The authorities have taken measures to clean the water so that the Olympic Games events can be held.
A triathlon event before the planned race on the Seine River in Paris has been canceled this sunday in light of concerns about the water quality.
The organizers have stated that the cancellation of the swimming stage of the triathlon scheduled for this Sunday has been decided after a water quality meeting between the authorities in charge of carrying out the tests.
Swimming in the Seine It has been banned for more than a century, largely due to the poor water quality. The organizers have invested 1.5 billion dollars to prepare the Sena for these Games, and the Government has stated that the river will be clean enough to hold tests.
Daily water quality testing in early June indicated unsafe pollution levelsafter which there have been recent improvements, but they seem not to be enough.
The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgotook a dip in the river less than two weeks before the start of the Olympic trials, thus fulfilling the promise of demonstrating that the waterway, contaminated for a long timewas clean enough to host swimming competitions.
Las heavy rain during the opening ceremony renewed concern about whether the Seine will be clean enough to welcome swimmers, since the quality of the water is deeply linked to the climate in the French capital.
Since 2015, the organizers have made large investments to prepare the Seine for the Olympic Games and ensure that Parisians have a cleaner river later of the games.
The plan included the construction of a gigantic underground basin water storage in the center of Paristhe renewal of sewage infrastructure and the improvement of wastewater treatment plants.
