Seepage losses from animal waste lagoons: A summary of a four-year investigation in Kansas

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 983-992

  Ham, Jay M ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic lagoons; Animal feeding operations; Compacted soil liners; Groundwater quality; Manure storages

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DAIRIES; EFFLUENTS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NITROGEN; SAMPLING; SEWAGE LAGOONS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOILS; WASTES;

WASTE LAGOONS;

SEEPAGE;

ANIMAL WASTE; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAGOON; SEEPAGE; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAGOON; SEEPAGE; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0036665511     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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