The (inconvenient) Truth About No Discharge Zones

Thursday, June 5, 2025

Advisory Issued for the Headwaters of the Patapsco River to the Mouth of Bodkin Creek Due to a Waste Overflow


The Anne Arundel County Department of Health has issued an advisory for the headwaters of the Patapsco River to the mouth of Bodkin Creek due to a large effluent overflow of over 21 million gallons of partially treated wastewater from the Patapsco Wastewater Treatment Plant in Baltimore City.
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Articles of Interest

  • Just what is an NDZ - by Vic Willman via BoaterEd.com
  • Maryland Moves to Increase Pollution in Chesapeake - by Tom Neale
  • Flyer: On Board Treatment Systems - An Environmental Success Story
  • The law of unintended consequences - by Bret Bretnall

The great farce of NDZ

It is already illegal for vessels of any type to discharge raw sewage (unless offshore -ocean- by 3 or more miles) into US waterways. The only parties who get away with dumping raw sewage are municipalities who's waste treatment systems overflow or malfunction (some at an alarmingly regular rate, like every time it rains). What's at stake here are on-board treatment systems. Systems that output treated waste that is many, many times cleaner than what a waste treatment plant discharges. In the words of the Maryland Attorney General's office; on-board treatment systems account for less than .1% of any water quality issues (actually, less than .003% to be exact)! Yet, supporters of NDZ legislation want to criminalize their use.















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