Disposing of oil waste at an approved facility is legal. Discharging oil in state waters and discharging sewage in federal waters are illegal. Disposing of plastic in coastal waters is also illegal as it can harm marine life and ecosystems.
Discharge of sewage is illegal
Discharge of sewage is illegal
Discharge of sewage is illegal
Discharge and grey water from drains.
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No discharge zone means that vessels such as ships cannot dump sewage in that area.
The Clean Water Act passed in 1972. It is a Federal measure to regulate discharge of pollutants into any waters in the US.
A No Discharge Zone (NDZ) is a designated body of water where the discharge of sewage from boats, whether treated or not, is prohibited.
That depends on how your sewage is treated, it could go into a septic tank in your garden or it could go into the public sewer and on to a sewage treatment works (sewage farm). In both cases raw sewage is prevented from discharge directly into the environment and the sewage is retained until natural processes have converted it into water that is safe to discharge.
No discharge zone means that vessels such as ships cannot dump sewage in that area.
heavier rainstorms will frequently overwhelm portions of the region's sewage system and accelerate the spill of raw sewage into Burrard Inlet and the Strait of Georgia.