How about “dodgy”, so that describes the department and their behaviour?

Clean clear cold mountain water. Beginning of spring, snow was starting to melt. There was a settlement out of court. I’m almost 60 now and my ankles still click and hurt.

Three and a half weeks, 25 days.

More than forty years ago I was lost in the wilderness on a school camp. Broke both ankles and couldn’t walk. Drank water from a stream and waited.