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Default AquaKem for holding tanks?

ray lunder wrote:
Is this stuff ok for at sea pump out use? Or is it only meant for
marina's with the waste suck out system? Thank you.


AquaKem is a formaldehyde based product that shouldn't be used at all.
Sewage treatment plants--which is where all the waste from a pumpout
ends up--don't like toxic chemicals...and it poisons all the waters
around it when dumped at sea. It'll kill a septic tank...and about all
it does in most holding tanks is add a nasty chemical odor to the sewage
odor.

But, it's not illegal to use in any tank, whether you pump out or dump
at sea, and it is cheap. However, I suggest you try Odorlos or Raritan
K.O. or Odorlos instead. They're both environmentally friendly
non-chemical tank products that work when used as directed.


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Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987
Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and
Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor"
http://shop.sailboatowners.com/boat_odors/
 
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