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Rented a boat on the seine once, close to Paris ( near boulogne). We saw people swimming right next to our boat. The problem is that we also knew the boat water
by bsaul 3y ago
Rented a boat on the seine once, close to Paris ( near boulogne). We saw people swimming right next to our boat. The problem is that we also knew the boat watercloset went directly outside in the river. You could even see the stream of water and feces rushing out everytime you flushed it.
Felt a bit sorry for those guys.
- s_dev 3y agoThere are rules about when you can empty those bilge tanks -- you don't do it when docked and you don't do it when travelling up a river with people swimming in it.
- yardie 3y agoThis must have been a really old boat that was grandfathered in before EU RCD rules went into effect. You never really get away from feces in the water. Any natural body is going to have fish, animal, and even human waste. But you can control for the quantity. Water plant life is hugely important to natural filtering. They can be overwhelmed and destroyed by stormwater, sewage runoff, and chemical runoff.
- Reubachi 3y agoWelp, what you did was illegal and It seems that since that incident you haven't realized that. next time drop the bilge....in a spot that common sense would dictate.
- bsaul 3y agoi rented the boat via airbnb, and we did absolutely nothing special. I know nothing about boats but my intuition was that this boat had a direct hose from the WC to the river. It's those kinds of appartment boat that remain docked all year long and probably don't even have a working engine.
- Sharlin 3y agoUh, typically these days it’s only legal to dump bilge water or toilet waste at a port, into a receptable connected to the normal blackwater system.
- MisterTea 3y ago> You could even see the stream of water and feces rushing out everytime you flushed it. What you did was illegal. Boats are not allowed to discharge waste into water inland or at sea unless 10 miles out at sea (USA and I'm sure most other nations). If caught the fines are quite severe. You must flush into a holding tank which is emptied by vacuum while at port. OR discharge once far out at sea. Though since you rented this was likely operator error due to inexperience. Some boats have different plumbing systems with a Y valve that diverts to holding tank or overboard. Some boats have no Y valve so they flush directly into a tank that also has a macerator pump that empties the tank while at sea. The pump switch is usually on the dashboard OR sometimes in the bathroom and people mistake the macerator pump button for the flush button. Or they try to turn something on the dash and hit the macerator pump switch by accident. Next time you rent a boat please make sure you are familiar with the sewage system function. The rental facility will show you how it operates properly.
- bsaul 3y agothis boat probably didn't even have a working engine. It's those kinds of appartment boat that never moves and remain docked all year long... I was surprised as well, but there was nothing we could do. Flushing the WC directly triggered the thing.
- MisterTea 3y agoI understand. At least you know for the future what to look for and avoid.