>>> Posting number 407, dated 13 Nov 1998 06:10:32
Subject:      IBS-GEN : Crest Chicken Limited Fiji
From:   USP - Ajuyah <ajuyah_a@SAMOA.NET>

Hello Jacky,

You said:
>I wish to know more about what CC is doing with the wastewater and solids?

Answer: Waste water - nothing. Solids converted to livestock feed.

The system at CC is as follows:
Water from a near by creek is pumped into a filtration system to a
chlorinating unit via a reservoir. From the chlorinating unit the clean
water is transferred via two outlets - one to the poultry houses for use as
drinking water by the birds and the other to the abattoir. At the abattoir
the use of water starts from the stunning process to the spin chiller.
Other sources of water includes water for washing equipment and facilities.
 At the final stage or end of the day CC is left with approximately 3000
tons of solids made up of the following - feet, head, feathers, gut and gut
contents from 25,000 broiler chickens plus between 318200 to 454600 litres
of wash water.

In most cases the solids and fats are removed gravimetrically and sent to
the rendering plant for the production of feather and offal meal for use in
CC feed mill. The rest of the clear effluent is discarded into an old
unused pit as waste.

You can initiate a discussion with William to get more information on the
above.

Thanks, Asifo