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