Grant funding is being made available from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for the boat sewage disposal facility operation on Candlewood Lake and those in Long Island Sound.  Clean Vessel Act Program Coordinator Kate Brown says the $1 million is federal funding.  Brown says the program removed almost a million gallons of recreational boat sewage from Long Island Sound and Candlewood Lake in 2014.

Brown says DEEP has a partnership with Echo Bay Marina, which plans to install an offloading dock for the pumpout vessel, and a holding tank.  The waste in the holding tank will then be safely transported away by a septic hauler.

Up to 75 percent of the cost of an approved project may be reimbursed under the program.  Grant proposals must be received by Thursday afternoon to be considered eligible for this round of grant funding.

All recreational pumpout facilities in Connecticut are now offering free service to boaters.