Same with the Kennebec river that flowed through Augusta, Maine throughout the 80s and 90s. We were dumb enough to swim in it for some reason, and I vividly rem

Same with the Kennebec river that flowed through Augusta, Maine throughout the 80s and 90s. We were dumb enough to swim in it for some reason, and I vividly remember bits of trash and paper swirling around in the brown, muddy soup. Contrast that with the crystal clear glacier lakes in the same region, and it’s hard to believe it was the same state government.