Connecticut Protects Coastal Waters and Long Island Sound Banning Boat Discharges

• All of Connecticut’s waters in Long Island Sound are now part of a “No Discharge Area,” making it illegal for boaters to discharge sewage from their vessels anywhere in the state’s portion of the Sound.
• A “No Discharge Area” is a designated body of water in which the discharge of treated and untreated boat sewage is prohibited. Boaters in “No Discharge Areas” are required to use pumpout facilities or pumpout boats to dispose of any waste. Today's “No Discharge Area” designation means that all of Connecticut's coastal waters are protected.
• To qualify as a “No Discharge Area,” an area must have enough pump-out facilities where boaters can get their holding tanks pumped out. In its application for the Branford to Greenwich portion of the Sound, the DEP identified a total of 43 available pumpout facilities including 31 fixed shore-based facilities, five portable facilities, and seven pumpout boats