PROJECT: PERFORMANCE MONITORING OF MARINE
SANITATION DEVICES
LOCATION: Celebrity Summit
OWNER: Celebrity Cruises Inc.
DESCRIPTION: Year round performance monitoring
of Marine Sanitation Devices (MSD), aboard cruise ships sailing
Alaskan waters. Ships certified for discharge into Alaskan waters
under U.S. Coast Guard regulation 33 CFR 159.309 are required
to monitor MSD performance on a bi-monthly basis. Samples are
collected aboard ship, while the ship is docked in port and analyzed
by NovaTec for BOD, TSS and fecal coliform. Field measurements
are made for pH and chlorine residual.
ROLE: Performance monitoring by US Coast
Guard Certified Independent Laboratory.