Alaska Cruise Ships Sewage

Michelle Bonnet Hale the former director of the Division of Water in the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation DEC said it would be a step backward to require ships to hook up to community-based systems as some have suggested.

Alaska cruise ships sewage. Its the latter scrubber washwater that may be the discharge of most concern. Somecruise ships are permitted to dump while docked at port. The proposed regulation updates PDF were made available for a 30 day comment period.

The report suggests cruise ships plying waters between Washington and. Cruise ships discharge water that is treated to some of the worlds most stringent standards. Every week on average a cruise ship carrying 1700 guests will produce up to 60000 gallons of sewage the videos narrator said.

Ships can dump treated sewage anywhere in the ocean except in Alaskan waters where companies must comply with higher state standards. Brown is a Haines resident with a degree in Natural Resources Management. Cruise ships released over one billion gallons of sewage into the ocean in 2014 according to a new report from Friends of the Earth.

Certain Alaska Cruise Ship Operations - Article XIV Federal PDF The Commercial Passenger Vessel Environmental Compliance Cruise Ship Program was established in July 2001 by AS 4603460 - AS 4603490. Find a list of ships and where they are permitted to dump in the Cruise Ship Discharge Status. This poll indicates that cruise customers initially favorable impressions of cruises do not prevent them from being outraged by the industrys practices that pollute the ocean said Alan Quinlan.

Senate Bill 3 addressed the expiration of the Best Management Practices alternative to issuing a permit for small cruise ships and state ferries between 50 and 249 lower berths. Forty large cruise ships operated in Alaska in 2019 of those twenty four ships were authorized to discharge treated wastewater in Alaska and eighteen ships discharged treated wastewater and conducted sampling. While cruise ships have had a significant impact on Juneaus treatment system most of their wastewater goes elsewhere.

Mostcruise ships are permitted by Alaskas Department of Environmental Conservation DEC to dump treated wastewater while moving at 6 knots or faster anywhere anytime in Alaska. The sewage on the cruise ship includes the wastewater from the bathrooms toilets urinals medical premises and other similar facilities. The ships dump wastewater into Alaskan coastal waters and leave partially-treated sewage heavy metals and chemical pollutants in their wakes.