9 cities making polluted waterways into swimming hotspots
Reclaiming rivers, one pool at a time Some of the world?s busiest and largest cities have long had a water problem. Historically a lifeline for trade, production, and travel, city rivers have also suffered from devastating pollution.
However, cities around the world are now working to make once-polluted rivers safe for swimming. That might seem shocking to urbanites who grew up seeing?and smelling?everything from raw sewage to trash in the waterways, but it?s no longer a pie-in-the-sky future plan. It?s actually happening.
This revolutionary idea aims to connect neglected river fronts with the people and businesses that surround them. From open-water swimming areas to filtering pools that help clean river water while people swim, we?ve rounded up impressive projects in nine different cities. Some?like a canal in Paris?have just opened, while other projects are still in the planning stages. But all show that for more and more cities, a dip in your local river could be the perfect way to cool off.
The Charles River in Boston
Courtesy of the Charles River Conservancy
A rendering of what a swim-park could look like in Boston?s Charles River.
The Charles River Conservancy calls the formerly polluted Charles River the cleanest urban river in America. Recreational swimming has been prohibited in the Charles since the 1950s, when the beaches and bathhouses were closed. But since 1995, years of environmental health initiatives have cleaned up th...
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