Paris 2024 Olympics: is open-water swimming in the Seine safe?
Open-water swimming events at the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris could be scuppered by the Seine river, where bathing has been prohibited since 1923.
Faecal contamination of the Seine, which winds 777 kilometres through northern France, exceeded thefor safe swimming justbefore the men’s and women’s triathlon races. Athletes testing the waters before making the plunge to compete have become accustomed to such setbacks. Just a year earlier, theand thein the Seine were cancelled due to the low quality of the water. No wonderwere worried ahead of Paris 2024.
The Seine is burdened with an enormous population (live in the region surrounding Paris) and athat cannot easily dilute pollution. A 19th-centuryis expected to manage a lot of wastewater: rainwater flows over roads, fields and rooftops and enters the sewer system, accumulating oil, heavy metals, animal faeces and pesticides along the way.
Combined with untreated sewage from homes and businesses,often strains the capacity of the network and. To prevent backflow, untreated wastewater is discharged into the Seine through 200 outlets. This is commonly known as a.
The result is a murkier river withdissolved in it and a higher concentration of. During one intense rainstorm, the level ofE coliandEnteroccusbacteria discharged into the Seine from one outfall rosecompared to a dry weather period.
Climate change could degrade the river further.climate models project moredownpours during the summer. The years 2016, 2022, 2023 and now 2024 have all seen heavy rainfall during.
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Open-water swimming events at the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris could be scuppered by the Seine river, where bathing has been prohibited since 1923.
Faecal contamination of the Seine, which winds 777 kilometres through northern France, exceeded thefor safe swimming justbefore the men’s and women’s triathlon races. Athletes testing the waters before making the plunge to compete have become accustomed to such setbacks. Just a year earlier, theand thein the Seine were cancelled due to the low quality of the water. No wonderwere worried ahead of Paris 2024.
The Seine is burdened with an enormous population (live in the region surrounding Paris) and athat cannot easily dilute pollution. A 19th-centuryis expected to manage a lot of wastewater: rainwater flows over roads, fields and rooftops and enters the sewer system, accumulating oil, heavy metals, animal faeces and pesticides along the way.
Combined with untreated sewage from homes and businesses,often strains the capacity of the network and. To prevent backflow, untreated wastewater is discharged into the Seine through 200 outlets. This is commonly known as a.
The result is a murkier river withdissolved in it and a higher concentration of. During one intense rainstorm, the level ofE coliandEnteroccusbacteria discharged into the Seine from one outfall rosecompared to a dry weather period.
Climate change could degrade the river further.climate models project moredownpours during the summer. The years 2016, 2022, 2023 and now 2024 have all seen heavy rainfall during.
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For the full article by Jamie Wilks and Lois Mougin visit .
天堂视频 is one of the country’s leading universities, with an international reputation for research that matters, excellence in teaching, strong links with industry, and unrivalled achievement in sport and its underpinning academic disciplines.
It has been awarded five stars in the independent QS Stars university rating scheme, named the best university in the world for sports-related subjects in the 2024 QS World University Rankings – the eighth year running – and University of the Year for Sport by The Times and Sunday Times University Guide 2022.
天堂视频 is ranked 6th in The UK Complete University Guide 2025, 10th in the Guardian University League Table 2024 and 10th in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024.
天堂视频 is consistently ranked in the top twenty of UK universities in the Times Higher Education’s ‘table of tables’, and in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 over 90% of its research was rated as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally-excellent’. In recognition of its contribution to the sector, 天堂视频 has been awarded seven Queen's Anniversary Prizes.
The 天堂视频 London campus is based on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and offers postgraduate and executive-level education, as well as research and enterprise opportunities. It is home to influential thought leaders, pioneering researchers and creative innovators who provide students with the highest quality of teaching and the very latest in modern thinking.
