Livestock Waste Treatment

Biological Control of sludge and odor associated with any type of livestock waste. 
Hog, cattle and poultry producers, as well as dairy farmers, are facing increased pressure from regulatory agencies and surrounding communities to eliminate offensive odors and to treat animal wastes.

Air emissions from these operations can lower surrounding land values and kill vegetation leading to lawsuits. Overflows from settling and collection ponds can pollute surrounding land and surface water. High ammonia levels can harm adult livestock as well as newborns and cause unhealthy working conditions for the employees at the facilities. Organic build-up causes blockages in the channels, connecting indoor pens to the outdoor ponds. LWT-1 has been created to solve these problems.

LWT-1 is a combination of naturally occurring microorganism that will not harm humans, livestock or the surrounding ecosystems. Regular applications of LWT-1 to the troughs below animal pens, reduces sludge accumulation, preventing channel blocking and lowering the quantity of water, used to flush the wastes to the collection ponds. Periodically adding LWT-1 to the collection ponds completely breaks the sludge to liquids, making them easier to pump-out.

LWT-1 is environmentally friendly and since it eliminates ammonia and liquefies sludge, accidental releases from collection ponds will not harm surrounding surface water. Liquid from the collection ponds can be sprayed on soils, enriching them similar to an application of compost.  There also is the near elimination of odor when the manure is applied on the farm fields.

LWT-1 can be applied to waste pits and ponds either manually or automatically using metering pumps. Quantities vary depending on the size, flow rates and configuration.

The microbes contained in the products are non-pathogenic for humans, animals and plants.

The microbes produce catabolic enzymes that breakdown hydrocarbons as well as other organic wastes. The end products of metabolism are carbon dioxide, water and short chained fatty acids. Because they are non-pathogenic and are grown on inorganic media, they should have non antibiotic resistance. Once the waste is degraded, these microbes will slowly decline in the soil or water to background levels due to lack of substrate.

Strata products are shipped as live liquid microbes, with a normal count of at least 10,000,000 colony forming units per ml.  The normal shelf life of the products is one year from the date of shipment. At the end of one year, the microbial count will start to diminish resulting in a less effective product.

Application: In the case of farms, LWT-1 is poured directly into the waste lagoon as an initial treatment.

Maintenance doses are added as required to maintain the desired effect. Application rates are affected by many variables. Some of these variables are retention time; size of the lagoon or pig farm; levels of waste reduction required; water temperature; waste stream flow rate; percentage of dissolved oxygen in the lagoon and the pH level.

There have been no reports of toxicity with LWT-1 bacteria.  It is approved for entrance and sales in Australia. To test  LWT-1, or other products,  place 200 ml with farm waste (chicken, pig or cow) in a flask. Aerate the mixture with a small aquarium pump. Note the reduction of waste in the following days.

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LWT-1 Test Application

July 2, 1998
Pig Farm Test - 25 days of Testing
From: EAZ Company
Mr. Miguel Garmendia
34 48 171618
Pamplona, Spain
Paramters at the entrance of the aeration:
COD 5,850 mg/l
NTK 1,404 mg/l
N-NH4 1,330 mg/l
Aerobic stage: Clearer exit: COD 704 mg/l
NTK 149 mg/l
N-NH4 97 mg/l
NO3 81.4 mg/l
Free Oxygen is 2.5 ppm. It is higher.
Aerobic filter stage:
Parameters released to the river.
COD without value
NTK 140 ppm
N-NH4 124 ppm
NO3 64.8 ppm

Remarks:

1. Reduction of NTK: 1,404 to 149, it is 89%.
    Reduction of N-NH4: 1,330 to 97, it is 97%, very important.

2. Level at the exit, after the oxidation in the aerobic reactor.
    NTK - It decreased from 183.7 to 140 ppm
    N-NH4 - It decreased from 179 to 124 ppm
    NO3 - 64.8 ppm

LWT-1 contains 20 different species of aerobic, facultative and chemolithotrophic bacteria.  

SPECIAL BLEND OF LWT-1 FOR SHRIMP FARM TREATMENT
Reduces ammonia, nitrites and nitrates in the water.
Improves the eating habits of the shrimp.
Increases the growth cycle of the shrimp.
Enhances the living conditions of the shrimp.
Very cost effective.
Completely natural and safe for the shrimp.
Less mortality rate.

Also works very well on fish farms!

Dosing rates:

Per hectare (one meter deep) Week 1 – 10 liters.
Weeks 2 – 7 – 2 liters.
Week 8 and on – 1 liter.

The Organic Digester/LWT-1 initial treatment is 1 gallon per 40,000-50,000 gallons. If the pond is covered with algae then double the dosage. Maintenance treatments are 1 gallon per 80,000 gallons. You should not need our AWT-1 for aquaculture unless you are trying to significantly increase the number of prawns in the lagoon.

DOSAGE

Livestock Waste Lagoon Treatment
55 gallons (208 l) per 1,000,000 gallons (3,785,000 l) - but each application will be different depending on the actual field conditions.

LWT-1 is sold in 5 gallons and 55 gallon drums.  For the MSDS sheet please see the Waste Digester.  All of our products are non chemical and non hazardous. 

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STUDY ON THE EFFICIENCY OF THE BACTERIA IN THE PIG FARM   

1.  Introduction