Floating Pool in Brooklyn Heights

Floating Pool
Originally uploaded by Bird to the North

This photo is by Shin-Pei, among other things webmistress of the Bird to the North blog. If the water in the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers is so bad that we can't swim there (see "On the Potomac, Swimming in Risk," subtitled "In Debating the River's Cleanliness, Confusion Win," from the Washington Post) why not put floating pools in the river?

If people started "using" the river more, we'd start demanding that it be better taken care of--at least I hope so.