If not carefully managed, dairy wash water can contaminate both surface water sources and groundwater, including drinking water. Contaminants include organic matter, nutrients, milk solids, chemicals, and microorganisms. This fact sheet discusses methods of treating milking center wash water, such as combining with manure in a liquid manure storage facility, treatment in a settling basin or aerobic lagoon before discharge, and disposal through land application or slow surface infiltration over a vegetated soil surface. Supplemented with diagrams, contacts, and reading list. Companion to EB1746, worksheet 10. 8 pages.
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Title
Home-A-Syst
Creators
Washington State University Cooperative Extension (Author)
Academic Unit
Publications, WSU Extension
Series
Extension bulletin (Washington State University. Extension); EB1746-F10
Publisher
Washington State University Extension; Pullman, Washington
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99900502726701842
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