GRRO Projects
Farm Pilot Project Coordination, Inc. (FPPC)
Burt Farm FPPC nears completion. With final construction well underway, GRRO announces the opening of the Farm Pilot Project Coordination Inc. Project 04-2002.
Richard DeGarmo, GRRO Vice
President of Environmental Engineering, has been extremely busy with final construction as
well as visitors to the site.
On September 24, 2003 Barry Kintzer of the USDA, Peter Hubbell of the FPPC/Water Resource Associates, Rick Hibbs (GRRO Tempest Dealer), and Rick Sheets of Ag Waste Recovery System (AWRS) toured the facility and were updated on the status of the project.
Stationery equipment was shown as well as the Tempest Drying System. "Each unit process can be separated and the flow diverted to another process unit to allow the greatest flexibility in determining the best treatment flow patterns," states DeGarmo.
In addition, Mr. Frank Lancaster and Dr. Frank Bordeaux visited with Mr. DeGarmo. Mr. Lancaster and Dr. Bordeaux are with the North Carolina Agricultural Finance Authority.
Loran Balvanz, GRRO President, has also had conversations and meeting with Jerry Hatfield of USDA in Ames, Iowa. "Mr. Hatfield and the USDA are extremely interested in this project. They have very generously opened up their laboratory testing facility for GRRO's use. We are very proud to have USDA showing such interest this early in our project."
Located in Marshalltown, Iowa on the Burt Farm & Livestock, Company, this project will provide
a method and system for the treatment and removal of 75% (or greater) of the nutrients in swine
waste effluent. Initially set for a twelve month demonstration pilot program, the project is planned
to be in operation 8 hours per day/5 days per week and process wastewater effluent from 4000
finishing hogs.
The finishing hogs in the four confinement buildings will be at different finishing stages, which will generally produce semi consistent manure generation over the period of the project.
The total wastewater from the four confinement buildings will be treated within 48 hours of being generated. The wastewater will be pumped from the confinement buildings to a static screen to remove the coarse solids.
This effluent will go to a dosing/surge tank, which will feed the IC-SEP.
The IC-SEP will generate a cake solid with a total solid content of approximately 15% and an effluent
stream. The effluent stream will be sent back to a confinement building for recycling and flushing.
The solids will be processed through the GRRO Tempest Drying System and dried to a desirable total solids content and land applied according to the amended Burt Farm & Livestock Co. Manure Management Program.
AWRS has supplied a mobile pilot unit that will be tested from time to time. AWRS, a new Iowa company, uses applied high powered ultrasonic equipment to attack the problem of hog waste odor.
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