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Guidelines
for Wet Muck Out
THE
WET MUCK OUT/HYBRID SYSTEM
ii) Reception
Tank
The purpose
of a reception tank is to collect wastewater from the dung
channels and store it prior to treatment.
A well-designed
reception tank should be sufficiently large to prevent overflow
and to enable the trapped solids and grits to be easily removed.
It should be covered to prevent ingress of rainwater. It should
be large enough to store the maximum daily volume of wastewater
likely to be generated in the farm. In general, there should
be at least 0.06m3 of reception tank volume per porker if
a full wet muck out system is used. If a hybrid system is
used the tank volume required will be less but the exact size
will depend upon the effectiveness of the dry muck out operation.
A reception
tank must also be equipped with a pump to convey the wastewater
to the aeration tank for treatment.
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