less than a month before the tests, uncertainties about the water quality of the Seine

2024-07-03 07:37:49

The river across the capital is still carrying a lot of water and bacteria less than a month before the opening of the Olympic Games.

« We will see more clearly in mid-July. » After months of unfailing hope, the recent comments of the head of the Olympic organizing committee, Tony Estanguet on the quality of water in the Seine, have cooled a bit. Less than a month before the Olympic triathlon event begins on July 30 at the Alexandre III bridge, swimming has not been good for swimming.

More than 1.4 billion euros have been invested to clean the Seine “75%” and then allow the public to dive into it in Paris from next year, after a year of ban. To do this, it is necessary to reduce as much as possible the presence of two types of bacteria introduced into the account to determine whether the water is swimming or not: Escherichia coli and intestinal enterococci. Bacteria « is representative of other types of microbiological contamination », specified Thomas Thiebault, professor-researcher at the School of Advanced Studies – PSL University. They can develop pathology…

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