---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 143.275"
title: "46"
number: "143.275"
heading: "Bilge pumps or other dewatering capability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/143.275"
---

# §143.275. Bilge pumps or other dewatering capability.


There must be an installed or portable bilge pump for emergency dewatering. Any portable pump must have sufficient hose length and pumping capability. All installed bilge piping must have a check/foot valve in each bilge suction that prevents unintended backflooding through bilge piping.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3103, 3301, 3306, 3308, 3316, 8104, 8904; 33 CFR 1.05; DHS Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: USCG-2006-24412, 81 FR 40101, June 20, 2016, unless otherwise noted.