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Old 06-01-2018, 05:24 PM
 
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Are there swimming beaches along the rivers in Pittsburgh?
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Old 06-01-2018, 05:29 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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Are there swimming beaches along the rivers in Pittsburgh?



There's a mud flat at Duck Hollow, unless the water is high.
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Old 06-02-2018, 08:38 AM
 
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Are there swimming beaches along the rivers in Pittsburgh?
For many decades people swam in the river at a place called Braeburn beach in Lower Burrell. I`m not sure if they still do but you might find out on Facebook. I don`t have a Facebook account or whatever it`s called.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Braeb...51634078258738

The beach is on the opposite side of the ATI steel plant so the water quality was always tolerable. Should be much cleaner these days.
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Old 06-02-2018, 08:56 AM
 
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You know, there are PCBs and heavy metals in the sediments of the rivers, right? That includes the Cuyahoga in Cleveland. I once heard the Hudson, which has the same problem, described as "like a beautiful woman with the Clap". This is the reason there are limits placed on the number of fish you can eat per month. Swimming? I wouldn't do it.

I remember when the Cuyahoga caught fire in 1969 and they couldn't put it out. Those without memories of how bad the rivers were shouldn't be fooled.
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Old 06-02-2018, 02:21 PM
 
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I remember when the Cuyahoga caught fire in 1969 and they couldn't put it out. Those without memories of how bad the rivers were shouldn't be fooled.
It's a real shame that nothing has happened to remediate the condition of these waters in the last... 49 years.
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Old 06-02-2018, 06:55 PM
 
Location: Cleveland
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It's a real shame that nothing has happened to remediate the condition of these waters in the last... 49 years.
The water is getting cleaner, with a combination of less industry and better infrastructure, but there is still a long way to go. The good news is that the Clean Water Act is working and these waterways are being cleaned up. It takes M&Ms (money and measurements.)
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Old 06-02-2018, 07:11 PM
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Swam in the Allegheny and waterskied all the time of course. That was back in the days of WAY more pollution. People swim in it all the time, the difference is today is EVERYTHING is all about fear. Goodness there is a damn triathlon and they swim down at the point. People tubing and having fun in the rivers every warm week the water isn't too high.

You can do the fear thing all day every day, but some of us like to actually do some living.
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Old 06-03-2018, 12:04 AM
 
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Are there swimming beaches along the rivers in Pittsburgh?
The closest place I know of is under the Boston bridge on the youghioghney. I use to kyak upstream from there, the water is really clean.
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Old 06-03-2018, 12:08 AM
 
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I don't know if anyone besides me here has jumped in at the point but I was up to my shoulders in a silty, Sandy, seaweed mess. I had to wash off in the fountain and even that couldn't make the smell disappeared. It was around 1994, I don't know if it is any better but it was nasty back then.
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Old 06-03-2018, 03:34 AM
 
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I don't know if anyone besides me here has jumped in at the point but I was up to my shoulders in a silty, Sandy, seaweed mess. I had to wash off in the fountain and even that couldn't make the smell disappeared. It was around 1994, I don't know if it is any better but it was nasty back then.
Wow, I didn't think anyone would try that! It sounds like something you don't do twice!
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