Polluted Susquehanna River, Pa. tributaries not fit for swimming or fishing, report says

Warning to all recreational swimmers and fishing enthusiasts: Wade into the Susquehanna River at your peril.

That’s the cautionary guidance from the Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association, which last month found wide areas of the waterway and its tributaries contaminated with high levels of dangerous bacteria.

A month-long analysis of the Susquehanna River by the advocacy organization found high levels of E.coli across some 20 public water access points in the region…

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