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Subject: RE: TWL: Holding Tank Regs - PNW
Hi George:
West Coast of BC - Basically no regulations at all regards sewage. Some
My favorite story, related here before. At a BC marina. In out little boat
Everyone there seemed to think we were silly to be concerned about such
Joe Engel
-----Original Message-----
I don't know what Canadian waters you've been sailing in, but around
George of Scaramouche on Lake Ontario, Canada
From: Joe Engel (
local municipalities have local regulations (IE - No Dumping on harbor).
with Portta Potty to dump. We asked for the location of the toilets/dump
site and we're directed to a small building on the end of the pier.... where
the toilets flushed directly down into the sea. Like an outhouse with the
ocean as the hole in the ground.
things.
From: George Geist [mailto:
Cc: writes:
>
>Frankly, I wish holding tank regs would be extended to Canadian
>waters. The
>only word to describe the water in some of the marinas I've been in
>recently is "disgusting".
here recreational boaters must have holding tanks, Y-valves are
illegal and all marinas have pumpout stations. The major pollution I
see on Lake Ontario comes from international tankers and ships that -
under cover of darkness flush holds and bilges, leaving usually large
oilslicks interspersed with solid debris.
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