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Flash Back | Glen Goulburn Dairy (continued)
The dairy has seen increases of up to 40% in milk production due to a combination of factors, including
the improved drinking water quality.
Parameter
Inlet Outlet
34 m 3 /h (750 kLD) Australia
pH 6.7 – 7.3 6.7 – 7.3
Total Iron (mg/L) 1.81 – 4.3 < 0.3
Flow rate
Filtration degree
Total Manganese (mg/L)
Turbidity (NTU)
7 µm
0.12 - 0.253 < 0.05
30 - 100 < 5
The herd grew steadily, and in 2017 the Glen Goulburn Dairy now has 6,000 milking cows and has invested
in another Amiad water treatment plant for 1.25 MLD at another site. The new water treatment plant will
be commissioned in January 2018.
Before & after water treatment – treated water turbidity reading on the right.
* Source: Beede, David K., Assessment of Water Quality and Nutrition for Dairy Cattle, Mid-South Ruminant Nutrition Conference, 2005, Arlington, TX.
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