Livestock Water Recycling is helping farmers recycle livestock manure into clean water that can be used to irrigate crops.Livestock Water Recycling sells technology that separates solids from liquid livestock manure, offering producers more control over reusing the nutrients in manure. A Calgary company is helping farmers recycle livestock manure into clean water that can be used to irrigate crops.
Livestock Water Recycling said demand for its services is growing as drought conditions persist across large swaths of North America. "So there's definitely been more and more conversations that I've been having day-to-day on wanting to look at water and water reuse and water recycling."How growing cattle feed indoors could help ranchers maintain herds during drought
"If have an efficient system to separate out the solids and … generate a cleaner sort of water that won't be a contaminant, then certainly there's some positives and benefits that could come out of that."Livestock Water Recycling's equipment also allows farmers to save on fuel costs because it means they can stop trucking liquids to far-off fields, said Lewis.