Newport Beach Introduces Marine Pump Protection with Particle Separator Device

NEWPORT BEACH— The end-of-year Changing Tides newsletter published by the Division of Boating and Waterways released an article by George Hylkema, a Newport Beach local, announcing that the city of Newport Beach has installed newly modified SaniSailor pumps for boaters to pump out sewage from boat holding tanks into the city’s sewer system. A new device has been installed in the pumps that will protect the pumps from breaking and will better help keep the water clean in the harbor. The city of Newport Beach currently has five vessels pump out systems installed throughout the bay that are used 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.   Within the SaniSailor there is a new device designed by Hylkema. The device is called a Particle Separator and helps to pump out wastewater and sewage from boats, where it is then drained into the city’s sewage system until it finally heads off to the sanitation district. In the bay, it is absolutely prohibited to execute this on your own; all pumping must go through the SaniSailor pump on the dock. The initiative is funded by the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust fund through the California State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways.     Pump...