The reviews on Seine River water quality Recently they presented a significant improvementwhich is an encouraging sign so that some of the tests of Olympic Games in Paris.
The Paris City Council and the Prefecture of the Ile de France Region highlighted in their weekly bulletin published this Thursday that water quality had “improved” in the last period examined, from July 24 to July 2.
“This positive evolution – they added – is the result of the return of the sun and heat, as well as the effects of the works carried out within the framework of the plan to improve the water quality of the Seine”, and contrasts with the situation in the past week.
In particular, there were six out of seven days (June 29 to 29 and then July 1 and 2) where water pollution levels did not exceed the limits set by the European bathing directive in almost all samples taken at four points of analysis.
The situation worsened on June 30 due to rains falling in the Seine basin upstream of Paris, but it was restored the next day.
More than three weeks before the start of the Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, that is one of the main challenges for the organizers, who have made a significant commitment to the river as a setting for several competitions, within their approach to various other emblematic places in the city hosting Games events.
That’s why the exam is scheduled there. swimming triathlon, July 30 for men, 31 for women and August 5 for mixed relay. In addition, the river is also planned open water marathonl August 8 for girls and 9 for boys.
The administration has invested 1.4 billion euros since 2016 in an ambitious plan to allow bathing in the waters of the Seine, where it has not been allowed for almost a century for health reasons.
These works, which include the construction of giant tanks, are mainly aimed at preventing sewage from entering the river and contaminating it, without passing through treatment plants during periods of heavy rain.
Due to the rainier than usual weather in recent months, it was forced to postpone the baths before the Palaro until the middle of the month, in which the mayor of the city Anne Hidalgo, among others, will participate.
Source: La Verdad
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