Pasig River used to be described as idyllic. For centuries, the waterway that snakes 25 kilometers from Laguna Lake to Manila Bay was clean enough to bathe in and draw drinking water from. The Pasig was celebrated in song and poem, and was an endearing subject of painters.

In the 1950s, President Ramon Magsaysay was photographed swimming in its waters.

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