On hot summer days, outdoor recreation is unthinkable without swimming, but even in urban water bodies it is not always safe. With the onset of warmth, you should worry in advance and determine the places where you will come in the summer to swim with your family or a group of friends.
Instructions
Step 1
You can find out if it is worth swimming in the pond of your choice in the local media. Annually, by decree of the heads of administrations of settlements, an official date for the opening of the bathing season is set and a list of city beaches is published in the appendix to it. The local authorities are responsible for the safety of the bathing areas listed on this list.
Step 2
This means that the territory of such a beach will be provided with explanatory signs permitting swimming in this place, and work will be carried out on it to clean the shore and the bottom of the reservoir, and rescue and medical centers will be provided. The coast of the reservoirs is cleaned not only after winter, but also every day, after people bathed and rested here during the day. The bottom is especially carefully cleaned in such places, and professional divers are involved in such work, removing stones, fittings, and debris.
Step 3
When the pond you have chosen for swimming is not listed, you can ask on the Internet how safe it is. There you can find out whether it is natural or artificial, and about those industrial enterprises that are located in its water basin. If there are any, then you better refrain from swimming in its water, this is fraught not only with leg injuries, but also with allergic reactions on the skin and mucous membranes.
Step 4
The presence of mud on the surface of the water should also alert you. This means that the water in such a reservoir is not flowing, it stagnates and can serve as a breeding ground for all kinds of infectious diseases, for example, E. coli. Such water can contain harmful microorganisms and parasites that can harm your health.
Step 5
Ducks and geese swimming in the reservoir, cattle drinking water near its shore are not indicators of the cleanliness and environmental safety of this bathing place. Poultry and animals can be carriers of various diseases, therefore it is better to avoid such a neighborhood.
Step 6
When choosing a suitable location, do not forget to carefully examine the bottom and shoreline. If dead tree trunks stick out next to the water, most likely, you can run into a sunken snag at the bottom. And do not swim where the water flow rate exceeds 0.5 meters per second, you may not be able to cope with the current.
