Murphy Family Vestal Hog Farms Dragonfly Wastewater Treatment System - Case Study

The proliferation of large and efficient confined animal farms has created a significant problem for the processing and disposal of the water used for cleaning and cooling as well as other applications on the typical farm. The answer is Water Energy’s utilization of the technology presently known as the Dragonfly Water Treatment System. The result is the only hog farm capable of reusing 100% of the water and no need to use spray fields. No smell, no pollution, and no farm land to grow unnecessary crops. Wow, what a paradigm shift!

Vestal Farms was an outdated hog farm with over 16 acres of lagoons being used for anaerobic storage of hog wastes. The liquid was also being pumped back to the farms and used for flushing the hog houses. Problems with the existing design were a substantial odor and high levels of nitrogen requiring approximately 180 acres of cropland for liquid disposal. The conditions were such that the farm`s permit was not going to be renewed.