Cahaba Riverkeeper is a non-profit organization that leverages volunteers and community donations to operate Swim Guide. You can power this public notice service by donating to this program.
Swim Guide is the Cahaba Riverkeeper’s flagship program since 2014 and serves to answer citizen inquiries about the safety of swimming in the Cahaba River and its major tributaries. Water samples are collected weekly in the summer and analyzed in an on-site laboratory for water quality and bacteria. Findings are posted each week via social and commercial media and the Swim Guide app to educate the public so they may make informed decisions about their health as they go out to swim, boat, and fish.
People usually expose themselves to contaminated water and potential harm because they do not have access to reliable water quality data, or they may not understand the information that has been provided to them. Many contaminated-water-related illnesses are never reported, and it is believed that hundreds of thousands of North Americans get sick or face physical discomfort each year after swimming in polluted water.
Media coverage by area television stations, numerous magazines, newspapers, the Internet, and public comments signifies that Swim Guide
is serving an important community need.
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