Strategies for dealing with piggery effluent in Australia: The sequencing batch reactor as a solution

Edgerton, BD; McNevin, D; Wong, CH; Menoud, P; Barford, JP; Mitchell, CA

Strategies for dealing with piggery effluent in Australia: The sequencing batch reactor as a solution

Edgerton, BD McNevin, D

Wong, CH Menoud, P Barford, JP Mitchell, CA

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Citation:: Water Science and Technology, 2000, 41 (1), pp. 123 - 126
Issue Date:: 2000-02-23

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dc.contributor.author	Edgerton, BD	en_US
dc.contributor.author	McNevin, D https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1665-3367	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Wong, CH	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Menoud, P	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Barford, JP	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Mitchell, CA https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9842-540X	en_US
dc.date.issued	2000-02-23	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Water Science and Technology, 2000, 41 (1), pp. 123 - 126	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0273-1223	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/128787
dc.description.abstract	Currently the accepted practice for swine wastewater disposal is lagoon stabilisation followed by land application. This disposal method can exacerbate odour emissions and contribute to soil contamination and eutrophication of waterways. Intensification of the pig industry has increased the impact of individual piggeries; this combined with tightening legislation is causing the pig industry in Australia to look at alternative treatment methods. A pilot scale sequencing batch reactor (SBR) was built to treat piggery wastewater. It achieved NH4+ and odour reductions of greater than 99% as well as 79% removal of COD and a 49% reduction of PO43-on a mass balance basis. The reactor experienced problems with foaming for the first 2 months of operation, which was controlled with vegetable oil until the foaming stopped. Struvite formation also occurred within the reactor and influent pipes but it was calculated that sufficient nutrients were removed to prevent precipitation down stream of the SBR.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Water Science and Technology	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Environmental Engineering	en_US
dc.title	Strategies for dealing with piggery effluent in Australia: The sequencing batch reactor as a solution	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)/Institute For Sustainable Futures
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science/School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
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Abstract:

Currently the accepted practice for swine wastewater disposal is lagoon stabilisation followed by land application. This disposal method can exacerbate odour emissions and contribute to soil contamination and eutrophication of waterways. Intensification of the pig industry has increased the impact of individual piggeries; this combined with tightening legislation is causing the pig industry in Australia to look at alternative treatment methods. A pilot scale sequencing batch reactor (SBR) was built to treat piggery wastewater. It achieved NH4+ and odour reductions of greater than 99% as well as 79% removal of COD and a 49% reduction of PO43-on a mass balance basis. The reactor experienced problems with foaming for the first 2 months of operation, which was controlled with vegetable oil until the foaming stopped. Struvite formation also occurred within the reactor and influent pipes but it was calculated that sufficient nutrients were removed to prevent precipitation down stream of the SBR.

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