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13 mar 2023 · In February, city officials invited TIME to pass through the metal turnstile behind the cordon, and see up close the cleanup of the Seine—one of the world’s most iconic rivers—which stretches...
17 lip 2024 · The Seine River, once a dumping ground for centuries, is undergoing a massive restoration project to make it swimmable again by 2024. Learn how the city is improving water quality, aquatic life, and public access to the historic waterway.
23 lip 2024 · Eight years after Paris city officials resolved to clean up the Seine once and for all, the city has declared victory over the E. coli, enterococci and other assorted micro-organisms that for...
With a year to go to the Olympics, Paris is in the final phase of a historic clean-up which will soon see swimmers and divers back in the River Seine.
25 lip 2023 · With a year to go to the Olympics, Paris is in the final phase of a historic clean-up which will soon see swimmers and divers back in the River Seine.
2 sie 2024 · Seine swimming had been banned since 1923, the year before Paris last hosted the Olympics, due to the health risk posed by a river contaminated by a city’s wastewater.
27 sie 2024 · The Seine cleanup, which is in its ninth year, is especially ambitious. French officials laid thousands of kilometres of pipes and installed a network of underground pumps and tanks to prevent untreated sewage and rainwater from entering the river.
