Why aren't we allowed to swim in Lady Bird Lake? The real reason goes back more than 50 years, just a few years after this part of the Colorado River was dammed up to create the lake.
So you pretty much can't go in the water — unless you have special permission or are trying to save someone from drowning. Falling out of your canoe doesn't count.
"I know that in every other river in the state, I'm allowed to," says Sean Mahan, one of the people who asked about the swimming ban."I threw my dog's ball in the water in 2004 and everybody freaked out, telling me that I was going to get arrested and that the water wasn't clean and that I had to get out. So, since 2004, I've followed that rule."There are plenty of rumors about the water being too polluted or dangerous currents .
We went out for a patrol on the lake — and for the most part, it seemed people were obeying the rules. We did watch someone jump off the pedestrian bridge over Barton Creek , but it's hard to catch bridge-jumpers since they just swim to shore and take off when they see the police. A couple weeks ago a woman jumping off the pedestrian bridge landed on a kayaker, seriously injuring both of them.
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