Animal Waste Management Software - AWM
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Graduate |
| Discipline(s): |
Biological Systems and Agricultural Engineering |
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| Learning Resource Type: |
Teaching - Software Tool/Environment |
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Unknown |
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| Description: | "AWM is a planning/design tool for animal feeding operations that can be used to estimate the production of manure, bedding, process water and determine the size of storage/treatment facilities. The procedures and calculations used in AWM are based on the USDA-NRCS Agricultural Waste Management Field Handbook. AWM uses the concepts of "Manure Master" to produce a gross nutrient balance but does not track mass or concentration of nutrients for determining land application rates or for other utilization components. Features of AWM Provides manure characteristics for eight animal types with the ability to modify these characteristics and add animal types as necessary. Accounts for bedding, wastewater, flush water and other additions to the waste stream. Tracks liquid and solid wastes produced in multiple locations through multiple waste streams. Develops separation, storage, and treatment components for liquid and solid wastes that are defined as "Management Trains". Estimate's precipitation and runoff entering the "Management Train".. Sizes storage facilities using a defined storage period or drawdown dates specified by the user. Develops a monthly water and waste budget for each terminal treatment/storage component. Provides a calculator for converting units and performing computations. Produces a gross nutrient balance from target yields and crop acreage specified for crops listed in the crop database. Provides a schematic drawing for each terminal treatment/storage component. Generates a standard or custom report to document the system design." |
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| Use of Resource: |
Useful tool in agricultural engineering. |
| Difficulty: |
Medium |
| Interactivity Level: |
Medium |
| Version Info | |
| Publication Date: | February 2007 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.wsi.nrcs.usda.gov/products/W2Q/AWM/pgrm24.html |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
NEEDS
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