Of the six cruise ships currently permitted to discharge treated wastewater while anchored in Alaskan ports, two are making a total of 14 dockings in Haines this summer.
Holland America’s Zaandam, scheduled for nine dockings this summer, is allowed to dump treated human waste, known as “blackwater,” into Portage Cove while it is tied up at the Port Chilkoot Dock. Compagnie du Ponant’s L’Austral, set for five dockings this year, also can discharge blackwater at…