The U.S. EPA’s new national guidelines for marinas identify 123 clean marina practices successfully used by boating facilities to protect good water quality. Thousands of marinas across the country are becoming clean marina operations by adopting many of these practices.
Marina environmental education leader Neil Ross is identifying new ways marinas can protect the water environment and request your help. He wants to hear from marina/boatyard owners and managers about what is new and working well.
“The EPA report, released in November 2001, was considered state-of-the-art at publication for all federal, state and local government agencies, and for the marina industry use,” states Ross. Marine and boatyard managers are quite creative problem solvers and many of the good practices that EPA is promoting came from them.
REQUEST— Anyone who is aware of a successful new clean marina technology and/or cost effective approach to prevent, reduce, or clean up boat and marina pollution, is asked to participate in this survey. Everyone whose new good idea is used will be recognized and the practice shared with the industry.
Some environmental issues of interest are:marina flushing, storm water runoff, petroleum spill control, solid and fish waste management.
Send your ideas to Neil Ross, 138 White Horn Dr., Kingston, RI 02881 , tel/fax: 401-782-2116, e-mail: neilross@cox.net
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