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Friday, April 03, 2020

COVID-19 Cruise Ship Sewer Woes

This story came across some news feed or other March 30, 

Coronavirus Cruise Ship Is Still Anchored on the Bay. Handling Its Sewage Is a Chore


https://www.kqed.org/news/11808915/coronavirus-cruise-ship-is-still-anchored-on-the-bay-handling-its-sewage-is-a-chore

YIKES!

Last December I was boarding a cruise ship myself (a prettier one than the one in the story I'd have to say). I was on a dock in Sydney, Australia. Lucky for me, the sewer blog writer, as I was going up the gangway—slowly—there were a lot of us—what would I see, but sewage being sucked out of the ship! I got these photos with my phone (and a lot more, but I won't tire you with too many). This process is a lot easier than that described in the article above!



 (Click image to enlarge.)

I took a video too. Wish I had let it record a bit longer. The guy looks kind of tired after a while.....


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