From the Blue Community / Blue City of Paris, France:
Paris makes clean water bet for River Seine bathers.
A year on from athletes competing in the River Seine during the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, French authorities guarantee the water will be safe for the public to swim in this summer.
Parisians and tourists will be able to dive into the river from July 5, weather permitting, according to authorities.
The public will be able to access three bathing sites at bras Marie in the heart of the historic centre, the Grenelle district in the west of Paris, as well as Bercy in the east.
Last year, water treatment stations, holding tanks and connections to the Parisian boat sanitation system were installed.
“For the Games, we cleaned up three quarters of the Seine. And the water was 100 percent ready for bathing on dry days,” said Marc Guillaume, the prefect for the Ile-de-France region that includes Paris.