Dairy Water Management WATER MANAGEMENT

The Water Challenge As a dairyman, your primary focus is gaining greater volume and a higher quality of milk from your cattle. That’s a big job in and of itself. But you also have other things to worry about - environmental requirements, runoff, lagoon capacity, water quality and nutrient management – not to mention accurate record keeping and satisfying “concerned neighbors.” It’s a lot to take on and it’s precisely why you are a dairyman. Regardless of what regulators expect of you, your experience has prepared you to protect your operation and the environment by finding the best resources available...

Re-Use Water Management By tapping into our resources, you save time and effort so you can regain your operational perspective. We’ll do the heavy lifting – consulting, permitting, sourcing, compliance, design, construction and management – so you can make a positive contribution to the environment and make a lasting impact on the future and sustainability of water for agriculture. You determine our level of involvement based on the challenges you face. It may be issues of concern in catching greater runoff, evaluating lagoon liner seepage rates to meet state compliance for holding structures,...

Operational & Environmental Gains Water re-use management is positioned not only to comply, but also to further boost operational progress for your dairy, both economically and environmentally. Combines farming and feeding to lower operating costs • Wastewater becomes a resource • Reduces energy consumption and emissions Protects the environment • Safeguards water resources (groundwater and surface water) • Prevents soil erosion Improves crop yield That’s why our water management experts designed Water Sentinel®, a stand-alone online service that’s easy to use on any computer with Internet access....

The Center Point of a Full-Circle Solution At Valley Water Management, we understand that dairies of all sizes face challenges that no other agribusiness does. It requires some serious knowledge and practical know-how to overcome them all. In the best possible situation, improved management will allow you to get full use out of every drop of water, several times over. Valley Water Management can be the center point solution to evaluating and creating a solid dairy water recycling program. Dairy Stalls and Barn Manure, wastewater, runoff and cooling water are collected from the farm for treatment...

The Full Cycle Advantage Re-using water right away Applying re-use water through irrigation Some water can be used, captured, and used again almost immediately. Water that’s used strictly for cooling milk can be captured in drains and stored in tanks to clean milking center floors. Valley Water Management can design and build the drains, flush tanks and prep stalls to make this happen seamlessly. One of the best ways to re-use all that nutrient rich water is through irrigation. Animal feeding operations produce manure and process re-use water, which can be partially treated, managed and properly...

See for yourself how your Valley Water Management team can help your dairy from start to finish or at any stage in between. Visit www.valleyirrigation.com, contact your local Valley dealer or call us today at 877.568.7878. See your local authorized Valley dealer for complete details. Valmont® Irrigation has a policy of continuous product improvement and development. As a result, certain changes in standard equipment, options, price, etc. may have occurred after the publication of this brochure. Some photographs and specifications may not be identical to current production. Your local Valley® dealer...