This Saturday, swimmers will plunge into the not-so-dirty water of the Charles River for the eighth City Splash event. What's happening: From noon to 4pm at the Esplanade, Bostonians who have signed ...

A century after the city of Berlin banned swimming in the Spree River because it was so polluted it could make people sick, there's a push by swimmers to get back into the water. Around 200 people ...

Hundreds of people went against a nearly century-long tide to swim in the Chicago River on Sept. 22. The event, which was put on for ALS research, marked the first open water swim in the river in 98 ...

For the first time in nearly a century, the Chicago River hosted an organized open swim. The race on Sunday drew 263 swimmers and celebrated the river’s environmental turnaround. Memories of the river ...

PARIS — For the first time in over a century, Parisians and tourists will be able to take a refreshing dip in the River Seine. The long-polluted waterway is finally opening up as a summertime swim ...

Early Sunday morning, spectators jostled for a glimpse of the Chicago River to witness something that hadn’t happened there in nearly a century. People were swimming in it. In the heart of the Loop ...

FILE - The Iron Gate Dam powerhouse and spillway are seen on the lower Klamath River near Hornbrook, Calif., March 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File) HORNBROOK, Calif. (AP) — For the first time ...

Tuesday morning, River Crossing YMCA’s announced they will partner with donors to give underprivileged youth an chance to learn how to swim and gain other water safety lessons for free. The free ...

On a Sunday evening in August 2022, Szczepan Skibicki went for a swim. The Military Museum employee dipped into the Supraśl river in eastern Poland, something he enjoys in his free time. Skibicki ...