Swimming in the Anacostia River?

Name: Swimming in the Anacostia River?
Uploaded: 2023-06-29T01:51:09Z
Duration: 3 min 11 s
Description: The nonprofit Anacostia Riverkeeper is holding its first permitted swim event, and it's open to the public. But is the public really interested? FOX 5's Homa Bash spoke to locals who say "no thanks." Experts tell us the rough reputation is understandable because 30 years ago, the Anacostia was one of the worst rivers in America -- but it's come a long way from its polluted past.

The nonprofit Anacostia Riverkeeper is holding its first permitted swim event, and it's open to the public. But is the public really interested? FOX 5's Homa Bash spoke to locals who say "no thanks." Experts tell us the rough reputation is understandable because 30 years ago, the Anacostia was one of the worst rivers in America -- but it's come a long way from its polluted past.

Posted June 28, 2023 9:51pm EDT