MY 36 CARVER HAS 2 ELECTRA-SANS, SO SINCE NEW HANOVER COUNTY HA BEEN DECLARED A NO DISCHARGE ZONE, WHAT DO I HVE TO DO TO KEEP FROM BEING CITED. I WILL ONLY BE PASSING THRU THE COUNTY ON THE INTRACOASTAL, AND WILL NOT STOP N THE COUNTY.
NO DISCHARGE ZONE
- Thread starter DKISIAH
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Keep the MSD 1's and install a diverter valve to a holding tank if you want to be legal while in a NDZ. Perhaps just have one head dump into a Type 1 holding tank.
I have both a Type 1 holding tank, a Raritan Hold-N-Treat and a PuraSan it meets the requirements in any NDZ.
Bill
I have both a Type 1 holding tank, a Raritan Hold-N-Treat and a PuraSan it meets the requirements in any NDZ.
Bill
Simple and cheap solution:
1. Don't use the heads while passing through Hanover county NDZ.
2. To prevent getting cited if the boat is boarded or inspected in Hanover county:
a. Close seacock on the discharge through hull. Secure the seacock from being used by fastening a nylon zip tie or padlocked chain around it.
b. Use a padlock or locked keyset on the bathroom door to prevent use (acceptance of this method may vary by locality).
I do the same to my Purasan while passing through the Richardson Bay NDZ in the SF Bay area. It's a small NDZ and the only one where I boat, thankfully.
1. Don't use the heads while passing through Hanover county NDZ.
2. To prevent getting cited if the boat is boarded or inspected in Hanover county:
a. Close seacock on the discharge through hull. Secure the seacock from being used by fastening a nylon zip tie or padlocked chain around it.
b. Use a padlock or locked keyset on the bathroom door to prevent use (acceptance of this method may vary by locality).
I do the same to my Purasan while passing through the Richardson Bay NDZ in the SF Bay area. It's a small NDZ and the only one where I boat, thankfully.
With my Hold-N-Treat I leave the seacock open, there is no possible way of discharge with it's circuit breaker off and the key removed from the H-N-T control panel in the head and hung under the breaker panel in the salon. I have never had a problem with this set up. I also have no way of dumping raw waste (no discharge pump) only a transfer pump from the Type 1 tank to the Type 3 PuraSan. The plumbing and devices in my boat are all within 6 feet and visable by opening 2 hatches on hinges. It also makes explaining the system easy when inspected and changing hoses a snap.
Bill
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Thank God I've got Hold-N-Treat too. But I bump it up a knotch politically: I won't boat in an NDZ and thus, I won't spend any money where one has been declared.
To the OP, if you can add a holding tank, you could look into the Hold-N-Treat system. Otherwise, follow Yzer's advice in his first post. You've got to lock things up to be legal (something Bill and I don't have to do since we have holding tanks before our Type I systems).
To the OP, if you can add a holding tank, you could look into the Hold-N-Treat system. Otherwise, follow Yzer's advice in his first post. You've got to lock things up to be legal (something Bill and I don't have to do since we have holding tanks before our Type I systems).
