We were disgusted to discover it's common practice in Florida to pump directly overboard. In fact, we were looking at a boat in the Ft Myers marina which had its overboard discharge valves wide open. The broker said this is typical and to compund the problem there are no free pump out stations provided.
Rich Z. is right about cities discharging thousands of gallons of raw sewage when it rains. In fact the "charming" city of Victoria, BC, pumps 34M gallons per day [sic] of raw sewage into the Strait of Juan De Fuca. They have finally "approved" treatment plants and are scheduled to begin contruction in 2012. We will see if they are for real or it's just a publicity stunt to shine their image for next year's Olympics. BTW, I sent an e-mail to Governor Crist saying that the State of Florida needs to provide free pump out stations, as we have in Washington. Then there will be no excuse for discharge. The Harbor of Catalina, CA, many years ago instituted a dye pellet program. When a boat moors in the harbor, the patrol comes onboard and puts dye tablets in its holding tank right away. Any telltale ring around the boat and major fine. I'm told during the years before this program was started, the beautiful cove was like a cesspool and nobody dared go swimming there. On Jun 12, 2:03 pm, "Kerry Lebel" <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess it isn't true. I thought it was too. But as the EPA is the one > that decides, they don't have any areas of Washington listed. > Again...inland waters are another story. The link you sent is in reference > to "untreated" waste. > > kerry > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of HBH > Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 1:59 PM > To: UnifliteWorld > Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: No Discharge Zones in Puget Sound > > http://www.boatus.org/onlinecourse/statelaws/Washington.html#trash > > it was my understanding that all of puget sound is a "no discharge > zone" > > On Jun 12, 1:09 am, "Kerry Lebel" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey All, > > > As I go through all my redo of the aft head in my boat, I became curious > of > > the No Discharge areas. My '42 has both a Lectra San (Type 1 MSD) and > > Microphor M-10 (Type 2 MSD). That led me to ask what areas would it be > > legal to actually discharge with my type 1 or type 2 in Puget Sound? I > had > > only used holding tanks in the past so I was curious. From fellow boaters > I > > have heard every extreme of answer. From that there are no areas of Puget > > Sound where it is legal, to many many other combos. Well..I just came > > across this link from the EPA. > > >http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/regulatory/vessel_sewage/vsdnozone.htm... > > 1 > > <http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/regulatory/vessel_sewage/vsdnozone.htm... > > ble1> > > > Is this right? If so...this states that it is legal to discharge treated > > waste in any area of Puget Sound. Could this really be true? > > > Kerry- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/UnifliteWorld?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
