Design and maintenance considerations for pesticide and fertilizer containment systems used in lawn care and golf course facilities
The design of pesticide and fertilizer containment facilities for lawn and golf course operations are similar to those designs used for most pesticide handling operations. In lawn care operations, service vehicles are filled from a centralized facility and the diluted mixtures are transported to residential and commercial sites where mixtures are applied to turfgrass areas. Golf course operations involve fewer vehicles and the volume and frequency of spray operations performed are much lower compared to lawn care operations. Rarely are spray mixtures used in golf course operations transported off-site. A golf course operation will involve spray applications to 100 to 200 acres of plantings. Typically, the amount of spray activity conducted averages 3 to 5 days per month, whereas commercial lawn care companies may be providing applications to 10 to 200 acres daily. Because of the potential risk of cross contamination of spray equipment, operations associated with tree and shrub plantings should be segregated from those associated with herbicide and other materials considered toxic to ornamental plants.
- Research Organization:
- MidWest Plan Service, Ames, IA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 28884
- Report Number(s):
- Y-236; CONF-9402107-; TRN: 94:010540-0028
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Pollution prevention at retail and farm-scale agrichemical facilities, St. Louis, MO (United States), 13-16 Feb 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1994]; Related Information: Is Part Of Pollution prevention at retail and farm-scale agrichemical facilities: Proceedings; PB: 244 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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