Honey Pot Day for waste-free harbors in SoCal

MARINA DEL REY—It’s always a good time to manage your boat’s sewage. The Bay Foundation’s Honey Pot Day, which runs from June 1 through Sept. 30, aims to educate boaters about proper waste disposal while also offering a mobile app for free pumpout services. Nobody wants to run into toilet waste while enjoying the water – that goes for swimmers, boaters and outdoor recreationists alike. The Bay Foundation, in partnering with San Francisco Estuary Partnership, California Division of Boating and Waterways and Sport Fish Restoration, positions Honey Pot Day as a means to educate boaters about how levels of bacteria affect the local waterways. When boaters use the mobile app, which is currently available for download, participants receive a voucher coupon redeemable at a local mobile pumpout company. “Our program starts and stops with the needs of the boating community to ‘boat clean.’  The various tools we’ve developed are available online, in print, at boat shows and dockside through interactions with our Dockwalker volunteers,” Victoria Gambale, The Bay Foundation’s Community Engagement Program Manager, said. “This multifaceted approach helps us reach the [more than] 179,000 registered boaters in southern California and improves the health of our coastal waters,” she continued. According to a statement by...