Alaska Cruise Ship Wastewater Violations on the Rise

This week, employees from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation presented data to the House Finance Committee’s environmental subcommittee that show how, as cruise ship visitation has increased, so have water-quality violations, also called exceedances.

The number of these violations have roughly tripled since 2018. The state formerly employed onboard observers called ocean rangers; these…

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