Is it legal to swim in the Merrimack River?

Question

I called City Hall, the police department and the Parks and Recreations department and no one seems to know. Where could I find this information? If you know the answer please tell me.

Answer 1

If you are referring to the Meramec that runs through Missouri, then yes, you can swim in it.  However, it is a stupid thing to do because there are a significant number of sharp dropoffs and undercurrents.

Answer 2

I wouldn't recommend swimming in any industrial river. No telling what is in there and at what spot concentrations. If you blunder into , say PCBs, you're a dead man sometime in the near future with an almost guaranteed cancer. I don't care how "clean" the river is. I know how that is determined and I repeat, I would not go swimming in any industrial river.