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Who do you ask? There's conflicting information. Plus rivers are long and it may be safe upstream but not downstream. Is there a government office I can just call. If so is that the one useful thing the government does?

This river I'm looking at one site says there's poop and insecticides in the water. The other says the fishing is great!.

How do I get to the bottom of this without spending years studying chemistry and biochemistry and testing the water myself?

Who do you ask? There's conflicting information. Plus rivers are long and it may be safe upstream but not downstream. Is there a government office I can just call. If so is that the one useful thing the government does? This river I'm looking at one site says there's poop and insecticides in the water. The other says the fishing is great!. How do I get to the bottom of this without spending years studying chemistry and biochemistry and testing the water myself?

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[–] • 11 pts (edited )

If reptiles and amphibians are common then the waters are likely very clean.

Frogs are to waters what canaries are to mines.

[–] • 1 pt

Wife & friends: "Hey Jim, are you coming in? The water is great!?"

Jim: "Not until I see a frog!"

Wife: "oh great. He does this every time. Just leave him there by himself and he can drink beers all day."

Jim: Excellent

[–] • 1 pt

Never knew this until today and it'll stick with me forever.