WILSON LANDING BECOMES SC’s 14th CLEAN MARINA

The South Carolina Clean Marina Committee has granted Clean Marina certification to Wilson Landing, a part of the Palmetto Bluff development on the May River near Bluffton, SC.

A flag and certificate were awarded to the marina at the South Carolina Marine Association annual meeting. SCMA administers the SC Clean Marina Program in cooperation with the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control and the SC Department of Natural Resources.

Becoming a Clean Marina involves using best management practices to be better stewards of the environment, SCMA President Bob Pilcher said in congratulating the recipient. “It isn’t an easy process and, in some cases, involves added expenses.” The marinas go beyond normal regulatory requirements in managing potential pollutants, keeping their facilities as “green” as possible and educating their customers on better environmental actions to keep our waterways clean.

“The committee was impressed with the efforts Wilson Landing has gone through to comply with the Clean Marina standards,” SCMA Executive Director Suzi DuRant commented. “The marina uses extensive vegetative buffers and permeable surfaces to filter stormwater runoff and even uses mineral oil instead of hydraulic oil in the lift slips over the river.”

The South Carolina Marine Association is a trade association representing the boaters and the boating businesses in the state. For further information, contact SCMA at 843-889-9067 or email SCMarineAssn@gmail.com.