{"id":132130,"date":"2024-07-03T07:30:36","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T04:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/sewage-in-the-seine-new-tests-show-the-river-remains-unswimmable-with-three-weeks-to-the-olympics\/"},"modified":"2024-07-03T07:30:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T04:30:36","slug":"sewage-in-the-seine-new-tests-show-the-river-remains-unswimmable-with-three-weeks-to-the-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/sewage-in-the-seine-new-tests-show-the-river-remains-unswimmable-with-three-weeks-to-the-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Sewage in the Seine: New tests show the river remains unswimmable with three weeks to the Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132130\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nA rehearsal for the Paris Olympics opening ceremony was cancelled yesterday due to dangerous water in the Seine. Paris 2024 is now only three weeks away &#8211; but some events and the Olympics opening ceremony remain in question thanks to ongoing sewage pollution in the River Seine. The river is due to host competitions including the 10km freestyle and the triathlon. Following the Games, there are plans to keep the Seine swimmable for the general public, overturning a 100-year ban. And the opening ceremony is due to feature international Olympic delegations cruising the river on boats &#8211; but yesterday\u2019s rehearsal for the event was cancelled due to dangerous concentrations of faecal bacteria in the water.<\/p>\n<p>This is according to new water analyses published on Friday by Paris City Hall. Samples taken from the Seine between 18 and 20 June revealed worrying concentrations of E. coli and enterococci bacteria at levels that far exceed caps set by sporting officials. There was 10 times more E. coli in the water than the maximum threshold set by the World Triathlon Federation and levels did not fall below the threshold at all during the test period. Enterococci levels were also unsafe.<\/p>\n<p>Lionel Cheylus from environmental not-for-profit Surfrider Europe also tested the waters, highlighting the potential presence of other pollutants. \u201cEuropean regulations say that\u2019s all that needs to be monitored. Just those two bacteria. Nothing about pharmaceutical, industrial or chemical pollution,\u201d he told USA Today. \u201cWhen you say, \u2018Yes, this water is swimmable\u2019, it only means those two bacteria.\u201d Removal of the bacteria is critical to the Games going ahead. Last year, swimming governing body World Aquatics shut down the Open Water Swimming World Cup after finding the Seine\u2019s water \u201cremained below acceptable standards for safeguarding swimmers\u2019 health\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Is this because of the \u2018poop in the Seine\u2019 campaign? Election-embattled French president Emmanuel Macron and Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo were scheduled to take a dip on 23 June to prove the Seine is safe for swimming. This sparked the social media campaign #JeChieDansLaSeineLe23Juin &#8211; politely translated to \u2018I poop in the Seine on 23 June\u2019. Campaigners are protesting the reported \u20ac1.4 billion France has spent on cleaning up the river, the strain the Games will put on public transport and security, and the snap election called by Macron that has given the far-right National Rally party a boost.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, both politicians backed out of the swim at the last minute, citing \u201cpolitical reasons\u201d. But official water samples were taken from the river before 23 June &#8211; so the results can\u2019t be blamed on excess effluent from dirty protests. So, what\u2019s causing the dirty water? \u201cThe quality of the water continues to deteriorate as a result of unfavourable hydrological conditions,\u201d says a report issued by Parisian authorities, citing \u201crainfall, high flow, little sunshine, temperatures below seasonal norms and pollution from upstream\u201d. Months of wet weather have left the river flowing at four to five times higher than its usual level. Storms regularly overwhelm the city\u2019s 19th-century sewer network, creating discharges of untreated effluent directly into the river. Organisers are hopeful that the next three weeks will bring enough dry weather and sunshine to reduce the bacteria to acceptable levels.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2024\/07\/02\/sewage-in-the-seine-new-tests-show-the-river-remains-unswimmable-with-three-weeks-to-the-o\">Euronews<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/sewage-in-the-seine-new-tests-show-the-river-remains-unswimmable-with-three-weeks-to-the-olympics\/\">Sewage in the Seine: New tests show the river remains unswimmable with three weeks to the Olympics<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[555,4748,1165],"class_list":["post-132130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-csr-news-en","tag-seine","tag-sewage"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}