What are the environmental considerations of an In-Water Mooring Station?
Copper-based bottom paints contain between 20% and 76% copper a toxic pesticide that affects marine life. The federal regulatory standard for dissolved copper is 3.1 parts-per-billion (ppb). The highest concentration of heavy metal pesticides is in marinas where there can be hundreds of slips and where concentrations as high as 29.0ppb have been measured. The principal benefit to the environment of the BOAT BUNKERS In-Water Mooring Station is the elimination of the need for bottom paint and hull cleaning. This means less toxic chemicals in the waters, boatyards and marinas. Less copper paint to remove and dispose of. Less sediment dredged from boat basins contaminated with copper. Another obvious advantage in having a collar around a boat is that any internal spills are immediately contained. Gas, diesel, oil, cleaning agents, varnishes, garbage, trash, sewage, zinc, copper and other pollutants, cannot contaminate the surrounding water. The In-Water Mooring Station will also prevent ex
