication; Text

Corporate Author

North Carolina State University. Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering.

United States. Environmental Protection Agency.

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