Dye in holding tanks - coming to a harbour near you?

7:42 PM Fri 3 Sep 2010 GMT

'Dye in the holding tank is sure to work - It’d be like wetting your pants in public' .

The routine is spreading - is it a sign of things to come the world over? - California's Log reports that, beginning this month, visiting boats on Newport Harbor guest moorings will be inspected by Harbor Patrol officers and have a dye tablet placed in their holding tanks, to indicate leaks or illegal dumping of sewage. It's already been the case in nearby Avalon Harbor for some time. There Harbor Patrol officers routinely board vessels entering the harbor, check holding tank valves and flush a dye tablet down an onboard toilet to ensure that the boat's holding tank system is ...

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