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2014-09-18 10:56 PM

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I've done a few sprints up at TTL, and can't say the water ever seems "good". But, hey, it's a dammed up trickle of water (where the public can't normally swim) in the middle of a city, so what can I expect, right? 

Being fairly new to all of this, I am curious if this is an issue more often than we hear. According to another article, no water test results posted since March of last year. Anyone grossed out or put off by this, or just trust the city and get in the water kind of thing?

http://www.fox10phoenix.com/story/26561268/2014/09/17/swimming-event-canceled-at-tempe-town-lake



2014-09-19 9:53 AM
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It is usually an issue of PH than anything else and that is a skin contact issue. I have swam there prob 10x over the last couple years and never had an issue with skin, gi, or anything else. The thing that does suck is the water is always "murky" you cant see the swimmers and that usually means more contact but never a big quality issue.
2014-09-19 11:56 PM
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I've done four races there. Never been totally thrilled to jump in (I'm slow and in the water longer than most ), but closest OWS.

Looks like it will most likely be a quality issue this weekend.

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe/2014/09/19/tempe-town-lake-unsafe-water-sample-threatens-race/15906329/

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