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Keep Our Waterways Clean
Please help keep human waste from Oregon's waters. Human waste threatens fish and wildlife, and causes human illnesses such as hepatitis and E-coli. Follow these guidelines when boating.
- Encourage everyone to use the shoreside facilities before casting off.
- It is illegal to dump any untreated sewage into inland lakes, rivers or coastal waters inside the three-mile limit.
- When going boating for three or more hours, use the Oregon Marina Guide to plan onshore restroom stops while buying fuel, picnicking or stopping at on-water restaurants, or use a floating restroom.
- Keep fats, solvents, oil, emulsifiers, paints, poisons, phosphates, disposable diapers and sanitary napkins out of your holding tank or portable toilet. These items can damage the sewage disposal equipment and increase the cost of disposal.
- Help other boaters understand ways to control boat sewage; be a clean boating steward and pass pumpout/dump station location information on. Encourage marina operators to install a pumpout and dump station.
The Board uses Clean Vessel Act funds for these facilities. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service administers CVA funds through a national competitive grant program.
P=Pumpout, D=Dumpstation, F=Floating Restroom
If you have questions or comments about the performance of Vessel Waste Disposal Systems, please contact the at the Oregon State Marine Board at (503) 378-2628. We have information sheets available describing the location in more detail, in addition to information on how to contact the owner/operator of each pumpout/dump station facility. Your comments are important to us so that we can keep these marine waste facilities open for use. Thank you.
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