Sea pollution ????

[Lotty]

Oops! a bit heavy there ArtyMar?  but really it was just a bit of a light joke with Villain! I'm sure it's ok to swim from the boats out in the bay! 

[ArtyMar]

I know, Lotty! I was only kidding! In a couple of weeks, I'll be swimming in our pool and in the sea - and off the boat if we go on one this time

[stoop]

I never said I assumed it was turtle poo but someone did mention that one beach bar had taken one out near his place, broken it in two and proved it was not human waste.

What I was saying is that I think turtle poo is harmless but I'm not 100% certain without checking.

There are also more than a few big turtles in the area.

My opinion is that it was probably human waste from the boats dumping their load and maybe mixed with the inevitable turtle poo in the area. Whatever it was I saw no evidence of it in the three weeks and a bit we were in Koca Calis. The sea looked exactly the same as it has done the previous 12 years we have stayed there.

Maybe they are dumping it elsewhere now or the culprits have decided to clean up their act and pay to dump their waste in harbour.

[KKOB]

Are you using the words "dump" and "dumping" on purpose ?   

[curvanord]

http://youtu.be/tTE1rCcMaZY

[ArtyMar]

Ha ha! Brilliant!

[stoop]

KKOB - yes I am because the general term for the place to dispose of waste from a boat or motor home, etc is a Dump Station.

No pun intended by the person who named it I'm sure  

[Lynne09]

Been on Calis beach today saw sewage floating in sea will be staying round my pool for the rest of the holiday very worrying

[IanK]

In fact, the boating fraternity usually refer to this as a "pump out station".

In turkey, there is legislation regarding their use and the pump out should be recorded on a Blue Card - as a way of tracking that you are actually using them.

You are not even supposed to drain your washing up water into the sea - never mind anything more serious.

How well this is enforced  is another matter of course.

Ian

[Jacqui Harvey]

We were in Russian on a cruise ship for two days and the laundries on the ship were all locked up.  Not even soap suds allowed.