On the eastern slopes of Mount Taranaki is where you’ll find Dave Gordon’s picturesque 460 cow dairy farm.
With yearly rainfall of over 3 metres, there are limited opportunities to spread and plenty of storage is needed. The paddocks are dissected by a road, creeks and drains, so finding suitable areas to spread that are within a good distance from the effluent storage pond can be challenging.
So Dave gave Nevada a call for some specialist advice on cost effectively setting up a new effluent management system….
The oxidation ponds were in good condition with no signs of leaking, so were easily converted into council compliant storage ponds. Effluent from the cow shed gravitates into the main pond, and a 7 metre Nevada electric stirrer keeps it all well mixed. The challenge was finding the best solution for spreading when the farm is split across both sides of a public road.
Due to the farm’s landscape, more pipeline than usual was required, however a combination of low-pressure Greenback travelling irrigators and electric Progressive Cavity pumps means there are no compromises when it comes to pressure and flow.
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