Here’s the latest on water quality concerns PARIS (AP) — At the Paris Olympics, whether the water quality in the Seine River is safe enough to host some swimming events has been a major question.

It has been illegal to swim in the Seine in Paris for a century. Now, it's clean enough to allow bathing in three pools. Our ...

This article was published 30/07/2024 (300 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. Swimming has been off-limits in the long-polluted Seine River in Paris for more than a century.

Despite the city's efforts to clean up the long-polluted river, the water has tested unsafe for humans in recent weeks, and cleaner on other days. The Games run from July 26-Aug. 11.

The Summer Olympics are fast approaching, but there's one big problem. Marathon swimming and triathlon competitions are set to take place in Paris’ iconic Seine River, but testing reveals the water is ...

What a surprise! Since early July 2025, Parisians and visitors have once again been going for a dip in Paris’ Seine River.

More than $1 billion US was spent to clean up the river, but it may not be enough. Paris 2024 organizers cancelled a triathlon training event on Sunday, citing water quality issues after two days ...

A local resident dives in the Seine in Paris on July 17, 2024, after the city's mayor swam in the river to demonstrate that it is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris ...

Dozens of swimmers – from 2016 Olympic champion Sharon van Rouwendaal to Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen, competing in open water for the first time – dove into the Seine one day before the women ...

The women’s competition also is scheduled for Wednesday, but both will only happen if water tests show safe levels of E. coli and other bacteria in the river. Advertisement 2 Story continues below ...

The water quality in the Seine is linked closely to the weather. Heavy rains cause wastewater and runoff to flow into the river, causing bacteria levels to rise, while the sun’s ultraviolet rays ...

Swimming has been off-limits in the long-polluted Seine River in Paris for more than a century. So with Olympic swimming events on tap for the river, the city poured in $1.5 billion (1.4 billion euros ...