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CLEAN BOATING CAMPAIGN

​One of Coastal Action’s most successful community engagement projects was our “Clean Boating Campaign” (2000-2005), which the Canadian Safe Boating Council recognized as Environmental Campaign of the Year in 2003. This project encouraged recreational boaters to install holding tanks rather than continuing to discharge raw sewage directly into Lunenburg County’s coastal waters. The campaign included the installation of four sewage pump-out facilities in the towns of Mahone Bay, Lunenburg, and Bridgewater, as well as the Village of Chester. From 2000 to 2005, approximately 1,100 boaters pumped out their holding tanks using Coastal Action’s sewage pump-out stations equating to approximately 155,000 L of untreated sewage being diverted from Canadian waters. After our project, the four pump-out stations were turned over to our partners for continued operation and management. Through this project, Coastal Action developed the popular Maritime Clean Boating Guide as well as our Mahone Bay and LaHave River maps.
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2005 MARITIME CLEAN BOATING GUIDE

For more information please contact our Executive Director, Brooke Nodding, at brooke@coastalaction.org.

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The Mahone Bay Centre
PO Box 489
45 School Street
Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia
B0J 2E0

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Tel: 902-634-9977
Email: info@coastalaction.org
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  • HOME
    • WHO WE ARE
    • NEWSLETTER
  • WHAT WE DO
    • CLIMATE CHANGE >
      • STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
      • LIVING SHORELINES
      • INTERACTIVE FLOOD MAPPING
      • Agricultural Projects
    • ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION >
      • Camp FAQ
      • EARTH ADVENTURE CAMPS
      • SCHOOL PROGRAMS
      • NOVA ACTION >
        • MEET THE COHORT
        • CONTACT THE TEAM
    • COASTAL & MARINE >
      • MICROPLASTICS
      • GHOST GEAR
      • OCEAN FRIENDLY NOVA SCOTIA
    • WATERSHEDS & WATER QUALITY >
      • WATERSHEDS >
        • FISH HABITAT RESTORATION
      • WATER QUALITY >
        • LAHAVE WATERSHED
        • PETITE RIVIÈRE
        • SHERBROOKE LAKE & FOX POINT LAKE
    • SPECIES AT RISK & BIODIVERSITY >
      • ATLANTIC WHITEFISH
      • AMERICAN EEL
      • SNAPPING TURTLE
    • PAST PROJECTS >
      • LUNENBURG HARBOUR
      • ATLANTIC SALMON
      • COASTAL POLICY
      • WILDCAT SHALE PIT
      • ROSEATE TERN RECOVERY
      • CLEAN BOATING CAMPAIGN
    • ANNUAL REPORTS
  • WHAT YOU CAN DO
    • DONATE
    • WORK WITH US
    • AWARDS & BURSARIES
  • EVENTS
  • DONATE
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