Dewatering centrifuge helps dairy operation
get handle on solids disposal
Problem: Bettencourt Dairies in Wendell, Idaho, houses more than 13,000 Jersey dairy cows with a cross-vent barn with a scraper system to convey wastes. At this dairy, each milking cow produces an average of 18 gpd of manure
and associated wastewater. Previously, the farm used only conventional slope screens for its primary separation, which removed the coarse material. The farm had to dredge its 200-acre-foot waste lagoon once a year. The facility needed to process and meet its nutrient management plan when it added cross vents and vacuum trucks to move the manure
