On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:25:03 -0400, you wrote: >Well said, Norm. I feel that one of the reasons why Boot Key Harbor at >Marathon is so successful is that they provide two excellent pump out boats >that visit every mooring twice a week to offer pumpouts. With that kind of >coverage, having a "no discharge" zone almost makes sense. I say "almost" >because I'm convinced that the outflow from our LectraSan does nothing to >hurt the water quality. I believe that boats equipped with them or similar >devices should be exempted from no discharge zone rules. > >Unfortunately, Boot Key is the exception in our experience. Brunswick >Landing Marina at Brunswick, GA is a great marina but it's also a great >example of how *not* to run a pumpout service. For nearly three hundred >boats in slips, their ONLY pumpout service provided by the marina is >*one*cart-mounted pump powered by a lawnmower engine. While we were >docked there >recently, the motor wouldn't start and the tires on the cart were flat. It >was a sick joke. > Maryland provided funding for marinas to put in pumpout facilities. Maryland law requires that all marinas with 50 or more slips berthing any boats over 22, must have a pumpout. New marinas and expanding marinas with more than 10 slips must also have pumpouts.
They also restricted the amount of money that could be charged, and there were provisions for removing the pumped out material for low cost.. All the marina had to do was keep track of how many pump outs they did. Some marinas preferred to put their own facilities in and charge more. But it did go a long way towards getting pump out facilities installed >*Essentially, Maryland's pumpout grant program allows a public or private >marina to receive a reimbursement of up to $15,000 for the purchase and >installation of a new pumpout. Installing such a system at your marina will >give boaters a proper method of disposing of their sewage and thus prevent it >from entering Maryland's waters. Supplemental funding for pumpout operations >and maintenance is also available as is funding to upgrade/replace pumpouts to >those who received grant funds. _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
