Exactly one day after opening the river Sen to swim for the first time in more than a century, the French authorities closed the river due to concerns over pollution after heavy rains.
Swimming in the scene has been to a great extent illegal Due to pollution and other security risks since 1923. The river was opened for public swimming on Saturday in three specialized areas.
Flip-flop follows about 1.4 billion-euros project to clean the river under the leadership of last year’s Olympics. The river hosted Many open-water events including the swimming legs of the triathlon. It was also the site of the opening ceremonies of the Games, with boats filled with athletes of sailing through the city.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo also floated before the Olympics to showcase water hygiene to a suspicious public.
Officers did earlier Objective To clean the river in the 1990s. The plan received finally was proposed in 2015 and included upgrading the 19th -century sewer system of Paris so that the houses were no longer dumping waste water directly into the river. The city constructed a reservoir to preserve rain water and prevent the amount of waste flowing in the river.
Nevertheless, the system is unsafe during rainy days, a French officer told Le Monde. The same happened on Sunday, in which concerns about heavy rainfall pollution increased. Heavy rains in bacteria during the Olympics also led to a spike, postponing Triathlon one day.
E. The river is tested daily for coli and other harmful bacteria.
