Dust suppression Index | Water Spray | Cover with wire netting | Confined stock yard | Silo | Steel windbreak wall | Chemical dust controller | Planting trees |
Technology Procession | Easy | Easy | Comparatively complicated | Complicated | Easy | Easy | Easy |
Dust suppression effect | Good | Fair | Good | Excellent | Excellent | Fair | Fair |
Occupation Area | Fair | Fair | Fair | Small | Fair | Fair | Very big |
Investment | Small (but the water consumption big) | Small | Very Large | Largest | Medium | Large and repeatedly | Large |
Equipment Running Cost | Small | Nil | Big | Big | Nil | Big | Big |
Maintenance Cost | Small | Small | Big | Very big | Small | Nil | Big |
Operating Labor Cost | Small | Small | Big | Big | Nil | Big | Big |
Remarks | Water consumption quantity very big | Not suitable for frequent stock and take | Very large investment with big operating cost | Suitable for very sensible environments | Applicable to a wide range | Suitable for long term storage with seldom movement | The investment of land is big and limited by the plants' surviving conditions |