At the Paris Olympics, whether the water quality in the Seine River is safe enough to host some swimming events has been a major question
Waves crash along the banks of the Seine River in front of the Eiffel Tower during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 29, 2024, in Paris. As the Olympics continue in Paris, the Seine River's water quality remains a major area of concern for officials. Organizers of the triathlon event cancelled swimming practice on Monday for the second day in a row because of poor water quality. Event organizers hope sunny weather will make swimming viable on Tuesday when the triathlon begins.
Sometimes it's not even the E. coli itself that's cause for worry, Rahm said. “When we see E. coli in the water, it indicates that other types of pathogens and other bacteria, viruses may also be in the water.” To deal with those contingencies, Paris made 1.4 billion euros in infrastructure improvements ahead of the Olympics, includingParis Deputy Mayor Pierre Rabadan said those improvements have made a big difference.
Rabadan said infrastructure improvements prevent wastewater from flowing into the Seine. It rained Wednesday as the triathletes competed. Wastewater entering the river upstream would take several hours to reach Paris, meaning that the water quality levels were still safe at the time of that race, he said.Paris 2024 spokesperson Anne Descamps said Sunday that organizers are "hopeful that we can organize the competition tomorrow, and we will take the decision, as planned, tomorrow morning.
A day after Wednesday's competitions in the Seine, data released by World Triathlon showed that a sample taken at 6 a.m. Wednesday at the Pont Alexandre III, the bridge where the swimming segment began and ended, showed a level of 249 units. Samples from other points along the course were at similar levels.
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