Patent ID: 6659688
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: A01C,B09B,C02F,Y02W

Abstract:
A covered organic waste storage lagoon comprising:an organic slurry basin bordered by an elongate berm along a first side of the basin and containing a quantity of organic slurry; a cover fabricated of a plurality of cover sections of geotextile fabric laid out along the first side of the organic slurry basin in fanfold relationship parallel to the berm with adjacent edges of the panels interconnected on site at the basin, the cover having a leading edge on a last of said sections for moving across the basin in deployment of the cover over the lagoon; a floatation device connected to the leading edge of the cover in order to pull the cover over the surface of organic slurry material located in the basin upon deployment of the cover; a plurality of deployment lines connected at one end to the leading edge and extendable across the lagoon basin to a second side opposite the berm; a mandrel assembly for temporary installation along a second side of the basin opposite the first side so that the deployment lines can be wound around the mandrel to pull the cover across the basin; and tether lines securable to edges of the cover for connecting the cover to anchors installed along the perimeter of the lagoon basin.