Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Crooked Creek Watershed TMDL Implementation Plan
58 Final Report
Table 5-16. Costs Calculations for Manure Handling, Storage, and Treatment Per Head.
Item Application
Capital Costs per
Head
Annual Operation and
Maintenance Costs per
Head
Total Annualized Costs per
Head
Collection and Transfer of Solid Manure, Liquid/Slurry Manure, and Contaminated Runoff
Collection and
transfer of manure
solids (assuming a
tractor must be
purchased)
All operations with
outside access and
solid collection
systems for layer
houses
$130.50 - dairy cattle
$92.50 - beef cattle
$0 - layer1
$37.00 - swine
$19.50 - dairy cattle
$13.75 - beef cattle
$0.04 - layer
$5.50 - swine
$26.00 - dairy cattle
$18.25 - beef cattle
$0.04 - layer
$7.25 - swine
Collection and
transfer of liquid/slurry
manure
Dairy, swine, and
layer operations
using a flush system
$160 to $200 - dairy
cattle
$.50 - layer
$5.75 to $4.50 - swine
$12.25 - dairy cattle
AAAA
$0.03 - layer
$0.25 - swine
$20.25 to 22.25 - dairy cattle
$0.05 - layer
$0.50 - swine
Collection and
transfer of
contaminated runoff
using a berm with
pipe outlet
Fattened cattle and
confined heifers
$4 to $9 - cattle $0.12 to 0.25 - cattle $0.25 to $0.75 - cattle
Feedlot Upgrades for Cattle Operations Using Concentrated Feeding Areas
Grading and
installation of a
concrete pad
Cattle on feed
(fattened cattle and
confined heifers)
$35 - cattle $1 - cattle $2.75 - cattle
Clean Water Diversions
Roof runoff
management: gutters
and downspouts
Dairy and swine
operations that allow
outside access
$16 - dairy cattle
$2.25 - swine
$1.60 - dairy cattle
$0.25 - swine
$2.50 - dairy cattle
$0.50 - swine
Earthen berm with
underground pipe
outlet
Fattened cattle and
dairy operations
$25.25 to $34.50 - cattle $0.75 to $1.00 - cattle $2 to $2.75 - cattle
Earthen berm with
surface outlet
Swine operations
that allow outside
access
$1 - swine $0.03 - swine $0.08 - swine
Grassed waterway Fattened cattle and
confined heifer
operations: scrape
and stack system
$0.50 to $1.50 - cattle $0.02 to $0.04 - cattle $0.05 to $0.12 - cattle
Storage
Liquid storage
(contaminated runoff
and wastewater)
Swine, dairy, and
layer operations
using flush systems
(costs assume
manure primarily
managed as liquid)
$245 to $267 - dairy
cattle
$2 - layer
$78.50 to $80 - swine
$7.25 - dairy cattle AAAA
$0.06 - layer
$2.50 - swine
$19.50 to $20.50 - dairy cattle
$0.16 - layer
$6.50 - swine
