A Boston River Now (Mostly) Fit for Swimming
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Sixty-nine experienced swimmers showed up for a race in the Charles River after it had been officially off-limits to swimmers for more than 50 years.
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The River Thames, which bisects the centre of London, is said by some to be among the world's cleaner urban waterways, but that claim to fame is undermined by frequent spillage from the capital's sewage system.
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By Bangor Daily News, Maine  Sep. 15--Getting people interested in storm water is draining.
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By Joe Wojtas, The Day, New London, Conn.  Sep. 20--STONINGTON -- The Aquarion Water Co.
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By Melissa McEver, Valley Morning Star, Harlingen, Texas  Jun. 23--LAGUNA ATASCOSA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE -- The waters of the Bahia Grande are flowing freely once again.
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It may have brought some luster to the riverfront when it was built a half century ago, but today the Chicago Sun-Times building looks like it belongs there about as much as a barge at a yacht club.
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Parts of the River Thames are lowered by up to eight inches to prepare for the site for this year's Reading Festival.
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By Don Springer  Warm weather has arrived. I know because the boat traffic has begun in earnest on Coal River. The water skiers are out and even the youngest of the young are wading or swimming in the waters.
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By CAROLINE INNES  THE River Mersey is now a thriving eco-system capable of holding reasonable numbers of salmon for the first time in living memory, it has been revealed.
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Swimming across a river is primal, erotic, solitary, communal and a time to contemplate things big and small.
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Feel like a fish out of water? You may not be too far off.
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It's taking on water, and debt.
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By The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Jun. 1--Most Americans have never had to cope for long periods without access to running water. But for many of the residents of Blackmon Road, running water and adequate plumbing had been unattainable luxuries -- until last week.
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Even with the big winds from the week's cold front keeping many boats ashore, there is a sense that the roundup just before the fall migration is about to begin. That means lots of fattened fish -- stripers and bluefish mainly -- are on the move and doing their best to load up on food before the 1,000-mile swim south. ...
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By Beth Daley, The Boston Globe  Jun. 4--When an April northeaster punched a gap through the long, sandy  spit that forms Nauset Beach in Chatham, local geologists and officials were  not overly alarmed.
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As waterways go, this one isn't very imposing. A murky stream, its tint teetering between gray and brown. Timid flecks of twigs, leaves and unrecognizable vegetation being carried along in its current. An occasional gum wrapper to ruin any hopes of winning that beautification award.
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By ROD WALTON World Staff Writer  The plan involves some public-access areas along the Illinois River and its tributaries.