{"id":6041,"date":"2023-06-02T12:37:27","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T16:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/co.ocean.nj.us\/GalleryWP\/?p=6041"},"modified":"2024-03-19T12:39:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T16:39:28","slug":"keeping-ocean-county-waterways-clean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/co.ocean.nj.us\/GalleryWP\/keeping-ocean-county-waterways-clean\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping Ocean County Waterways Clean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ocean County Pumpout Boat program, a popular program with boaters on Barnegat Bay and Little Egg Harbor Bay, turned 25 this year. The program partners including the captains were recently honored during a 25th Anniversary event at the Seaside Park Yacht Club. Since its inception, the program has removed more than 2.4 million gallons of effluent from the holding tanks and portable toilets of more than 112,470 boats using Barnegat Bay and its tributaries. \u201cThis program has been in the forefront of keeping our bay waters clean. It has been a big benefit to our sensitive environment,\u201d said Director of the Ocean County Board of Commissioners Joseph H. Vicari, liaison to the program. \u201cThis program also highlights the benefits of partnerships.\u201d The Board of Commissioners with the Ocean County Utilities Authority, Brick Township, Seaside Park, the Tuckerton Seaport, the boat captains and the Clean Vessel Act program work hand in hand to provide a program that keeps the bay waters clean. \u201cWorking together is what makes this program so successful,\u201d Vicari said. \u201cAs a team, we have made significant strides in preserving and protecting the Barnegat Bay.\u201d The pump out boat program got its start in the mid 1990\u2019s when the State of New Jersey decided to participate in the federal Clean Vessel Act Program. There are now six full-time pumpout boats operating in the Barnegat Bay and Little Egg Harbor. The fleet includes the Bay Saver and Bay Defender, operated by Brick; the Pollution Solution, Water Warrior, operated by Seaside Park; and the Waste Watcher II and the Bay Sweeper, operated by the Tuckerton Seaport. Ocean County\u2019s pumpout boats are all about 21-foot long vessels that are specially equipped to be capable of emptying the on-board toilets and tanks of other boats, thus keeping waste from entering the bay. The six boats cover different areas of the bay throughout Ocean County.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6041 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/co.ocean.nj.us\/GalleryWP\/keeping-ocean-county-waterways-clean\/049a5076-small\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/co.ocean.nj.us\/GalleryWP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/049A5076-Small-250x250.jpg\" 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href='https:\/\/co.ocean.nj.us\/GalleryWP\/keeping-ocean-county-waterways-clean\/049a5180-small\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/co.ocean.nj.us\/GalleryWP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/049A5180-Small-250x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"pumpout boat meeting at docks\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/co.ocean.nj.us\/GalleryWP\/keeping-ocean-county-waterways-clean\/049a5182-small\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/co.ocean.nj.us\/GalleryWP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/049A5182-Small-250x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"pumpout boat meeting at docks\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ocean County Pumpout Boat program, a popular program with boaters on Barnegat Bay and Little Egg Harbor Bay, turned 25 this year. 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