However, by postponing the pumping you are actually spending more than taking care of the pumping on a regular or frequent basis. This could be due to lowerĬommodity prices, market slaughter prices, or due to repayment of capital costs. Many producers want to postpone the cost until it is mandatory to do something about it. The cost of pumping is often a deterrent to having a lagoon pumped.

How long one waits is determined by existing solid levels, availability of land to applyĮffluent to, and the avoidance of regulatory fines. These regulations are often a real reason to get lagoons pumped sooner rather than later. There is often huge fines for manure overflows or The EPA and state DEQ's are increasingly putting more restrictions on CAFO’s on how and where animal waste is stored and disposed of. The critical time to pump is when the lagoon can no longer hold the liquid between pumping events due to loss of capacity by solids. and, if needed, on Saturdays.When to pump a lagoon is determined by regulatory, economic, cost saving benefits of the nutrients to the producer and/or farmer, and the seasonal availability of land to incorporate the effluent Crews will work Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. 21, and is expected to continue through early April. “There’s a lot of aquatic species that we’ve never seen before.

“The birds have just taken off,” he added. “This is one of the largest habitat restoration projects the state has done. This is a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity, said Jared Corbitt, resident engineer with Caltrans overseeing the endeavor. It’s part of the $6-billion North Coast Corridor Program, which includes the widening of I-5 and double-tracking the adjacent rail corridor between La Jolla and Oceanside. We have needlefish that we’ve never seen in the lagoon before.”Ĭaltrans and the San Diego Association of Governments partnered on the project with the Nature Collective, as well as the city of Encinitas. “We found our first octopus in the lagoon,” he said. The lagoon is already starting to show signs of healing, said Doug Gibson, executive director and principal scientist for the Nature Collective, formerly the San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy.

(Ana Ramirez/The San Diego Union-Tribune)

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