Martin County is celebrating 25 years of keeping local waterways clean with a vessel specifically designed to pump sewage out of boats.
The vessel, named “MS POOP” (Martin Ship: Pump Out Operation Program), is operated by the county utilities department. Funded by state and federal grants, it offers free sewage pump-out services for boats docked or passing through the county.
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Martin County celebrates 25 years of keeping waterways clean with free boat sewage pump-out services
Over its 25 years of operation, the program has kept an estimated 2 million gallons of sewage out of the water. Operator Steven Markley told me the crew recently set a record of 74 pump-outs in a single day…