What Dave Wanted
Dave was looking to upgrade his dairy effluent system which included enough dairy effluent storage for his 700 cow farm near Tirohanga at Atiamuri in the Waikato.
Dave was keen to avoid irrigating when conditions are not suitable, and to be able to meet the requirements of the Waikato Regional Council. Dave was also keen to upgrade any other areas dairy effluent wise that may have needed it.
What Dave Thinks About His New Dairy Effluent System
“I’m really pleased with my Vortex Bladder and what I have now, I only irrigate when I want to, and my irrigator is fair flying”.
What Dave Thinks About the Guys at Precise DE
“They are good bastards to deal with”.
Solution/Key Changes
We completed a Dairy Effluent Storage Calculator that indicated a storage volume of just over 900m3 was required, based on using a 1000m3 Precise DE Vortex Dairy Effluent Bladder.
Dave decided to opt for a 1200m3 Vortex Bladder to ensure he had plenty of storage.
In addition to this Dave installed another stonetrap to further filter the solids, and also installed a 22m3 per hour Precise DE Bellin PC pump to pump to his irrigator.
The Vortex Bladder is gravity fed from the 2 stonetraps that are located 8 metres above the bladder with all of the pumping now done from the Vortex Bladder when conditions are suitable, with his old concrete tank been bi-passed.