DIVING EQUIPMENT & MARKETING ASSOCIATION (DEMA) PROMINENT IN EFFORT TO KEEP OCEANS CLEAN & REEFS HEALTHY FOR DIVERS
**Association Fights Extension of Sewage Outfall Deadline**
San Diego, CA In 2008, Florida lawmakers set a timeline for South Florida to stop pumping 300 million of gallons of sewage a day into the ocean by the year 2025, and to treat most of the regions wastewater to reuse for other purposes. In recent months several Miami lawmakers introduced a new bill that would delay the 2008 deadline to stop dumping sewage into the ocean until the year 2030.
With DEMA and the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) among others in opposition to the new bill, Floridas Senate Committee on Community Affairs approved a strike-all amendment that maintains the 2025 deadline.
We are grateful to be involved in the effort to prevent the extension of the sewage outfall on Floridas reefs, said Tom Ingram, Executive Director of DEMA. Our goal in doing so was and is to help keep the water and reefs healthy so divers will continue to have a clean environment in which to dive.
DEMAs position was that dumping wastewater into Floridas oceans has damaged beaches, marine life and coral reef. We just want to close the pipes as soon as possible and keep them closed, reducing ocean pollution, Ingram concluded. The dive industry will continue to support the campaign against contaminating Floridas water any water - with sewage.
DEMA, the Diving Equipment & Marketing Association, is an international organization dedicated to the promotion and growth of the recreational scuba diving and snorkeling industry. With more than 1,400 members, this non-profit, global organization promotes scuba diving through many initiatives including consumer awareness programs, and media campaigns, the national Be a Diver campaign and produces the annual DEMA Show, a trade event open only to companies doing business in the scuba diving, action water sports and adventure/dive travel industries. DEMA Show 2011 will take place at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, November 2-5, 2011. For more information on DEMA Show visit GENERAL INFORMATION, join us on Facebook or follow us at DEMA Show (DEMA_Show) on Twitter. For more information on DEMA call (800) 862-DIVE (3483) or (858) 616-6480 or visit DEMA. For more information on DEMAs BeA Diver campaign visit Be A Diver, join us at www.Facebook.com/BeADiver or follow us at DEMA BeADiver (BeADiver) on Twitter.
**Association Fights Extension of Sewage Outfall Deadline**
San Diego, CA In 2008, Florida lawmakers set a timeline for South Florida to stop pumping 300 million of gallons of sewage a day into the ocean by the year 2025, and to treat most of the regions wastewater to reuse for other purposes. In recent months several Miami lawmakers introduced a new bill that would delay the 2008 deadline to stop dumping sewage into the ocean until the year 2030.
With DEMA and the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) among others in opposition to the new bill, Floridas Senate Committee on Community Affairs approved a strike-all amendment that maintains the 2025 deadline.
We are grateful to be involved in the effort to prevent the extension of the sewage outfall on Floridas reefs, said Tom Ingram, Executive Director of DEMA. Our goal in doing so was and is to help keep the water and reefs healthy so divers will continue to have a clean environment in which to dive.
DEMAs position was that dumping wastewater into Floridas oceans has damaged beaches, marine life and coral reef. We just want to close the pipes as soon as possible and keep them closed, reducing ocean pollution, Ingram concluded. The dive industry will continue to support the campaign against contaminating Floridas water any water - with sewage.
DEMA, the Diving Equipment & Marketing Association, is an international organization dedicated to the promotion and growth of the recreational scuba diving and snorkeling industry. With more than 1,400 members, this non-profit, global organization promotes scuba diving through many initiatives including consumer awareness programs, and media campaigns, the national Be a Diver campaign and produces the annual DEMA Show, a trade event open only to companies doing business in the scuba diving, action water sports and adventure/dive travel industries. DEMA Show 2011 will take place at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, November 2-5, 2011. For more information on DEMA Show visit GENERAL INFORMATION, join us on Facebook or follow us at DEMA Show (DEMA_Show) on Twitter. For more information on DEMA call (800) 862-DIVE (3483) or (858) 616-6480 or visit DEMA. For more information on DEMAs BeA Diver campaign visit Be A Diver, join us at www.Facebook.com/BeADiver or follow us at DEMA BeADiver (BeADiver) on Twitter.
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