Will the Seine River be suitable for swimming at the Paris Olympics 2024?
The Seine River will be in the headlines during the Paris Olympics 2024. It will be hosting an open-water swimming competition and the swimming leg of the triathlon. The Seine River is 777-kilometer-long, in Northern France.
The source of the river is the Seine which is 30 kilometres west of Dijon in northeastern France. It passes through Paris, where the 2024 edition of the Olympics is taking place, and goes into the English Channel at La Havre.
According to the tests released last month by the Mayor's office in Paris, the river has shown higher levels of E.coli bacteria. The E.coli bacteria is an indicator of fecal matter and that can be a major harm to the participants.
However, the river has also shown signs of improvement in recent times. The report also indicates there was a day between June 26 and July 2 when the Seine River showed a level below the safe limit imposed by the sports federation, which is a huge sigh of relief for the authorities.
The data was released by the city and regional authorities last week. It showed the levels of contamination of enterococci and E.coli bacteria below the legal mark in six out of nine days of monitoring. The data was between the dates of June 24 and July 2nd.
The French authorities are positive about the Seine River and its cleanliness. The Mayor of Paris - Anne Hidalgo, himself has promised that if needed he will swim in the river during the opening ceremony.
Seine River will Have Flying Taxi Landing Pad at the Paris Olympics
Paris is preparing itself to host the Olympics after a wait of more than 100 years. The Seine River will be the main attraction during the event. The authorities have planned flying Taxi landing pads around the river. The landing site will stay on the surface of the river near the Austerlitz railway in Southeastern Paris.
The flights will take place every two hours between 8 AM to 5 PM. There won't be more than 900 flights per day because the flying taxis are still under experiment. Paris airport operator ADP and Germany-based Volocopter are involved in the project and they hope for the success of the project.
The National Environment Authority of France has found some major problems with the landing sight at the river. They have indicated a major increase in noise pollution, energy consumption and greenhouse emissions. However, the authorities are hopeful that there will be a solution to the same before the beginning of the Olympics.