gulfa:

 

 I have been advised never to drink water from our rivers or streams because of Gardia etc and on all of my school camps I have taken have always advised students not

 

to drink from rivers or streams unless desperate This was one of our Risk management rules.  If people are doing this, Perhaps it has affected the minds of some of our participants in this forum?

 

Of course there is a degree of risk, my point is I have never gotten sick from swimming in/drinking river water. Nor has my dog, or anybody else that I know of who has done the same. Gardia is not only found in rivers, some people have even picked it up at public pools. It may even be hiding in your water tank at home. I guess one way of mitigating the risk is to just to shut yourself out from living life.