Code of Alabama - Title 33: Navigation and Watercourses - Section 33-6-3 - Restrictions on use of marine toilets

Section 33-6-3 - Restrictions on use of marine toilets.

(a) No marine toilet on any watercraft used or operated upon waters of this state shall be operated so as to discharge any untreated sewage into said waters directly or indirectly.

(b) No person owning or operating a watercraft, manufactured subsequent to September 12, 1969, with a marine toilet, shall use, or permit the use of, such toilet on the waters of this state, unless the toilet is equipped with facilities that will adequately treat, hold, incinerate or otherwise handle sewage in a manner that is capable of preventing water pollution in accordance with rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.

(c) No container of sewage shall be placed, left, discharged or caused to be placed, left or discharged in or near any waters of this state by any person at any time.

(Acts 1969, No. 769, p. 1368, §3.)

Last modified: May 3, 2021