Swine Producers' Perceptions of Alternative Waste Management Systems

Gaseous Emissions from Wastewater Facilities

“…The use of such a system significantly decreased the required scrubber Water Environment Research, Volume 79, Number 10-Copyright © 2007 Water Environment Federation 1529 size and increased both the efficiency of scrubber utilization and the cost-effectiveness for ammonia removal. Cates et al (2006) used a two-stage data collection approach to evaluate swine producers' perceptions of factors affecting the adoption of alternatives to the lagoon and spray field system. Interviews and surveys were conducted with swine producers in North Carolina to collect qualitative information on perceived benefits and limitations of the current system.…”

Comparison of the Effectiveness and Economic Costs of Two Production Scale Polyacrylamide Assisted Solid/Liquid Separation Systems for the Treatment of Liquid Swine Manure

“…Smallscale treatment using minimal technology has been investigated but efficiency results were low and actual producer costs could not be calculated (Westerman and Arogo, 2005). Full-scale, multi-step processes that combine solids separation, denitrification, and phosphorus removal to produce discharge-quality effluent have been proposed for treating swine waste slurry (Martinez-Almela and Barrera, 2005;Vanotti et al, 2007), but surveys have shown that pork producers need a simple, low-tech, low cost, easy-to-operate system that creates more beneficial and easily utilized products from the waste if they are to invest in a treatment system (Cates et al, 2006;Walker, 2008).…”