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42 THE RURAL VOICE
ADVICE
PROPER DISPOSAL
OF MILKHOUSE WASTE
Most provinces have legislation
against the contamination of
streams and water supplies, and
regulations to determine the per-
mitted methods of disposal of
waste from milkhouses and milk-
ing parlours. It is unsatisfactory to
directly drain these wastes onto the
surface of the ground (some pro-
vinces do allow surface irrigation),
or to empty them through a field
drainage system into an open
ditch, creek or river. Instead, the
wastes should be drained through a
system designed to provide proper
treatment.
Recommended procedures for
disposing of the milkhouse wastes
are to pass them through a sedi-
ment tank and disposal field or to
dump them into the main manure
storage if a liquid or semisolid
system is being used. If surface ir-
rigation is used, a separate holding
pond may be desirable.
Details for the design of the sedi-
ment tank and disposal field, in-
cluding trench dimensions and
construction procedures, are given
in Agriculture Canada Publication
1620, Planning Your Milkhouse.
Keep in mind that milkhouse
wastes include sanitizing additives
in the waste water and possibly
spilled feed and some manure from
the milking parlour. This combina-
tion makes the wastes difficult to
treat. As well, bacterial action is
low and sludge builds up rapidly; it
must be removed and spread on
the land every 6 months or so.
If waste water from the
milkhouse is emptied into the main
manure storage then additional
storage space must be provided;
add 15 litres per cow per day. If a
milking parlour is used even more
space will be needed. This addi-
tional volume must all be hauled to
the field, and the material to be
handled when emptying the
storage will be more liquid.
Agriculture Canada