Grey Water

[Rich]

I'll confirm that DES does walk marina's and check boats.

They walked down my dock last year and the year before that also.

If you don't have a sticker, they will want to see your boat.

I had a sticker, and it was from a previous owner. Because I already had a sticker, they had no interest in checking my boat. I even asked them to double check it, and they almost refused.

On my previous boat, I didn't have a DES sticker, and they said that my boat (by the previous owner) had been flagged to be inspected, evidentially they keep a database by bow number. So they were happy to finally have the chance to inspect the boat.

They were very complete in that all grey water sources need to go to a tank. Their goal is no grey water goes overboard (of course, no black water also). On my older boat, I had two tanks, one for grey water, one for black.

On my newer boat, there is only one waste tank. The shower sump has all sinks plumbed to it, and then the sump goes to the waste tank. The head also goes to the same waste tank.

The boat's original grey water through hull fitting has been disconnected and sealed.