GL: U.S. boats in Canadian waters

[Bill Donovan]

Ed:

The answer to your concern lies in the paragraph just prior to the 
one you quote.  The website states, "...a pleasure craft fitted with 
a toilet must also be fitted with a holding tank and if fitted with a 
piping system that allows the discharge of sewage directly overboard, 
then this discharge must be visibly disconnected."

The solution is to close the thru-hull for the macerator discharge, 
remove one end of the discharge hose leading to the thru-hull, and 
put a wooden plug into the thru-hull as a safety measure to minimize 
risk of leaking.

That way, you have "visibly disconnected" the discharge.  By the way, 
I would also wire the thru-hull closed so there is no chance of 
scuttling the ship.  Once back in US waters, or when the fancy 
strikes you, put the hose back together.  It isn't a big job at all.

The bit about "congruent" just means "compatible" or "harmonious" or 
"appropriate."  Any professionally installed holding tank will most 
likely be so.

Bill


At 07:57 AM 2/19/2009, ed wrote:
> >From the Canadian gov't. website:
>
>Portable Toilets
>
>Portable toilets are illegal on Ontario waters.
>*The owner of a pleasure craft shall ensure that each toilet and the holding
>tank(s) is/are installed so that;
>..snip...
>I may have to re-think my plan for this summer
>to visit Ontario, I'm not ripping out my Y-valves and overboard discharge
>lines. Not sure at all what that last line means.
>
>Ed K
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