Stenagergaard – a farm with herd of pigs located in Tappernøje

Originally, Jan Stenager Hansen’s pig farm, Stenagergaard in Tappernøje with an annual production of 4500 pigs, was connected to the local waterworks. At the same time, he was the biggest consumer. But due to a combination of increased prices and the fact that he couldn’t obtain any quantity discount, Jan Stenager Hansen decided, during the middle of the 90’ies, to apply for an authorization to extend the bore permission for field irrigation also to include the total water consumption of the farm.  Stenagergaard established its own waterworks which subsequently turned out to be below the required dimensions in order to handle the actual consumption of the farm and at the same time; it needed a lot of manual maintenance.

Among other things, this resulted in the fact that the daily routines at the farm should be planned according to the water consumption, meaning that it was not possible to wash the stables or fill up the agricultural sprayer during the time after feeding which was also the time that the pigs drank a lot of water. Therefore, Kemic was contacted in order to find a good and useful solution.

New establishment

The suggested solution was a replacement of the existing waterworks with manual filter plant into a new pressure filter plant placed in the workshop with automatic back wash, pressure tank and establishment of a 10 m³ clean water tank between two of the farm buildings. Stenagergaard waterworks is running automatically with a digital week timer and a pressure tank which means that the owner, Jan Stenager Hansen is ensured to have current clean water with a constant pressure. The 2 pressure filter tanks treat the water for ochre and other contaminants from the bore well which was originally established during the 50’ies approx. 100 metres from the farm. During the night time the pressure filter tanks are cleaned by an automatic return flush ones a day which gives an important time saving compared to the old manual filter plant.

Stable water supply

The replacement of the waterworks at Stenagergaard means that Jan Stenager Hansen has now obtained a stable water supply which is no longer a source of irritation due to the lack of water pressure and water capacity and a regulating factor in planning of daily routines. Moreover, the investment is depreciated in quite few years compared with the saving from the local waterworks.