Sea & Fresh Water Pumps

There are 5 main types of pumps used for the use of our basic needs on boats or for the safety of our boat and ourselves. These are freshwater pump , black tank pump , gray tank pump, bilge pump and sea pump . In addition, the number of pumps can be increased depending on the need.

The freshwater pump is the pump that presses the water taken from the clean water tank to the kitchen, toilet, and shower taps. The black tank pump is the type used to pump the wastes in the toilet tank.

What is Bilge?

Before moving on to topics such as what the bilge pump does or how the bilge pump works, let's start our article by mention about what is the bilge, where is the bilge in the ship, and so on. Let's touch briefly upon what 'bilge' (or billage) is. Bilge is the name given to the interior of a boat below the waterline. It is underneath the floor and holds the deck of the part of the ship where the machinery and boilers are located. The bottom part of the ship, where the oil leaking from the engine and boiler rooms is stored, is called the bilge area. All the dirty wastes are collected in the tank with the help of a pump from the area called the bilge.

These collected wastes are unloaded to the freighters that are waiting at the ports. The bilge waters, which are separated into layers by chemical and physical methods, are then purified and released back into the sea, free from microbes and dirt. Solid dirt is usually incinerated. All wastes collected by the bilge pump are completely cleansed and released into the sea in a completely purified form after the chemical processes. It is prohibited by law to leave the bilge waters to the sea, and if the ships break this rule, they will be towed up by the port and imposed a fine. When everything is purified and cleaned, then it can be allowed to be released into the sea.

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