C-11653

Materials Application Progress Report

Land Application of Residuals and Chicken Manure

in the Lake Okeechobee Watershed:

Phosphorus Considerations

August 7, 2002

prepared by:

R. Atiyeh¹, B.D. Swearingen¹, J.C. Capece¹, and T.A. Obreza²

¹ Southern DataStream, Inc., LaBelle Florida.

² Department of Soil and Water Science

University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Gainesville.

Southern DataStream, Inc. PO Box 1577, Labelle FL 33975

Tel: 863-674-5727 Fax: 863-863-1233, e-mail: mail@SouthernDataStream.com

Table of Contents

Introduction_ 3

Materials & Equipment 4

Delivery Schedules & Material Cost 6

Coding System & Field Map_ 7

Material Quantities 9

Summary 13

Appendix_ 14

Introduction

The following report describes the status of planning for land application of materials at the Kirton Ranch field for the C-11653 project. The formulation of specific treatments in the experimental design of the project is nearing final conclusion subject to final revision, planning and approval. This document is developed and delivered for the purpose of facilitating that process among all project partners and cooperators, including members of the SFWMD TRT (Technical Review Team), which guides project direction.

The purpose of the C-11653 project is to evaluate the plant, soil, and water phosphorous (P) implications of applying domestic wastewater residuals (biosolids), animal manure, and water treatment residuals to south-central Florida cattle pastures. This objective will be met by undertaking a field study in which bio-solids and chicken manure are applied at different treatment levels, with and without treatment residuals, on a half-acre pastureland plots in the lake Okeechobee Basin. The project includes sampling and measurement of waste products, soils, surface and ground waters, and vegetation for phosphorous accumulation and transport indicators. Results will be assembled and recommendations formulated on appropriate application rates of the tested waste materials.

Materials & Equipment

The first step for the land application of the project is to specify the materials to apply and determine their rates of application. The current discussion among project participants proposes to apply the following materials:

1. Chicken Manure (from Tampa Farms in Indiantown)
2. WWTP Residuals (biosolids) from Boca Raton
3. WWTP Residuals (biosolids) from Pompano Beach (newly proposed)
4. WTP Residuals (alum from Manatee County
5. Commercial fertilizer: Triple Super Phosphate (expanded application)
6. Commercial fertilizer: Ammonium Nitrate (expanded application)

All cooperators/contractors listed in Table 1have been contacted to determine costs and availability of application materials.

Table 1. Material providers and contacts.

Material type	Company	Contact	Tel	Fax
Chicken manure	Tampa Farms, Indian Town	Mike Livany	(407) 876-1130	(407) 876-2493
			(800) 871-7773
Boca biosolids	Boca Raton Biosolids	Rex Mc Luang	(561) 338-7331	(561) 338-4255
Pompano biosolids	Broward North Biosolids	Jerry Baker	(954) 831-3060	(954) 960-0365
Al-WTR	Brandenton surface water treatment plant	Bruce MacLeod	(941) 746-3020
Triple Super Phosphate	Diamond R. fertilizer	Pat Hood	(800) 330-9300
Ammonium Nitrate	Diamond R. fertilizer	Pat Hood	(800) 330-9300

Agricultural equipment needed to accomplish application of the different materials to the 51 plots in the Kirton Ranch has been selected to allow proper spreading rates and operating efficiency. Three types of machines are needed for this operation and the application of the materials will be either hired out to local contractors (or farmers) in Okeechobee or, perhaps, provided by the company selling the product. The machines expected to be used include:

1. Manure Spreader
2. Fertilizer Spreader
3. Front End Loader
4. Hand Spreader

Transportation of the materials to the field will be provided either by the distributor or will be hired out. The company contact information is presented in Table 2.

Materials & Equipment

Table 2. Materials transportation cooperators.

Company	Contact	Phone number	Address
Azurix North America	David Rhodes	(941) 561- 5330	1117 NW 55 St
			Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309
H&H Liquid Sludge Disposal, Inc.	Martin Burke	(561) 274-4840	825 NW 31 St Avenue
	Pete Miller		Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33311

Delivery Schedules & Material Cost

Delivery schedule has not been decided yet, but we expect to place orders once the final design and treatments are decided, costs determined and logistical arrangements coordinated. Table 3 summarizes the response time of each provider for the delivery, and the cost of the material to be delivered. Table 4 lists the application costs.

Table 3. Delivery schedule, quantities to be ordered, and material cost.

Material	Quantity (tons)	Unit price ($)	Total price ($)	Delivery Notice	Distributors
Chicken manure	26	20	520	3 days	Tampa Farms
Boca biosolids	47	TBD	TBD	5 days	H&H Liquid Sludge Disposal, Inc.
Pompano biosolids	50	TBD	TBD	3 days	Azurix North America
Al-WTR	246	33	8000	7 days	H&H Liquid Sludge Disposal, Inc.
TSP fertilizer	1	245	192	1 day	Diamond R Fertilizer
Ammonium Nitrate	2	295	590	1 day	Diamond R Fertilizer
Material total cost estimate:			$ 9302 +

Note: TBD stands for To Be Determined

Table 4. Land application cost and service provider.

Material	Unit price ($)	Total price ($)	Applied by
Chicken manure	8 (per ton)	210	Wendle Bridges
Boca biosolids	TBD	TBD	H&H Liquid Sludge Disposal, Inc.
Pompano biosolids	TBD	TBD	Azurix North America
Al-WTR	8 (per ton)	1968	Wendle Bridges
TSP fertilizer	TBD	TBD	SDS personnel
Ammonium Nitrate	TBD	TBD	SDS personnel
Application Total Cost Estimate ($):		$ 2500

The current total cost estimate is approximately $12,000 + biosolids application costs. This computes to an annual budget of $5,000 for materials, application and hay harvesting.

Coding System & Field Map

The initial conceptualization of the material quantity to be applied to the plots is defined in Appendix 1. The initial design is to randomly distribute the material to different plots and to make sure that all available combinations of waste material are applied. In order to do so, a field map has been developed containing letter codes, which symbolize the type of material to be applied to each plot. The coding system is presented below in Table 5. Figure 1 is a presentation of the field map that is going to be placed at the entrance of the Kirton Ranch field as reference for the workers and operation supervisors.

Table 5. Coding reference numbers.

Materials/Rate	Descriptor code
Chicken Manure / Nitrogen-based	C-N
Chicken Manure / Phosphorous-based	C-P
Boca Bio-solid / Nitrogen-based	B1-N
Boca Bio-solid / Phosphorous-based	B1-P
Pompano Bio-solids / Nitrogen-based	B2-N
Pompano Bio-solids / Phosphorous-based	B2-P