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Anaerobic and Aerobic Ponds for Packinghouse Waste Treatment in Louisiana JAMES F. COERVER, Chief Engineer Water Supply and Waste Disposal Section Division of Public Health Engineering Louisiana State Board of Health New Orleans, Louisiana The Division of Public Health Engineering of the Louisiana State Board of Health has been developing and promoting the use of anaerobic and aerobic waste stabilization ponds in series for the treatment of abattoir and packinghouse wastes for several years. Observed satisfactory operation of such facilities at the Autin Packing Company, Houma, Louisiana prompted this action. The facilities at Houma were the first of this type to be installed in the state, and similar facilities at other packinghouses and abattoirs have essentially been patterned thereafter. DESCRIPTION OF POND SYSTEMS Treatment facilities for large packinghouses consists of three ponds in series. The first pond in the series is an anaerobic pond and receives all of the wastes from animal slaughtering and meat packing, including blood and paunch manure. The second of the three ponds in series is now referred to as a "transitional" pond. It is frequently found devoid of dissolved oxygen during daylight hrs, and at other times saturated with dissolved oxygen. We formerly referred to these transitional ponds as "recovery" ponds. The plankton and appearance of a transitional pond is different from that of the third and final pond of the series, which is an aerobic pond characteristically high in dissolved oxygen content during daylight hrs. It has been found that it takes a while for new pond installations to "ripen" and operate at maximum efficiency. During the first six to 12 months of operation a "crust" develops over the anaerobic pond, and the pond does not reach peak efficiency in BOD removal until the crust essentially covers the entire surface. Our observations indicate that paunch manure plays an important role in forming this crust. Characteristically the anaerobic pond and also the other ponds in the series, are nuisance free after the "crust" has been formed. Performance data on three such pond installations are contained in this report, particularly from the original installation at Autin Packing Company in Houma, Louisiana. The other two installations described are the Guillot Packing Company at Slidell and Stevens Meat Company in Gonzales. HISTORY The pond system at the Autin Packing Company in Houma was installed about 16 years ago according to the owner, A. A. Autin. However, there are no records presently available to definitely establish the date of original use. Autin, who was very helpful in gathering information on these facilities, advised that the design intent was for the ponds to act primarily as settling basins. The inner levees separating the three ponds originally contained French drains made of oyster shells. - 200 -
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Purdue Identification Number | ETRIWC196420 |
Title | Anaerobic and aerobic ponds for packinghouse waste treatment in Louisiana |
Author | Coerver, James F. |
Date of Original | 1964 |
Conference Title | Proceedings of the nineteenth Industrial Waste Conference |
Conference Front Matter (copy and paste) | http://earchives.lib.purdue.edu/u?/engext,11114 |
Extent of Original | p. 200-209 |
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Engineering extension series no. 117 Engineering bulletin v. 49, no. 1(a)-2 |
Collection Title | Engineering Technical Reports Collection, Purdue University |
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Title | page 200 |
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Transcript | Anaerobic and Aerobic Ponds for Packinghouse Waste Treatment in Louisiana JAMES F. COERVER, Chief Engineer Water Supply and Waste Disposal Section Division of Public Health Engineering Louisiana State Board of Health New Orleans, Louisiana The Division of Public Health Engineering of the Louisiana State Board of Health has been developing and promoting the use of anaerobic and aerobic waste stabilization ponds in series for the treatment of abattoir and packinghouse wastes for several years. Observed satisfactory operation of such facilities at the Autin Packing Company, Houma, Louisiana prompted this action. The facilities at Houma were the first of this type to be installed in the state, and similar facilities at other packinghouses and abattoirs have essentially been patterned thereafter. DESCRIPTION OF POND SYSTEMS Treatment facilities for large packinghouses consists of three ponds in series. The first pond in the series is an anaerobic pond and receives all of the wastes from animal slaughtering and meat packing, including blood and paunch manure. The second of the three ponds in series is now referred to as a "transitional" pond. It is frequently found devoid of dissolved oxygen during daylight hrs, and at other times saturated with dissolved oxygen. We formerly referred to these transitional ponds as "recovery" ponds. The plankton and appearance of a transitional pond is different from that of the third and final pond of the series, which is an aerobic pond characteristically high in dissolved oxygen content during daylight hrs. It has been found that it takes a while for new pond installations to "ripen" and operate at maximum efficiency. During the first six to 12 months of operation a "crust" develops over the anaerobic pond, and the pond does not reach peak efficiency in BOD removal until the crust essentially covers the entire surface. Our observations indicate that paunch manure plays an important role in forming this crust. Characteristically the anaerobic pond and also the other ponds in the series, are nuisance free after the "crust" has been formed. Performance data on three such pond installations are contained in this report, particularly from the original installation at Autin Packing Company in Houma, Louisiana. The other two installations described are the Guillot Packing Company at Slidell and Stevens Meat Company in Gonzales. HISTORY The pond system at the Autin Packing Company in Houma was installed about 16 years ago according to the owner, A. A. Autin. However, there are no records presently available to definitely establish the date of original use. Autin, who was very helpful in gathering information on these facilities, advised that the design intent was for the ponds to act primarily as settling basins. The inner levees separating the three ponds originally contained French drains made of oyster shells. - 200 - |
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