<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div dir="ltr">sent from a phone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 6 Jan 2022, at 00:24, Mike Thompson <miketho16@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div>Actually, the farmer adds water to the manure so that "bacteria can function properly" [0]. </div><div><br></div><div>Mike</div><div><br></div><div>[0]<a href="https://www.poultryproducer.com/production/eggs-layers/manure-management-on-commercial-layer-operations-lagoon-systems/">https://www.poultryproducer.com/production/eggs-layers/manure-management-on-commercial-layer-operations-lagoon-systems/</a> (third paragraph)</div></div></blockquote><br><div><br></div><div>my takeaway from this text is in the sentence before: <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Livestock </span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">lagoons are small-scale waste treatment plants</strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> containing manure that is usually diluted with water and rainfall</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><font face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Cheers Martin </span></font></div></body></html>