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MI Clean Marina Program: Public-private partners work together to improve water quality - Part 1
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This is the first in a three part series:
The Michigan Clean Marina Program is a great example of how partnerships are supposed to work, where everybody wins.
“Partners from the public and private sector are working together in a voluntary program for improving the quality of the Great Lakes.” says Charles Pistis, Extension Program Leader for Michigan Sea Grant . “Marinas realize their facilities are gatekeepers and the boaters who use them each play a critical role in the environmental quality of our lakes.”
Michigan's Clean Marina Program was developed as a unique public-private partnership between the Michigan Sea Grant (including Michigan State University and the University of Michigan) the Michigan Boating Industries Association, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth .
“Expanding on the trend among consumers toward going green,” says Pistis, ”the Clean Marina Program is an educational component that encourages going blue for boaters and marinas.”
To receive the Clean Marina certification, marina operators work with consultants and members of the Clean Marina committee through workshops, as well as individually. Workshop topics include: controlling pollutants, such as safety measures to prevent petrochemical spills and incorporating management practices for sewage and storm water runoff, all of which help sustain Michigan's coastal resources. The final component is a critical on-site inspection of the marina by a member of the Michigan Sea Grant team.
The second article in this three part series features the Harbor Springs Marina and their transition to becoming certified as a Clean Marina, appears tommorow.
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