chuckhoffmann Wrote:
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> This was thoroughly discussed in this thread from
> about 9 months ago
>
http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read/2/122
> 6152.html
>
> Basically, the only two lakes or ponds in Fairfax
> County that are clean enough to swim in are Lake
> Barcroft and the Occoquan reservoir, but Lake
> Barcroft is private, and swimming in the Occoquan
> reservoir is prohibited.
>
> Most of the lakes and ponds in Fairfax County are
> thoroughly polluted and you really, really would
> not want to swim in them unless you could have a
> decontamination shower and a course of antibiotics
> afterwards.
>
> You could probably swim in the Occoquan river
> below the reservoir or even in the Potomac, but
> you'd seriously be taking your life in your hands
> doing so.
I've done it several times in different places. I lived.
Pussy.