The level of pollution of the Seine river exceeds the limits provided for the celebration of the competitions triathlon and swimming marathonaccording to the analyzes published this Friday, 35 days before the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
“To date, the samples taken in the Seine do not correspond to the standards”commented during a press conference the regional prefect Marc Guillaumealthough he expressed his confidence that the planned tests could finally be held in their waters.
According to the weekly report published by the mayor of Paris and the regional prefecture, the bad weather conditions of the last few days in France explain the rise in concentrations of two fecal bacteria in the river.
“The quality of the water continues to deteriorate as a consequence of the poor hydrological and meteorological conditions: rain, high flow, few hours of sun, below temperatures” than normal, explain local authorities.
These factors trigger the concentration of two fecal bacteria –enterococci and ‘Escherichia coli’– above the maximum levels to authorize swimming competitions in the waters of the Sign.
Between June 10 and 16, the level of E-Coli almost every day exceeded 1,000 colony forming units (CFU) per 100 ml, the maximum threshold established by the international triathlon and marathon swimming federations.
He Sign It is one of the symbols of Paris 2024, who also hope to leave as a legacy the possibility of bathing in its waters. But as the event approaches, uncertainty increases about whether tests can be held in its waters.
The tests planned for August 2023 had to be largely canceled due to the poor quality of its waters and, recently, the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgopostponed its symbolic bath initially scheduled for June 23 to July 15.
Despite the uncertainty, the organizers’ Plan B at the moment does not involve changing the location of the triathlon and marathon swimming events in case of heavy rains, but rather postponing them for a few days.
Source: Ambito
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