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05/26/2009 13:27 9518273 DOUGLAS KUNEY PAGE 11/14 <br /> 4 <br /> Satisfactory lagoon performance, including odor control, <br /> depends upon good design a ag t. eche <br /> following considerations o t for success with a <br /> poultry waste iagoome <br /> I <br /> 1. fill a new lagoon to its mininum designIlevel with <br /> surface or diverted roof rwwtf. Add vixter any ti=6 the <br /> l n is below minimum designea i: level to <br /> Ma good bacterial action. and prevent waste <br /> overloading. <br /> $. start the lagoon at the beginning of w a weather it <br /> possible since bacterial atio vi it better <br /> stabilize before winter. <br /> 3. Load the lagoon on a frequent and regul basis; dais <br /> loading is ideal. It w4itiple bull g� vill be served, <br /> establish loading rates an a staggered basis to minimize <br /> shock loadings. Si interval 10adinq Mit be Used. design <br /> e lagoon on the basis of a lower VS lloading rate. <br /> 4. mintain strict rode4vt and vaxmint e 1 to prevent <br /> development of anbarOment damage and other nuisance <br /> coziditions. Establish banks in grass, , and <br /> control weeds and brush. Allowvegetation no closer than <br /> 6 inches of the normal waterline to lilift itc <br /> habitat. <br /> S. Plan ahead to have adequate storage voluMe in wet <br /> s <br /> G. Consider wind di°rea.tfon, location of n4i9rs,, <br /> time Of t, <br /> and soil moisture conditions befoje gat <br /> affluent. Applicatiam will be less Offensive When <br /> applied in xid-morning an days with 1 23 dity, and <br /> vhen breezes will dissipate odors. j <br /> 7. Have effluent tested, and apply it to 6ropsr pasture, or <br /> trees at correct infiltration and plant utilization rates <br /> to avoid xwwft or andangeZINInt of groundwater. <br /> . If lagoon is J=rballedtern table sbil,, do not <br /> lower lagoon below the seasonal water iible; this will <br /> prevent breaking the PhYGiCal and biol6gicalseal. <br /> 9. If foul odors develop, check the lagoon pH. Addition of <br /> hydrated line may help increase a l (less than 7.o) ; <br /> apply abiout 1 pound per 1000 S a= feet of lagoon <br /> • surface. If foul odorsis , is probably <br /> overloaded. <br /> I . <br /> 274 <br /> _ 4 <br /> ;.4T::•.r"•M_..'yew{'-'••se'..''.9'elf.:sP`roj3fi:. ..•..P`. <br />