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Lake Tahoe, USA

The peloton rides around Lake Tahoe during Stage 1 of the Amgen Breakaway From Heart Disease Women’s Race empowered with SRAM on May 11, 2017 in Lake Tahoe, California.
The peloton rides around Lake Tahoe during Stage 1 of the Amgen Breakaway From Heart Disease Women’s Race empowered with SRAM on May 11, 2017 in Lake Tahoe, California. Photo: Ezra Shaw (Getty Images)

Lake Tahoe has been inundated by tourists and people who have purchased second homes in the area. This means car traffic around the lake as skyrocketed, which affects the quality of the water, according to The League To Save Lake Tahoe’s website. The lake is famous for its pristine blue water, but too many people and too much traffic can increase the sediment pollution into the lake, according to Fodor’s.

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