How clean is the water?

Sitting next to the Silver River, in Mui Wo on Lantau Island, I saw some people walk down to the waters edge and take a mouthful of water. This is at the rivers mouth with Silver Mine Bay.

This is in an area where people do go swimming and shellfish is collected.

What is interesting is that these people must have perceived that the water was clean enough looking to taste.

I wonder where else in Hong Kong they would be brave enough to drink the sea or river water?

The last 10 years records show that Silver Mine Beach has a fair water quality (http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/english/environmentinhk/water/beach_quality/bwq_current_i_sil.html).

You might like to look at the EPD website before heading to your favourite Hong Kong beach for a swim!(http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/english/environmentinhk/water/beach_quality/bwq_home.html)

Swim well