High alkalinity is not toxic. The problem is from all the trash since the alkalinity [just like acidity] can break down the molecules of the metals within the water and suspend them, allowing them to be absorbed into the skin.
i think that dead animals, excrement and rubbish would not be much of a problem since the high alkalinity would tend to sterilise them pretty quickly. regardless, there is no way i would swim there. swimming pool water has a ph of about 7.2 - 7.8, by comparison.
High alkalinity is not toxic. The problem is from all the trash since the alkalinity [just like acidity] can break down the molecules of the metals within the water and suspend them, allowing them to be absorbed into the skin.
i think that dead animals, excrement and rubbish would not be much of a problem since the high alkalinity would tend to sterilise them pretty quickly. regardless, there is no way i would swim there. swimming pool water has a ph of about 7.2 - 7.8, by comparison.