baron-pierreIV Posted May 16, 2023 Report Share Posted May 16, 2023 (edited) Uh-oh. The trials and travails of cleaning up the Seine for next year's use. The strangest situation is that, ironically, if it rains that is when the water will be the most unhealthy, so . . . Leave it to the French to endanger their own Games!! Plus, of course, 120+ barges will ply a 6.5km course on Opening Day thanks to the genius of its CEO! Now, unless all those barges are outfitted with BRAND-NEW engines, exhaust systems, etc., I don't see how the organizers and the City of Paris will address the problem?? The stupiidity of Estanguet just seems to get bigger each day as Opening approaches!! Olympic Swimming in the Seine? How Paris Is Remaking a River. - The New York Times (nytimes.com) A portion of the article if you can't get in . . . Quote Surface Tension Inside the Paris city limits, it’s not houses workers are targeting, but boats. Some 170 are moored along the banks of the Seine upstream of the Olympic sites. Until recently, almost all dumped their sewage directly into the river. In 2018, the city declared that all boats needed to be connected to the city’s sewage system, and the port authority began the expensive process of installing sewage connections and pumps in the ports that didn’t have them. Water dwellers were given two years to put in coupling wastewater collection systems in their boats. Image Hervé Lavollée in the cabin of his houseboat in central Paris. To date, only around half have done the work, according to city employees. Many boat owners have complained that they are being unfairly targeted. Unlike their terrestrial neighbors, they were not offered a choice, and retrofitting old boats can cost as much as 25,000 euros — five times what the government offers in grants. “Do you think the boat park 30 kilometers from Paris will be connecting to a wastewater system?” said Hervé Lavollée, who lives on a retrofitted 1937 barge moored near a pedestrian bridge in the heart of Paris. “They make noise on all this for the 8 p.m. news so they look like they are doing a lot, but it’s ridiculous.” Nicolas Londinsky, the director of water and sewage systems in Paris, acknowledges that the boats’ pollution is comparatively small, but says it could make the difference between a passing water-quality test at a nearby swim area and a failing one. “If we really want to improve the water quality, we have to do everything,” he said. Edited May 16, 2023 by baron-pierreIV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FYI Posted May 21, 2023 Report Share Posted May 21, 2023 Another Guanabara Bay media hysteria, perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rols Posted August 20, 2023 Report Share Posted August 20, 2023 (edited) Well, hardly an auspicious start Germany win mixed relay at Paris 2024 triathlon test event, switched to duathlon due to water quality issues Edited August 20, 2023 by Sir Rols Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulu Posted August 21, 2023 Report Share Posted August 21, 2023 Time to move the event to somewhere with reliably clean water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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