Paris will resume swimming on the Seine River after 100 years of Olympic Games | Seine River | Paris
On the 9th, Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, announced that some water sports for the 2024 Paris Olympics will be held on the Seine River. Starting from 2025, the public will be officially allowed to swim in this river, thus lifting the Seine River swimming ban that was issued 100 years ago.
Idalgo said that three swimming pools will be built on the Seine River first, with lifeguards on duty and equipped with facilities such as changing rooms, showers, and storage areas.
According to the French newspaper Le Monde, more than 100 years ago it was common for Parisians to swim in the Seine River. When the first Olympic Games were held in Paris in 1900, swimming competitions were held in the Seine River. Later, due to river pollution, the government officially ordered a ban on swimming in the Seine River in 1923.
According to Deutsche Presse-Agentur on the 9th, the Paris government began to implement the Seine River purification project several years ago, and has spent 1.4 billion euros to purify the Seine River water flowing through the Greater Paris area. It is expected to complete most of the projects this summer. At that time, 23000 households and 260 boat houses will be connected to the sewage treatment system, and sewage will no longer be directly discharged into the Seine River.
The Paris City Government has issued a statement stating that Parisians have always wanted to swim in the Seine River, and this wish must come true.