Swimming in the Seine River has been illegal for more than a century because of its toxicity, but some exceptions have been made.
In preparation for the 2024 Paris Olympics, the city invested around $1.5 billion in infrastructure to improve water quality, including building basins to collect rainwater and treat wastewater.
However, water tests have still shown unsafe levels of E. coli bacteria and other pollutants before and during the games. For example, in spring 2024, E. coli levels were more than 20 times higher than World Triathlon considers acceptable.
So they built the rainwater collection basins for $1.5 billion euros first? and need another $1.5 billion euros for wastewater treatment facilities to be available for the next time there may be an Olympics in Paris. Priorities of politicians make citizens wonder why the elect who they do!