Building a Mixing and Loading Pad

Wash Pad Connected to Mixing/Loading and Storage Area

Your mixing and loading pad should at least have the following features.

  1. Containing fertilizer spills and leaks requires an impermeable (waterproof) surface for mixing and loading. The pad should be large enough to contain leaks from bulk tanks, wash water from cleaning equipment, and spills from transferring fertilizers to the sprayer or spreader.

  2. The size of the pad depends also on the equipment you use. It should provide space around the parked equipment for washing and rinsing. Having several separate storage tanks allows you to keep rinsewater from different chemicals separate. That way, it can be used as mixing water on subsequent loads of the same chemical.

  3. Locate the pad next to the storage area. Make sure that any water from the pad moves away from any well. At sites where runoff water could reach a well, construct a diversion so runoff is directed to another area.

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