NIANTIC RIVER PUMPOUT BOAT

• Contact the Niantic River Pumpout Boat at 1-860-287-2774 (also for hours of operation) OR
  
• Contact the Niantic River Pumpout Boat on Marine Channel 68 - -
• Pumpouts available Friday through Sunday, beginning on Memorial Day Weekend, 2012; suspended for the winter on November 1, 2011.
  

Provide the following information when calling:

• Date and time of your call
• Desired pumpout time -we will make every
  effort to accommodate you, but cannot
  guarantee specific times at short notice
• Marina name or mooring/anchorage location
• Slip number if applicable
• Make, description & color of boat
• Boat's name and state registration number

Pumpout boat operates free of charge from May
through October, weather and sea conditions
permitting, on the Niantic River and Niantic Bay.

Service is offered to recreational boaters who have
marine sanitation devices with holding tanks, so you
may easily dispose of human waste in an environmentally safe manner.

Use of the pumpout service is simple - the boat visits
your location - you don't even have to be on board for
your holding tank to be pumped!

The How and Why of Pumpout Boats

The process of using a pumpout boat is clean and convenient. The pumping system is completely closed. All sewage is vacuumed through an on-board pump permanently affixed to the boat deck, and is discharged to a tank attached to the deck. The sewage is then discharged at a dockside facility that is tied directly to a municipal sewer line.

Help keep our waters clean!

It is illegal to discharge any untreated sewage on all fresh waters and any salt waters inside the 3-mile territorial limits of the United States. In addition, new areas are being added to the list of No Discharge Areas, approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In these areas, discharge of all sewage (including treated waste) is illegal.

In August of 2003, Connecticut's near shore waters, from the Rhode Island border to Wamphassuc Point, Connecticut, were designated a No Discharge Area.

Proper disposal of marine sewage reduces the possibility of contamination of shellfish beds, the spread of disease, and the lowering of oxygen levels in water, which can stress fish and other aquatic wildlife.

Out for a coastal cruise? Visit the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection's Web site to find the pumpout boat nearest to you - "Pumpout Facilities Directory".