Swine Lagoon Treatment and Odor Capping System

Large-scale swine production has grown dramatically in the past two decades, creating adverse environmental and health effects. In North Carolina alone, health impacts of atmospheric emissions are estimated to exceed $300 million. Coupled with environmental damages, this has resulted in moratoriums on new facilities, as well as tougher regulations for waste streams. An effective treatment and odor capping system for lagoons has the potential to provide important economic, health, and environmental benefits.Pancopia proposes to develop a swine waste treatment system that can effectively remove pollutants and lower atmospheric emissionsfrom swine lagoons. The proposed treatment systemhasbeen developed as part ofPancopia's currentNASA research to recycle wastewater on the International Space Station.If successful, thistreatment process would deliver highly effective, robust treatment for wastewater in swine lagoons at a significantly lower cost than current options.