Apparatus and method for purification of agricultural animal waste

A method for treatment of agricultural animal wastewater, which comprises the following sequential steps:

• screening wastewater influent to remove bulk solids;
• pressing said bulk solids to remove excess moisture and directing the removed moisture to an aerobic lagoon for treatment;
• aerobically treating said wastewater in an aerobic lagoon said aerobic lagoon further comprises propagated aerobic bacteria selected to aerobically digest animal wastewater;
• diverting a portion of said aerobically treated wastewater to deluge tanks for use in flushing livestock buildings;
• injecting said aerobically treated wastewater with a polymer blend prior to its entering a plurality of above-ground clarifying means;
• clarifying and denitrifying said wastewater in the plurality of above-ground tanks whereby suspended solids are precipitated and a portion thereof diverted to a plurality of drying beds for drying;
• returning a portion of clarified supernatant to the aerobic lagoon;
• filtering water flowing from the clarifying means prior to disinfecting with ozone;
• treatment of said clarified water with ozone to provide drinking water suitable for agricultural animals.

A method of for treatment of agricultural animal wastewater comprising the steps of:

• analyzing the characteristics of the wastewater to be treated;
• establishing the water quality parameters for the water;
• sizing an aerobic lagoon according to the quantity of water to be treated;
• isolating and propagating beneficial aerobic bacteria such that a selective dominance of the beneficial aerobic bacteria may be established in said aerobic lagoon;
• screening wastewater influent to remove bulk solids;
• pressing said bulk solids to remove excess moisture and directing the removed moisture to the aerobic lagoon for treatment;
• aerobically treating said wastewater in the aerobic lagoon said aerobic lagoon further comprises propagated aerobic bacteria selected to aerobically digest animal wastewater;
• diverting a portion of said aerobically treated wastewater to deluge tanks for use in flushing livestock buildings;
• injecting said aerobically treated wastewater with a polymer blend prior to its entering a plurality of above-ground clarifying means;
• clarifying said wastewater in the plurality of above-ground tanks whereby suspended solids are precipitated and a portion thereof diverted to a plurality of drying beds for drying;
• returning a portion of clarified supernatant to the aerobic lagoon;
• filtering water flowing from the clarifying means prior to disinfecting with ozone;
• treatment of said clarified water with ozone to provide drinking water suitable for agricultural animals and recycling said drinking water to said livestock buildings.