The Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection’s pumpout facilities removed a record 995,000 gallons of sewage from recreational vehicles in 2014 in Long Island Sound and Candlewood Lake.
The pumpout effort last year was an attempt by DEEP to prevent recreational boaters from dumping their sewage into the state’s waterways.
To keep up the effort this year, DEEP has awarded $1 million in funding from the Federal Clean Vessel Act to 44 marine facilities to continue pumpout operations, including building or replacing facilities.