Our Policy

It is Dowdens Pumping policy to achieve a high standard of environmental care in conducting its business as an industrial service provider. Dowdens Pumping approach to environmental management seeks continuous improvement in performance by adopting the site procedures of each of our clients whilst engaged on-site, and seeking to uphold and exceed community expectations.

Specifically, it is Dowdens Pumping policy to:

• Comply with all applicable laws, regulations and standards; uphold the spirit of the law; and where laws do not adequately protect the environment, apply standards that minimise any adverse environmental impacts resulting from its operations, products and services.
• Communicate openly with our clients and the community on environmental issues, and contribute to the development of improved environmental management procedures.
• Ensure that its employees and suppliers of goods and services are informed about this policy and are aware of their environmental responsibilities in relation to Dowdens Pumping business.
• Ensure that it works within the management systems of our clients whilst at their works, and controls and monitors environmental risks arising from its operations.
• Conduct and establish programs to conserve resources, minimise wastes, improve processes and protect the environment at our works and/or at our client's works.

Industrial Solutions

The environment in which we live is under increasing pressure from contaminated emissions, pollutants and chemical/material residues due to the activities of man, machinery and the industrial processes on which we now thrive. Industry, in general, is taking ever increasing responsibility in how their processes and by-products affect the environment. Air and water are amongst the primary substances that ensure that life succeeds. The people at Dowdens care deeply about the environment and our technicians can offer a range of products and services to aid in minimising and manage your impact upon our valuable water and air resources within the environment.

Dowdens Pumping can offer proactive and reactive management systems, in conjunction with components and systems to aid in daily maintenance or reinstatement or re-vegetation of used industrial sites.

Proactive control equipment and systems

Reactive – emergency response control equipment

• Oil spill clean up equipment (trolley mounted pumps)
• Leechate transfer and recovery pumps
• Evaporative spray systems
• Spray deluge systems (water only)

Reinstatement and re-vegatation control equipment and systems

• Irrigation systems for re-vegetation and re-growth promotion
• Tertiary filtration of sewerage effluent
• Flow monitors and piping systems

Our sales and service personnel have a wealth of hands-on experience in a variety of different applications that relate to environmental issues – these issues are becoming more important in today’s world. For professional, reliable advice on any environmental equipment applications please contact our team.

Trade Waste

Trade Waste is becoming a central issue for many industrial businesses. Local councils are requiring businesses to meet effluent discharge standards to send their trade waste to sewer. To meet these standards Oil/water separators and filtrations systems are usually required. Dowdens is able to offer these systems from the design, supply, installation and service.

• Oil/Water Separators
• Enhanced Gravity Separators
• Roofed/Unroofed Wash Down/Treatment Systems
• Water Recycling Systems
• Custom Rainwater Harvesting Systems
• Storm Water Harvesting and Management
• First Flush Valves
• Spill Control Systems for Petrol Stations
• Oily Sludge Dewatering
• Quick Break Detergents and Degreasers
• Custom Designed Systems
• Dedicated Service Department for Waste Treatment

Dowdens have a specialised water treatment team who are happy to provide advice on the systems offered.