Ron Fleming Collection of
Manure & Water Quality Research Papers

Waste Storage and Handling Issues

• Liquid Manure Storage Covers (2006)
• Manure Storage Sealing (2004) - Fleming and MacAlpine.
• Development and Demonstration of Management System for Handling Liquid Swine Manure that Minimizes Odours and Losses of Nutrients to the Environment. (2001) - Fleming, R. and MacAlpine, M.        Appendix - Compost Project Photo Gallery (2001)
• Leaking of Liquid Manure Storages - Literature Review. (1999) - Fleming, R., Johnston, J. and Fraser, H.
• Sizing and Management of Manure Runoff Storages (1991) - Bradshaw, S.H. and Fleming, R.J.

Waste Treatment Issues

A. Anaerobic Digestion Issues

• The Impact of Rumensin on the Production of Biogas (2009) - Literature Review
• Possibilities for Anaerobic Digestion on Ontario Swine Farms (2008) - Report for Ontario Pork
• Feasibility of Using Anaerobic Digestion and Composting to Recover Additional Value from Spent Mushroom Substrate (2006)
• Electricity and heat production using biogas from the anaerobic digestion of livestock manure - literature review (2005)

B. Composting Issues

• On-Farm Composting of Cattle Mortalities (2006)
• Composting blood (slaughterhouse waste) mixed with various substrates (2005) - Ron Fleming and Malcolm MacAlpine. Final Report to Blaemar Ltd. 14 pages
• Composting paunch manure with solid cattle manure (2004) - Ron Fleming and Malcolm MacAlpine. Final Report to Blaemar Ltd. 12 pages
• Impact of the use of compost on the quality of drainage water. (2002) - Fleming, R., MacAlpine, M., and Everett, A.
• MARVEL Composting Technology - A System to Compost Liquid Swine Manure (2002) - Fleming, R. and MacAlpine, M.
• Development of a Farm-scale System to Compost Liquid Pig Manure (1999) - Fleming, R. and MacAlpine, M.

C. Other Treatment Issues

• Methods of handling livestock mortalities in Ontario: A survey of producers (2003) - Fleming, R.
• Evaluation of mechanical liquid/solid manure separators (2003) - Fleming and MacAlpine
• Separated Drinking Water From Liquid Manure for Swine. (2003) - Morris, J., Fleming, R. and MacAlpine, M
• Comparison of storage, treatment, utilization and disposal systems for human and livestock wastes. (2002) - Fleming, R., Ford, M.

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Waste / Nutrient Utilization Issues

• Non-Nutrient Value of Manure - Literature Review (2006)
• On-farm Measurement of Available Manure-N. (1993) - Fleming, R.J., McLellan, J.E. and Bradshaw, S.H.

Water Quality Issues  (including nutrients & pathogens)

• Relationship of NMAN output to tile drain water nutrient levels - field study (2006)
• Survival of Pathogenic Bacteria in Liquid Manure Storages (2004) - Fleming and MacAlpine.
• Suitability of using “end of pipe” systems to treat farm tile drainage water. (2004) - Fleming, R. and Ford, R. 2004
• Water quality impacts of burying livestock mortalities (2003) - Freedman, R. and Fleming, R.
• Appearance of liquid manure in water at various dilutions. Final report. (2003) - Fleming, R., VandeWeghe, J., MacAlpine, M.
• Measuring the quality of tile drainage water (2003) - Fleming, R. and VandeWeghe
• Tile Drainage - Questions and Answers (2001) - Fraser, H. and Fleming, R.
• Environmental Benefits of Tile Drainage - Literature Review (2001) - Fraser, H. and Fleming, R
• The Impact of Waterfowl on Water Quality - Literature Review (2001) - Fleming, R. and Fraser, H.
• Impacts of Winter Spreading of Manure on Water Quality - Literature Review (2000) Ridgetown College - University of Guelph. Report prepared for Ontario Pork. 100KB.
• Nitrate and Phosphorus Levels in Selected Surface Water Sites in Southern Ontario - 1964-1994 (1999) - Fleming, R. and Fraser, H.
• Extent and Magnitude of Agricultural Sources of Cryptosporidium in Surface Water. (1999) Fleming, R., Hocking, D., Fraser, H., and Alves, D.
• Nitrate Levels in Soil, Tile Drainage Water and Shallow Groundwater Under a Variety of Farm Management Systems (1998) - Fleming, R., MacAlpine, M., and Tiffin, C.
• Plugging Tile Drains to Reduce Manure Contamination (1995) - Fleming, R.J. and MacAlpine, M.C.
• Reducing Manure Output to Streams from Subsurface Drainage Systems (1993) - McLellan, J.E., Fleming, R.J., Bradshaw, S.H.
• Rural Well Water Survey (1992) - Fleming, R.J.
• Contamination of Subsurface Drainage Systems During Manure Spreading (1992) - Fleming, R.J. and Bradshaw, S.H.
• Detection of Soil Macropores Using Smoke (1992) - Fleming, R.J. and Bradshaw, S.H. 1992.
• Macropore Flow of Liquid Manure (1991) - Fleming, R.J. and Bradshaw, S.H.
• Impact of Agricultural Practices on Tile Water Quality (1990) - Fleming, R.J.

Livestock Housing Issues

• Environmentally Friendly Facility (2001) - Fleming, R. and MacAlpine, M.
• Investigation of Manure Production in Typical 3-site Hog Facilities. (1999) - Fleming, R., Hocking, D., MacAlpine, M., and Johnston, J.

Miscellaneous

•  Human versus Animals - Comparison of Waste Properties (2001) - Fleming, R. and Ford, M.

Ron Fleming of the University of Guelph’s Ridgetown Campus has found a way to break down the leftover organic substrate used to grow mushrooms to make premium compost in this facility. Photo credit: Martin Schwalbe

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