Boating Best Practices

As a boat owner, there are many things you can do to improve environmental quality.  You can minimize the use of chemicals, you can take care to dispose wastes properly, and you can take care to maintain your boat to prevent oil and fuel from entering our rivers, lakes and ponds, and our coastal waters.  Explore the links below to learn more.  If you have a specific question, feel free to contact the PRCWA office.

Waste Management

Boat Maintenance

  • Use Safe Fueling Proceedures
  • Use a Bilge Filter System
  • Treat paint dust and scrapings from your boat as hazardous waste
  • Remove plant fragments from your boat to prevent spread of  Invasive Plants   


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(Most Recent Update: Feb 20, 2009)