The water quality of the Seine river in Paris is raising concerns ahead of the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games. The collective “Eau de Paris”, responsible for collecting data for the city of Paris, published results on Friday showing high levels of E.
FILE - Athletes dive and swim in the Seine River from the Alexander III bridge on the first leg of the women’s triathlon test event for the Olympics Games in Paris , Aug. 17, 2023. Water in the Seine River had unsafe elevated levels of E. coli less than two months before swimming competitions are scheduled to take place in it during the Paris Olympics, according to test results published Friday, June 14, 2024.
Athletes swim in the Seine River on the first leg of the women’s triathlon test event for the Olympics Games in Paris, Aug. 17, 2023. A man walks in the Austerlitz wastewater and rainwater storage basin, which is intended to make the Seine River swimmable during the Olympic Games, in Paris, during its inauguration May 2, 2024.
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