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Definition of swimmable
: that can be swum
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SoLe Mia will be comprised of 4,390 residences, 1.4 million square feet of retail space, dining and entertainment and two swimmable 10-acre lagoons.
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Most of the hundreds of hotels in Cabo don’t have swimmable beaches—but El Ganzo does!
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The city has managed to drastically improve water quality in recent decades, turning many dismal waterways into spots that are now swimmable and brimming with aquatic life.
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Heat from the volcano makes some spots swimmable, and many passengers on Antarctic cruises bring back pictures of themselves in the waters of the island caldera.
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For the most part, urban rivers are no longer cesspools, and beaches once fouled with sewage are swimmable.
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In 1972, the Clean Water Act passed, with the goal of making all rivers in the country swimmable and fishable again.
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First Known Use of swimmable
1852
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