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Anaerobic Lagoons

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Anaerobic lagoons, which use little or no energy, are a popular form of effluent treatment in the meat industry. In these lagoons, bacteria degrade the effluent organic matter in the absence of oxygen. This Bulletin describes how anaerobic lagoons work, discusses their advantages and disadvantages and outlines their design.

Funding

New Zealand Meat Research and Development Council

History

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This bulletin was prepared by the Information Centre of MIRINZ for use by the New Zealand meat industry. It may not be reproduced without prior permission.

Publication date

1995-08-31

Project number

  • Non revenue

Language

  • English

Does this contain Māori information or data?

  • No

Publisher

MIRINZ

Journal title

MIRINZ Bulletin

ISSN

1174-7498

Volume/issue number

28

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