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Clean Boater Borchure

Clean Boater Brochure

Your guide on how to become and Ohio Clean Boater
File Details: 493.93 KB August 10, 2009

Tip Sheets

Engine Maintenance

You can play an important role in protecting water quality while performing routine engine maintenance by following the guides in this tip sheet.
File Details: 103.65 KB October 25, 2006

Vessel Cleaning

As a boater, you are well aware of the care your vessel requires. In order to keep your boat safe, reliable, and attractive, you must clean and maintain it.
File Details: 189.83 KB October 25, 2006

Sanding and Painting

Sanding and painting can create environmental hazards if not conducted in a controlled area.
File Details: 103.32 KB October 25, 2006

Petroleum Control: Fueling, Bilge Maintenance & Spill Response

Oil is harmful and sometimes fatal to aquatic plants and wildlife, including fish, birds and invertebrates. Oil can enter water intakes and affect drinking water.
File Details: 117.74 KB October 25, 2006

Waste Containment and Disposal

Trash is ugly and may be dangerous - dangerous to humans and to wildlife. For example, plastic may snare propellers and entangle birds or fish. Congress passed a law in 1987 to protect our water ways from garbage.
File Details: 102.97 KB October 25, 2006

Boat Sewage

Raw or poorly treated boat sewage is harmful to human health. Typhoid, hepatitis, cholera, gastroenteritis, and other waterborne diseases may be passed directly to people who swim in contaminated waters. People may also become infected by eating fish contaminated with viruses and other micro organisms contained in sewage discharge.
File Details: 104.43 KB October 25, 2006