This disclosure relates to an environmental compliance system installed onboard a ship. The environmental compliance system includes a computing device that records and requests authorization for overboard discharge when discharge occurs within a defined geofence. The system receives data from the ship automation system including ship location and operational valve opening commands made to discharge effluent overboard and into the surrounding water. Before the operational valve opening command can be received by the valve, the compliance box confirms ship position and compares against programmed no-discharge geofence or a plurality of geofences. When the ship is inside a no-discharge geofence, the computing device may request a manual override authorization from the responsible duty holder before completing the command so as to prevent an accidental unintended discharge. Data is securely stored by the compliance box and may also be transmitted to external cloud-based data receivers.

A marine waste water dump control system for noncommercial nonmetallic or fiberglass boats that provides a system and process for automatically monitoring the time, exact location, and quantity of blackwater, greywater or bilgewater (marine water waste) is dumped from such a water vessel and for requesting and receiving approval or disapproval for dumping marine water waste into restricted or unrestricted waters, including oil water and the like. The instant invention has an MS (Automatic Information System) or comparable communication system that operates at approximately 160 MHz for determining the exact distance from shore and communicating with marine authorities, such as the Coast Guard, before activating the dump control system and communication. The dump control system of the instant invention automatically stores all dumping related information in memory for access by authorities at any time in the event a vessel does not include an AIS or a working AIS. The instant invention also determines from existing shoreline beacons and a triangulation method the exact distance a water vessel is from the shore. The system may be applied to any and all holding tanks on a marine vessel containing pollutants such as black water, gray water, bilge water, oil water and the like.

A portable apparatus and process for treating and mixing ballast water. The apparatus is a lightweight, easily transportable air sparger that serves as a backup treatment system in the event of failure of a Ballast Water Maintenance System or in an emergency or when an unregulated vessel arrives in port with a filled tank. The sparger is operated with compressed air passing through arms and hoses extending from a central hub. Fluids exiting arms produce streams at various levels circulating and mixing ballast water, minimizing energy consumption.