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Development of Vegetable Cannery
Waste Disposal by Land Irrigation
HELMER MONSON
Civil Engineer
Green Giant Company
Le Sueur, Minnesota
The Green Giant Company has been searching for an efficient and
economical method of cannery waste disposal since the early 1930's. This
company operates 27 canneries in eight states and Canada and they
pack peas, corn and asparagus. Until 1948 lagooning with nitrate
treatment for odor control was used in many of the plants and was
considered to be the best solution for the waste disposal problem at
new canneries or where treatment facilities were required at the older
plants. Chemical precipitation and high rate trickling filters in combination with lagoons also had been thoroughly tried with some promise
being held for the filter-lagoon system. Chemical precipitation was
almost completely discarded as being unsatisfactory.
Several canneries were discharging their wastes to municipal disposal plants but due to the small size of towns in which most canneries
are usually located combined treatment is discouraging and legal inhibitions preclude this course in many instances. With some experience and
increased interest in the prevention of stream pollution it was felt that
the methods in common use left much to be desired. For the seasonal
canner the investment requirements for conventional sewage treatment
processes appear large. Factors such as these brought about the first
experiment with land irrigation disposal in 1948. Since that time the
method has been used with many soil types and various conditions of
topography and vegetation. This year (1953) land irrigation will be
used at 11 canneries. Of these, four use the original ditch and furrow
method of application and seven use the spray method. In addition
dozens of small ridge and furrow disposal systems are in use disposing
of silage liquor run-off.
Ridge and Furrow Irrigation
For those who might be unfamiliar with the two methods of applying the waste to the soil a brief description of the features of the ridge
and furrow and spray system follows.
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| Purdue Identification Number | ETRIWC195313 |
| Title | Development of vegetable cannery waste disposal by land irrigation |
| Author | Monson, Helmer |
| Date of Original | 1953 |
| Conference Title | Proceedings of the eighth Industrial Waste Conference |
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| Extent of Original | p. 112-121 |
| Collection Title | Engineering Technical Reports Collection, Purdue University |
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| Title | page 112 |
| Collection Title | Engineering Technical Reports Collection, Purdue University |
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| Rights Statement | Digital object copyright Purdue University. All rights reserved. |
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| Transcript | Development of Vegetable Cannery Waste Disposal by Land Irrigation HELMER MONSON Civil Engineer Green Giant Company Le Sueur, Minnesota The Green Giant Company has been searching for an efficient and economical method of cannery waste disposal since the early 1930's. This company operates 27 canneries in eight states and Canada and they pack peas, corn and asparagus. Until 1948 lagooning with nitrate treatment for odor control was used in many of the plants and was considered to be the best solution for the waste disposal problem at new canneries or where treatment facilities were required at the older plants. Chemical precipitation and high rate trickling filters in combination with lagoons also had been thoroughly tried with some promise being held for the filter-lagoon system. Chemical precipitation was almost completely discarded as being unsatisfactory. Several canneries were discharging their wastes to municipal disposal plants but due to the small size of towns in which most canneries are usually located combined treatment is discouraging and legal inhibitions preclude this course in many instances. With some experience and increased interest in the prevention of stream pollution it was felt that the methods in common use left much to be desired. For the seasonal canner the investment requirements for conventional sewage treatment processes appear large. Factors such as these brought about the first experiment with land irrigation disposal in 1948. Since that time the method has been used with many soil types and various conditions of topography and vegetation. This year (1953) land irrigation will be used at 11 canneries. Of these, four use the original ditch and furrow method of application and seven use the spray method. In addition dozens of small ridge and furrow disposal systems are in use disposing of silage liquor run-off. Ridge and Furrow Irrigation For those who might be unfamiliar with the two methods of applying the waste to the soil a brief description of the features of the ridge and furrow and spray system follows. 112 |
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