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Canal Safety - What Can You Do?

• Don't Swim in ditches or canals
  • Water is very cold
  • Water moves very fast and can sweep you away before you have a chance to get out
  • Others can be pulled in trying to rescue you
  • Ditch and canal bottoms can contain hazards or debris that are dangerous and can snare you

• Don't play in, on or around ditches/canals or irrigation structures. Canal banks and irrigation strucures are private property.

• Don't play, walk, run, etc on ditch and canal banks
  • Banks can be steep and slick

• Don't drink irrigation water

• Don't use boards, old trees or other things to build bridges across ditches and canals

• Do obey any posted signs along ditches and canals
  • They warn of danger
  • They help keep you safe

Click here to download a PDF version of the Otto Otter Canal Safety Coloring book!