Is there a more natural way to clean wastewater? Poultry and beef processors are certainly trying, by experimenting with new technologies created by Mother Earth to treat wastewater and reduce their water footprints.
Sometimes, less is more. “When we use less water, we use less energy,” says Stephanie Shoemaker, manager of environmental services at Sanderson Farms, based in Laurel, Miss. “Using less water means our wastewater systems treat less water; treating less water means using less electricity to move water, using less electricity to provide aeration and lower chemical costs for treatment.”