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title: "How do you know if a water body (lake/pond/stream/river/reservoir/well) is safe to swim?"  
description: "How do you know if a water body (lake/pond/stream/river/reservoir/well) is safe to swim?"  
author: "twinkle das"  
published: 2018-03-03  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/36148/how-do-you-know-if-a-water-body-lake-pond-stream-river-reservoir-well-is-safe-to-swim  
category: "rivers"  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How do you know if a water body (lake/pond/stream/river/reservoir/well) is safe to swim?

How do you know if a [water](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/323154/fluoride-in-your-water-filtration-guide-2020) [body](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/336036/explain-about-html-header-body-and-footer-tags) (lake/pond/[stream](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/1901/stream-not-writing-on-a-file)/river/reservoir/well) is [safe](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/126322/how-to-keep-your-home-safe-while-traveling) to swim?\


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