Connecticut Bans Boat Waste in Coastal Water
The Stamford Advocate reports that Connecticut is the third U.S. state to ban sewage discharge in coastal waters. Governor M. Jodi Rell has declared the Connecticut coastline a “no-discharge area.”
“The designation means the EPA has determined the state has enough pumping stations or pumping boats serving the coastline for mariners to use and they no longer need to pump out into Long Island Sound.”
Connecticut now has 90 pump-out stations and has committed $140 million to the state’s Clean Water Fund Program. It joins Rhode Island and New Hampshire as states that ban sewage discharge along the coast, and the EPA is currently trying to recruit Maine and Massachusetts as well. Violators will receive a misdemeanor and a $250 fine.
For more information on beach and water quality throughout the U.S., visit Earth 911′s sister site Beaches 911.
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danmayna
posted on March 30th, 2008 at 7:15 am
I had sailed and lived in coastal British Columbia and the boat discharge was pretty gross. I am glad to see that it is being regulated. However, is regulation really effective? Its one thing to regulate, but a whole different story to monitor violators.
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