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Pond Safety – Don’t let your Mates get in the Sh*t

Don’t let your mates end up in the sh*t- literally. Effluent ponds are no joke when it comes to safety, and if you’re still using a pontoon, it might be time for a rethink. Here’s how a simple change to a PondBoom™ can keep your crew safe and your gear running sweet.
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Effluent ponds are dangerous, and if something goes wrong it could be you in the crap!

Pond Safety

With H&S laws in place PCBU (People Conducting a business or Undertaking) are liable for “Failing to comply with duties and exposing individual to risk of death or serious illness or injury”. Fines range from $150k to $1.5m.

Providing you have taken “all reasonable steps to eliminate or minimise the hazard” you are okay. One such step towards pond safety is to use a Pondboom™ instead of a pontoon to deploy floating effluent pumps. Floating effluent pumps are still the best pump for most dairy farms. The hazard associated with floating pontoons has roused a trend towards shore-mounted pumps. However pumps are designed to push not suck. Loss of prime is a major cause of pump failure. The Nevada Pondboom™ enables safe deployment of Doda, Yardmaster, Gillies, Numedic, and most other brands of floating pumps.

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