TABLE 14.BEEF ANAEROBIC LAGOON LIQUID CHARACTERISTICS *
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Parameter	Unitsa	Total		Parameter Concentration				Parameter Mass
		No of	-------------------------------------------------------------------------------					-------------lb/day/----------
		Observ	minimum	maximum	median	mean	std dev	head	1000 lb
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Liquidb	gal/800 lb/day	estc	-	-	-	9.8	-	82	103
Density	lb/gal	est	-	-	-	8.3	-	-	-
TS	%wb	12	0.10	1.2	0.45	0.59	0.35	0.49	0.61
TSS	%db	1	70	70	70	70.37	-	0.34	0.43
VS	%db	2	31	62	46	46.41	15.59	0.23	0.28
VSS	%db	1	17	17	17	17.46	-	0.085	0.11
BOD5	mg/L	2	717	818	768	768	50	0.063	0.079
COD	mg/L	10	1800	6185	2743	3197	1354	0.26	0.33
VA	mg/L	2	260	400	330	330	70	0.027	0.034
HARD	mg/L	5	464	726	588	592	86	0.049	0.061
ALKA	mg/L	6	1148	2000	1492	1526	360	0.13	0.16
pH		7	6.8	7.8	7.7	7.6	0.34	-	-
TKN	lb/acre-inch	17	39	159	91	92	38	0.033	0.042
NH3N	%tkn	6	50	92	65	68	14	0.023	0.028
NO3N	lb/acre-inch	1	0.0084	0.0084	0.0084	0.0084	-	0.0000030	0.0000038
P2O5	lb/acre-inch	15	30	104	52	50	17	0.018	0.022
PO4	%p2o5	5	76	86	83	82	3.4	0.015	0.018
K2O	lb/acre-inch	18	60	248	136	134	51	0.048	0.061
Ca	lb/acre-inch	13	13	68	23	31	15	0.011	0.014
Mg	lb/acre-inch	13	5.7	26	23	18	7.3	0.0066	0.0083
S	lb/acre-inch	6	5.7	23	5.7	8.5	6.3	0.0031	0.0038
Na	lb/acre-inch	12	7.5	46	31	32	13	0.012	0.014
Cl	lb/acre-inch	7	54	182	105	115	39	0.042	0.052
Fe	lb/acre-inch	7	0.91	4.5	1.6	2.4	1.4	0.00086	0.0011
Mn	lb/acre-inch	6	0.068	0.95	0.17	0.31	0.31	0.00011	0.00014
B	lb/acre-inch	6	0.014	0.22	0.073	0.10	0.085	0.000037	0.000047
Zn	lb/acre-inch	7	0.091	0.91	0.36	0.38	0.27	0.00014	0.00017
Cu	lb/acre-inch	6	0.088	0.11	0.091	0.096	0.0089	0.000035	0.000043
Cond	umho/cm	6	2510	3700	3209	3216	415	-	-
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* References:Biological & Agricultural Engineering Dept, North Carolina State University, Jan 1994.
	Agronomic Division, North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services.
a All concentrations as is or wet basis (wb) except as noted dry matter basis (db); all mass values wb.
b Estimated lagoon liquid includes manure, excess water usage, average annual lagoon surface rainfall surplus;
does not include fresh water for flushing or lot runoff.
c Mean value extrapolated from other data; measured values not available.