Farm management for controlling pollution from confined animal operations and surface runoff
Part of a series on
Pollution
Anaerobic lagoon for treatment of dairy wastes
Air
Air quality index
Atmospheric dispersion modeling
Chlorofluorocarbon
Combustion
Exhaust gas
Haze
Global dimming
Global distillation
Indoor air quality
Ozone depletion
Particulates
Persistent organic pollutant
Smog
Soot
Volatile organic compound
Waste
Biological
Biological hazard
Genetic
Introduced species
Invasive species
Digital
Information
Electromagnetic
Light
Ecological
Overillumination
Radio spectrum
Natural
Ozone
Radium and radon in the environment
Volcanic ash
Wildfire
Noise
Transportation
Health effects from noise
Marine mammals and sonar
Noise barrier
Noise control
Soundproofing
Radiation
Actinides
Bioremediation
Depleted uranium
Nuclear fission
Nuclear fallout
Plutonium
Poisoning
Radioactivity
Uranium
Radioactive waste
Soil
Agricultural
Land degradation
Bioremediation
Defecation
Electrical resistance heating
Soil guideline values
Phytoremediation
Solid waste
Advertising mail
Biodegradable waste
Brown waste
Electronic waste
Foam food container
Food waste
Green waste
Hazardous waste
Industrial waste
Litter
Mining
Municipal solid waste
Nanomaterials
Plastic
Packaging waste
Post-consumer waste
Waste management
Space
Space debris
Thermal
Urban heat island
Visual
Air travel
Advertising clutter
Overhead power lines
Traffic signs
Vandalism
War
Chemical warfare
Herbicidal warfare
Agent Orange
Nuclear holocaust
Nuclear fallout
Nuclear famine
Nuclear winter
Scorched earth
Unexploded ordnance
War and environmental law
Water
Agricultural wastewater
Biosolids
Diseases
Eutrophication
Firewater
Freshwater
Groundwater
Hypoxia
Industrial wastewater
Marine
Monitoring
Nonpoint source
Nutrient
Ocean acidification
Oil spill
Pharmaceuticals
Freshwater salinization
Septic tanks
Sewage
Shipping
Sludge
Stagnation
Sulfur water
Surface runoff
Turbidity
Urban runoff
Water quality
Wastewater
Topics
History
Pollutants
Heavy metals
Paint
Misc
Area source
Debris
Dust
Garbology
Legacy
Midden
Point source
Waste
Lists
Diseases
Law by country
Most polluted cities
Least polluted cities by PM2.5
Treaties
Categories
By country
Environment portal
Ecology portal
v
t
e
Agricultural wastewater treatment is a farm management agenda for controlling pollution from confined animal operations and from surface runoff that may be contaminated by chemicals in fertilizer, pesticides, animal slurry, crop residues or irrigation water. Agricultural wastewater treatment is required for continuous confined animal operations like milk and egg production. It may be performed in plants using mechanized treatment units similar to those used for industrial wastewater. Where land is available for ponds, settling basins and facultative lagoons may have lower operational costs for seasonal use conditions from breeding or harvest cycles.[1]: 6–8 Animal slurries are usually treated by containment in anaerobic lagoons before disposal by spray or trickle application to grassland. Constructed wetlands are sometimes used to facilitate treatment of animal wastes.
Nonpoint source pollution includes sediment runoff, nutrient runoff and pesticides. Point source pollution includes animal wastes, silage liquor, milking parlour (dairy farming) wastes, slaughtering waste, vegetable washing water and firewater. Many farms generate nonpoint source pollution from surface runoff which is not controlled through a treatment plant.
Farmers can install erosion controls to reduce runoff flows and retain soil on their fields.[2][3]: pp. 4-95–4-96 Common techniques include contour plowing, crop mulching, crop rotation, planting perennial crops and installing riparian buffers.[4][3]: pp. 4-95–4-96 Farmers can also develop and implement nutrient management plans to reduce excess application of nutrients[4][3]: pp. 4-37–4-38 and reduce the potential for nutrient pollution. To minimize pesticide impacts, farmers may use Integrated Pest Management (IPM) techniques (which can include biological pest control) to maintain control over pests, reduce reliance on chemical pesticides, and protect water quality.[5]
^Reed, Sherwood C. (1988). Natural systems for waste management and treatment. E. Joe Middlebrooks, Ronald W. Crites. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-051521-2. OCLC 16087827.
^"Erosion". Washington, DC: US Natural Resources Conservation Service. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
^ abcCite error: The named reference EPA-agmm was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ abU.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Washington, DC. "National Conservation Practice Standards." National Handbook of Conservation Practices. Accessed 2015-10-02.
^"Integrated Pest Management Principles". Pest Control and Pesticide Safety for Consumers. EPA. 2017-06-27.
and 30 Related for: Agricultural wastewater treatment information
Agriculturalwastewatertreatment is a farm management agenda for controlling pollution from confined animal operations and from surface runoff that may...
usually follows pre-treatment. Further types of wastewatertreatment plants include Agriculturalwastewatertreatment and leachate treatment plants. One common...
This page consists of a list of wastewatertreatment technologies: Activated sludge model Activated sludge systems Adsorption/Bio-oxidation process Advanced...
Industrial wastewatertreatment describes the processes used for treating wastewater that is produced by industries as an undesirable by-product. After...
Sewage treatment (or domestic wastewatertreatment, municipal wastewatertreatment) is a type of wastewatertreatment which aims to remove contaminants...
usually follows pre-treatment. Further types of wastewatertreatment plants include Agriculturalwastewatertreatment and leachate treatment plants. One common...
Agriculturalwastewatertreatment is treatment and disposal of liquid animal waste, pesticide residues etc. from agriculture. Industrial wastewater treatment...
such as a storm drain, a wastewatertreatment plant or an oil spill. Non-point sources are more diffuse. An example is agricultural runoff. Pollution is the...
sewage treatment plant (usually after some form of pre-treatment). Other types of wastewatertreatment plants include agriculturalwastewatertreatment and...
water pollution. This includes municipal wastewatertreatment, agricultural and industrial wastewatertreatment, erosion and sediment control, and the control...
the treatment and reuse processes can be from a variety of sources. Usually it is wastewater (domestic or municipal, industrial or agricultural wastewater)...
: 1 Another definition of wastewater is "Used water from any combination of domestic, industrial, commercial or agricultural activities, surface runoff...
Secondary treatment is widely used in sewage treatment and is also applicable to many agricultural and industrial wastewaters. Secondary treatment systems...
usually follows pre-treatment. Further types of wastewatertreatment plants include Agriculturalwastewatertreatment and leachate treatment plants. One common...
Sewage (or domestic sewage, domestic wastewater, municipal wastewater) is a type of wastewater that is produced by a community of people. It is typically...
The Ashbridges Bay WastewaterTreatment Plant is the city of Toronto's main sewage treatment facility, and the second largest such plant in Canada after...
after the sludge has undergone suitable treatment processes. In fact, biosolids are defined as organic wastewater solids that can be reused after stabilization...
are ponds designed and built for wastewatertreatment to reduce the organic content and remove pathogens from wastewater. They are man-made depressions...
irradiation. Sewage treatment (or domestic wastewatertreatment, municipal wastewatertreatment) is a type of wastewatertreatment which aims to remove...
further used as a biofuel from industrial wastewater or as animal feed from agriculturalwastewatertreatment facilities. Spirodela polyrhiza can be used...
The Sacramento Regional WastewaterTreatment Plant (SRWTP) is a wastewatertreatment plant in Elk Grove, California, United States. It was built along...
The biological treatment of wastewater in the sewage treatment plant is often accomplished using conventional activated sludge systems. These systems...
Sewage sludge treatment technologies, which is installed downstream of various wastewatertreatment technologies Fecal sludge treatment processes, such...
problem. In order to manage their waste, CAFOs have developed agriculturalwastewatertreatment plans. To save on manual labor, many CAFOs handle manure waste...
Anammox is a wastewatertreatment technique that removes nitrogen using anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox). This process is performed by anammox bacteria...
management in the wastewater sector applies the concept of sustainable management to the energy involved in the treatment of wastewater. The energy used...
public health. They design municipal water supply and industrial wastewatertreatment systems, and design plans to prevent waterborne diseases and improve...
77-97% of nutrients, and 99.5-99.9% of microbes from wastewater. Decentralised WastewaterTreatment Systems (DEWATS) have been adopted in some parts of...
Global Information
