The Harbor Aims to Be Poop-Free

Attention anyone who "discharges your boat head," aka "unloads the contents of your boat shitter," into Boston Harbor. The party is over, and the poop police are on to you.

As of today, boaters are no longer allowed to release the contents of their toilets into the water within three miles of the shoreline. You'll either have to go out farther to unload, or you will need to utilize the services of a pump-out boat.

However, one person said that it is all too easy to "sneaky poop" in the Harbor: "''I can press a button here' to discharge the toilet without detection, he said, pointing to a switch next to the helm of his boat."

So, if you see anything floating in the harbor, it probably isn't a Baby Ruth, and now it's also illegal.

[Boston Globe]

Image of sunset over the Harbor--don't look too closely!--by JeremyJeremy from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr.