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22-Agric-B11 Principles of Waste Management: May 2014

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  1. Question 1 General
  2. Question 2 Manure Storage, Pumping and Land Application System
  3. Question 3 Composting Mixture Design
  4. Question 4 Land Application Nutrient Management
  5. Question 5 Aerated Lagoon Design
  6. Question 6 Odour Management

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National Exams — May 2014 — 04-Agric-B11, Principles of Waste Management. Three-hour, open-book exam; any non-communicating calculator is permitted. Format: do Questions 1 and 2 plus any three of Questions 3–6 (five questions total). All six questions are solved below as a complete study resource.

Reference texts: Curtis, Environmental Management in Animal Agriculture (air emissions, odour generation); MWPS-18, Livestock Waste Facilities Handbook (manure storage tank sizing, manure pumping systems); Rynk et al., On-Farm Composting Handbook (NRAES-54) (composting C:N, moisture content, air requirement); Sommer & Christensen (eds.), Animal Manure Recycling: Treatment and Management (land application, nutrient/zinc-loading management); Metcalf & Eddy/Tchobanoglous, Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Resource Recovery (aerated lagoon kinetics, sludge yield, oxygen requirements).