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Sustainable Agriculture in King County, Washington

Anaerobic Digesters for King County Dairies

anaerobic_digester_coverAnaerobic Digesters for King County Dairies reports on the feasibility of applying anaerobic digestion technology and reverse osmosis membrane technology to generate energy, organic liquid fertilizer, and soil amendments, and reuse water from dairy cow manure. Properly designed and operated, a centralized dairy waste conversion project holds promise to provide an environmentally-friendly means to dispose of dairy waste while producing highly marketable products.

Anaerobic Digesters for King County Dairies is offered in Adobe Acrobat format. For help using Acrobat, please visit our Acrobat help page. The document is available in parts to reduce download time and minimize computer problems during and after download.

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A followup study on prices and markets is also available:
Study to Evaluate the Price and Markets for Residual Solids from a Dairy Cow Manure Anaerobic Digester