Boat holding tanks range in size from 3 gallons, many with 20 gallons, up to 50-gallon capacity. We now range between 50 to 100 pumpouts per week in season. The city charges Battery Park no extra fee for the added boat sewage. Most customers are willing to pump fuel, but not their sewage. Our dock staff do all the pumpouts and like the job.
Boaters are so happy with our staffed service that they tip very well.
Using that as an incentive to summer staff, I offer the pumpout station job only to the returning dock hand with the best work record from the previous year. Customers want one stop for both fuel and pumpout. Portable toilet dump station at the fuel dock. The second Johnny Trap will mean we can pump out every boat without having to relocate it near the original pump. On average it takes about 7 minutes to pump out and rinse a typical 20-gallon holding tank.