Olympic training has been cancelled due to poor water quality in the River Seine - here's how France's sewage problem compares to the UK
Olympic training has been cancelled due to poor water quality in the River Seine - here's how France's sewage problem compares to the UKwas cancelled on Sunday after water quality testing found the River Seine was below the standard considered safe for swimmers.during Friday’s opening ceremony. Heavy rain can impact water quality due to the discharge of untreated waste into rivers.
Organisers blamed heavy rain in Paris on Friday and Saturday, and said they were confident the triathlon would still go ahead due to the drier forecast over the next 48 hours.The problem with this system is that heavy rain can cause the pipes to overflow and in a worse case scenario can result in sewage flooding people’s homes. To prevent this, the systems are designed with ‘storm overflow’ points, where untreated sewage can be discharged directly into rivers when it rains.
City officials say the infrastructure upgrades have resulted in a 90 per cent reduction in the amount of untreated sewage being pumped into the Seine compared to 20 years ago, but the cancellation of Sunday’s swim
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