Would you swim in the Potomac?

[JohnKleeb]

Poll question: Would you swim in the Potomac?

:shrug:

[mobuto]

1. No. Its too cold in March.

But I've been in it many times in warmer months. I'm still alive. Its really quite clean. That being said, I would probably not want to swim below Blue Plains right after a major rainstorm.

[Lizz612]

2. Other

I would if and only if you, Zack, Maggie and Derek all joined me; if its gonna get me sick i want others to be sick with me.

[JohnKleeb]

3. yeah sure beth and I swim well

:)

[mobuto]

You won't get sick

The worst pollutant in the Potomac is the PCB-soaked mud. So don't drink the mud on the bottom. If you don't do that and you don't already have a severely compromised immune system, you should be fine.

[Droopy]

4. Only if I wanted to glow in the dark. n/t

[camero]

6. That's the Susquahanna.

:)

[camero]

5. Depends

Around DC I wouldn't go anywhere near it but up towards the WV panhandle on a good day I would and have.

[mobuto]

8. In DC its fine

I would be careful about going below the Anacostia, however, since it is very polluted and you have a notoriously ineffective sewage treatment plant right at its mouth.

[DCDemo]

7. I have, and I do...and will when it's warmer

But pretty much above DC, Little Falls or above because of the depth and current issues below Little Falls (above Chain Bridge is ok).

But to be truthful, I rarely eat the few fish I catch...I catch and release.

[JohnKleeb]

9. Yeah I know about little falls

My da loves great falls.

[thatgemguy]

10. I have on many occasions

near the WV panhandle and Harpers Ferry, and in the headwaters further upstream in WV. Especially relaxing on those blistering hot summer days.

Don't know if I would swim downstream near the DC though.

I saw an auction on eBay a while back where someone was offering to pour the auction winner's urine in the Potomac near DC to get back at Congress and the Federal Bureaucrats, or at least the ones who don't drink bottled water...

[oneighty]

11. I went to diving school

at Indian Head, Md. in 56. It was nasty even then. Yuk. Drank some too, not on purpose, but never got sick!

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