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Originally Posted by MRiGnS  Actually the Saar and the Wupper are now rather clean and fishing has become usual there again. What you posted talks about the situation in the 70s and since then 30 years have passed. The Wupper back then was one of the most polluted rivers in Europe.
Swimming in the Saar was allowed again in the mid 90s and the fish population is growing.
The water quality is observed by many non-profit organisations and the law for drinking water and river in Germany became the strictest and most rigid in the world. |
I have swum in the Saar myself, but not the Wupper, not even in the mid-90's were the locals swimming there. There was no fish then either so I'm afraid you are mistaken.