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Scratching my head... Didn't the State of MD. or the Dept. of Natural Resources have a program to increase the number of pump out stations on the Bay ? They contributed money to build them but they also capped the fee charged.
FWIW in Solomons, MD. $ 5 Calvert marina, free at Spring Cove and there is a public pump out that's free.
Yes, but...
Not all pump-out stations were subsidized by the State. Those that weren't are often faced with getting their own storage tank (septic tank) pumped out eventually, afterwards... since they're often not on any sort of city water/sewage system.
(Our own marina on the western shore got a 300% increase in pump-out costs to them, a few years ago... so not surprisingly they had to raise their rates for their non-State subsidized pump-out service.)
Of the several places in the St. Michaels main harbor, the hotel is most expensive, St. Michaels Marina is next, Higgins and the Museum tie for least expensive. (I don't remember if Higgins has a pump-out or not.)
The Museum annual membership -- the the boater level -- is a good deal, although slips still aren't always available to members given the short reservation window.
Wouldn't surprise me if ALL of those pump-outs were NOT State subsidized... although I don't know for sure.
-Chris