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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well this whole article made me google the water quality for cabin John creek where I sometimes let my kids and dog swim.  Looks like water testing is that it’s usually well under target levels, except after major rains.  (And I don’t let them put head under and they bathe right after.). I’ll admit I find the rain thing counter intuitive because it seems like more water would be safer (dilute the nasty stuff) but apparently it just washes too much stuff in from the yards.  [/quote]

Continue on your Google journey to learn about the combined sewer system! It’s fascinating. Bottom line though, as the creek gets closer to the Potomac, there are Combined Sewer Overflows which mix storm water and water from our household drains (pooooooo) and dump them into the creek when they exceed capacity. Up where you are, all the storm water and the household drains are separate. We’re working on it! Big tunnels! Lots of fascinating infrastructure.

But yes, because of that and the things that run into the creek with stormwater generally, it is a good idea to be mindful of recent rainfall if you’re swimming/wading.

My understanding is that RFK Jr was right by the CSOs, which is a pretty stupid place to take your kids swimming even if you have brain worms. [/quote]

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