Need, I imagine none save the things inside it. But want.. I enjoy this much water. More if possible. Perhaps without all the little things in it.

[Fish weren't required for the peace the waves brought after all!]

If it is only the life within it you worry about, then sterilization is simple enough. A large enough surge of radiation should neatly render it safe for you to enter without ... being chewed on.

[She's not going to laugh, but she wants to.]