Paris 2024: Will the River Seine be Olympic-ready? • FRANCE 24 English

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  • Опубликовано: 28 ноя 2024

Комментарии • 106

  • @casksj356
    @casksj356 6 месяцев назад +153

    I was in Paris three weeks ago and let’s just say I wouldn’t want to swim in the Seine.

    • @GRbobkaina
      @GRbobkaina 4 месяца назад

      and int he thames and in the Hudson river i guess and it's normal. Paris is trying to do an opning ceremony and some olympic games like never before.. The easiest way would be to do it in a stadium and the swimming competition sin a poll like every country has been doing so far

  • @galaxypanda2935
    @galaxypanda2935 6 месяцев назад +72

    Even though the river likely isn't going to be ready to swim in its important to remember that by having this goal significantly increased efforts to actually clean the river.

    • @MsMarmima
      @MsMarmima 6 месяцев назад +2

      ​@ThePursuitWOD considering how long it would take to update it completely (decades) , I don't see how making progressive improvements in the mean time is a problem

    • @bagtea
      @bagtea 5 месяцев назад +2

      its gonna be the same right after Olympics, so they are just gonna waste money for now lol

  • @WSEDT-re6mn
    @WSEDT-re6mn 6 месяцев назад +40

    They better put these two new retention basins into action quickly! They'll also have to pump clean water into the river daily if they want to meet this deadline!

  • @pathallam986
    @pathallam986 6 месяцев назад +39

    It only looks grey & unappealing because the river traffic churns up the river bed. During Covid lockdown when there was no traffic, the sediment sank to the bottom & you could see clear down for metres. Beautiful blue and green on sunny days.
    And it can't be that bad because fish do live in the Seine, and swans to eat them.

    • @rogueorangeindustries187
      @rogueorangeindustries187 6 месяцев назад +3

      Sadly that's a naively positive position. Bacteria and virus don't affect all species evenly and Ecoli the one most are worrying about was measured at 200x the American guideline and 20x the Triathlon guideline. I admire the efforts of Paris but they are optimistic at best and disingenuous at worst.

    • @李希-d7k
      @李希-d7k 6 месяцев назад +2

      再脏的水 一段时间不下雨 都会显得清澈 因为脏东西沉淀了

  • @rocky3652
    @rocky3652 6 месяцев назад +144

    So that whole river will be polluted one day and then magically clean the whole river by the next day……..? Right…..

    • @fjuvo
      @fjuvo 6 месяцев назад +41

      Yes. The levels of e-coli rise because of the overflowing of the sewage system due to rain. The bacteria travel downstream within a couple of hours so by next day the levels come back to normal

    • @jeremy0190
      @jeremy0190 6 месяцев назад +7

      The same happens at sea near cities. One day you can swim because it's clean and the other, after a rain, it's forbidden because they found bacteria. I wish this does not happen but I think it's an answer to your comment 😘

    • @Liminal_Simulacre
      @Liminal_Simulacre 6 месяцев назад +6

      A river isn't a lake, that should be a big hint.

    • @visittavee7773
      @visittavee7773 6 месяцев назад +1

      Not one day may be one month?

    • @vulpo
      @vulpo 6 месяцев назад +8

      Antoine Marmier and the other Olympics officials should be required to swim in the river everyday before the athletes. If they don't get sick, then the athletes can go in.

  • @krsmovie1939
    @krsmovie1939 4 месяца назад +2

    The river has been polluted for ages and you want to clean it in such a short time? This is dumb af

    • @NancyHanson3472
      @NancyHanson3472 4 месяца назад +1

      I watched another video about this on RUclips, and it said that the clean up has taken two years and cost millions of dollars.

  • @jeanwong647
    @jeanwong647 6 месяцев назад +15

    That river been filthy for over a century. They think it can be clean up in 10 years? Good luck!

  • @tootifrooti7297
    @tootifrooti7297 6 месяцев назад +22

    To build confidence, olympic officials should swim and drink the water.

    • @josephvalerio6665
      @josephvalerio6665 6 месяцев назад +4

      No rational person would expect someone to drink directly from a river in a major city. I swim in a very clean pool but i don't drink that water either.

  • @anode-cathode
    @anode-cathode 6 месяцев назад +8

    Did anyone else noticed she said 2025?

  • @vincesiy1403
    @vincesiy1403 5 месяцев назад +4

    It is impossible to get it ready in time for the olympics. Hopefully they do get it ready in 2025 which is their stated goal for their citizens to be able to freely swim in any time they want.

  • @stephengneri2136
    @stephengneri2136 5 месяцев назад +5

    so no one remembers the story of Katherine Hepburn? who fell in the water in Venice and had a life long eye problem. Its foolish to not be cautious about this.

    • @aavvcc
      @aavvcc 5 месяцев назад +1

      In an interview she said she wanted to do the scene herself instead of a body double. She later regretted it due to the eye infection she received as a result.

  • @chloebrower2598
    @chloebrower2598 6 месяцев назад +6

    I really hope they come up with a plan B in case it’s not clean in time because while swimming in the Seine would be cool, it’s not worth risking the health of the athletes coming to compete.

    • @GRbobkaina
      @GRbobkaina 4 месяца назад

      No Plan B unfortunately.. But a plan B and a C

  • @BlackSwan-qj8qs
    @BlackSwan-qj8qs 6 месяцев назад +65

    what, sewage was just dumped in the river before?

    • @jakob7116
      @jakob7116 6 месяцев назад +25

      As I understand it basically a huge amount of sewage is dumped when the sewage overfills after it rains

    • @EnterTheFenix
      @EnterTheFenix 6 месяцев назад +12

      was there a few weeks ago... even though the temp was only about 5-10 degrees, it stank like grey water. as did a lot of the Vendome area

    • @vsznry
      @vsznry 6 месяцев назад +4

      @@jakob7116 Just like in New York.

    • @benoitcransac2178
      @benoitcransac2178 6 месяцев назад +1

      only when it rained hard

    • @scorpioninpink
      @scorpioninpink 6 месяцев назад +9

      That is how sewage facilities were always done in old cities like Paris and even London.

  • @aidenashmond3223
    @aidenashmond3223 6 месяцев назад +4

    What a beautiful cover! Truly enchanting

  • @vashantir
    @vashantir 5 месяцев назад +3

    What is plan B? OBVIOUSLY the Seine won't be ready.

  • @jeffmeyer9319
    @jeffmeyer9319 6 месяцев назад +24

    Paris is a beautiful city, but it is so artificial. I wish they would welcome back a bit of nature to the banks of the river. Imagine walking down a sandy beach into the clean fresh waters of the Seine, with clumps of willows on its baks and the Eiffel tower or Notre Dame to gaze upon?

    • @Floweriisky
      @Floweriisky 6 месяцев назад

      I saw they had plans to make Paris greener a while ago, I’m not sure how those plans may be going or if they include the Seine.

    • @pathallam986
      @pathallam986 6 месяцев назад +6

      Sandy beaches aren't natural in a city. They used to create an artificial beach during July & August but stopped because the imported sand was depleting real beaches elsewhere in France.
      A lot of work has & is being done to increase vegetation like trees and gardens around the city but a lot of it is unnoticed by visitors because it is in local neighbourhoods, not touristy areas.

    • @jeffmeyer9319
      @jeffmeyer9319 6 месяцев назад

      @@pathallam986 Well, maybe a river which isn't given enough room doesn't have sandy/gravelly/rockiness, is more likely, unless mitigation is built in to cause lighter material to settle out and form the sandy beach. It used to be we wanted to get away from nature, now we want more of it, because we can and it's healthier for one's soul. In Seattle we have sandy/gravelly beaches on the shores of our downtown.

    • @GRbobkaina
      @GRbobkaina 4 месяца назад

      Paris artificial?? Are you were aware that when you cross a bridge in Paris, when you walk along the river seine, or into some Distrits, there is 100 of years of history behind??

    • @jeffmeyer9319
      @jeffmeyer9319 4 месяца назад

      @@GRbobkaina artificial = human-made = not natural

  • @wenpai1062
    @wenpai1062 6 месяцев назад +5

    Just came back from Paris trip, I wouldn’t even put my feet in the Seines river for a second !

  • @PripurnanandaGiri-dl5gf
    @PripurnanandaGiri-dl5gf 6 месяцев назад +7

    Congratulations.
    OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024.

  • @stacyb-r6931
    @stacyb-r6931 5 месяцев назад +3

    NOW hooked up to the city's sewage system. So prior? What in the...

  • @WalterWhite84762
    @WalterWhite84762 5 месяцев назад +3

    Make the water pooply again

  • @islandbirdw
    @islandbirdw 6 месяцев назад +16

    100 years between Paris Olympics
    1924-2024.

  • @mostwant3dgov
    @mostwant3dgov 6 месяцев назад +19

    The swimers will have to pay the ultimate price for this experiment. I'm just waiting for someone to come out and say this was a very elobarate joke.

  • @Siranoxz
    @Siranoxz 6 месяцев назад +10

    This doesn't encourage any guaranteed safety.

  • @OnlyFactsAndData4829
    @OnlyFactsAndData4829 6 месяцев назад +3

    Free New Calidona

  • @Abc-vm4wt
    @Abc-vm4wt 6 месяцев назад +6

    The answer is NEVER

  • @unaonse1115
    @unaonse1115 6 месяцев назад +5

    Oh the delusion

  • @Paul_C
    @Paul_C 6 месяцев назад +1

    Depends on what the weather plays ball. Where she walks in the video might be flooded...

  • @EliF-ge5bu
    @EliF-ge5bu 6 месяцев назад +18

    That's dirty dirty water. Toxic by the looks of it. Are they going to ask athletes to dip in that cesspool?

    • @benoitcransac2178
      @benoitcransac2178 6 месяцев назад +5

      did you listen at all?

    • @EliF-ge5bu
      @EliF-ge5bu 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@benoitcransac2178 Do you trust the French authorities to do as they claim here? I don't.

  • @adamlook798
    @adamlook798 5 месяцев назад +1

    Pasig River has chance to host Olympics

  • @Desi_Des
    @Desi_Des 6 месяцев назад +9

    I wouldn’t stick my finger in that water. Disgusting and polluted. No one should swim in the Seine river.

  • @aidenashmond3223
    @aidenashmond3223 6 месяцев назад +1

    Kudos to DW

  • @bugrakaanaknc5218
    @bugrakaanaknc5218 6 месяцев назад +9

    if i were an athlete i'd drop out that river is full of microplastics even if everything else is cleaned

    • @Heavilymoderated
      @Heavilymoderated 6 месяцев назад +4

      Literally everything and everyone is full of microplastics.

  • @sosure
    @sosure 6 месяцев назад +5

    i would NEVER swim in that River! never ever

  • @jeromefitzroy
    @jeromefitzroy 6 месяцев назад +2

    Pas possible

  • @tomso9246
    @tomso9246 6 месяцев назад +2

    Athletes will NEVER swim there for the 2024 Games.

  • @joerivanlier1180
    @joerivanlier1180 6 месяцев назад +2

    Why do they need a tank with 24 olympic swimming pools of sewage? One, maybe two if you want to be really sure is enough for the olympic games I'd reckon..

    • @KyrilPG
      @KyrilPG 6 месяцев назад

      Did you watch the video?
      The retention basin is here to hold the mix of rain water and sewer during a saturation event.
      The system in Paris is very old and does not separate rain water from sewage water, so, when there's important rainfall, the sewers and treatment facilities are overwhelmed, causing the system to spill over into the Seine river.
      The huge new retention system allows the sewers to overflow into the tank instead of the river, so that the water can be processed entirely in the treatment plants over a longer period before being released clean in the river.
      It's an overflow tank, so it needs to be huge to hold as much water as possible and not release untreated water into the river for most rain events.
      If it only held the equivalent of 3 swimming pools, it would only be sufficient for some days and not most heavy rain days.
      With its current gigantic size, it should be able to prevent overflow into the river on at least 3 quarters of heavy rain days.
      Only the most extreme rainfalls would saturate the system now. So, the pollution events should drastically decrease in frequency and intensity.

    • @vulpo
      @vulpo 6 месяцев назад +1

      Maybe it would have been better to just build Olympic swimming pools, so the Olympic athletes wouldn't have to swim in filthy water.

  • @Lee_Sinjikun
    @Lee_Sinjikun 6 месяцев назад +4

    That river is disgusting dirty and smells like shlt.. compared to the river in Lyon

  • @A3Kr0n
    @A3Kr0n 6 месяцев назад +4

    I stopped caring about the Olympic decades ago. It's too messed up.

  • @latp9567
    @latp9567 6 месяцев назад +4

    I wouldn't 😅

  • @highwayrider9165
    @highwayrider9165 6 месяцев назад +1

    Europe and USA having very high standards for govt properties

  • @leaedt7614
    @leaedt7614 6 месяцев назад +2

    Well, I love that dirty water

  • @tylerdurden4006
    @tylerdurden4006 5 месяцев назад +2

    Lol, where else are you gonna dump your sewage? How could you possibly clean that river? Lmfao 😂

  • @chrisvinci5417
    @chrisvinci5417 6 месяцев назад +6

    The americans got to the moon in the 1960s and here we are 60 years later and the french can't seem to clean a river

    • @johannes_keeper
      @johannes_keeper 6 месяцев назад +7

      The Hudson and the Potomac are not that clean either.

    • @91mrmister
      @91mrmister 6 месяцев назад

      I think after seeing the evidence we can all agree the Americans did NOT go to the moon. Newsflash it was a HOAX

    • @ethanquenum4778
      @ethanquenum4778 6 месяцев назад

      The intelligence in that country has plummeted.

    • @sharpasacueball
      @sharpasacueball 5 месяцев назад

      @@johannes_keeper Yeah but they are not holding swimming competitions in it either

    • @admar1208
      @admar1208 5 месяцев назад +1

      to be fair the US isn't doing so well either when it comes to cleanliness.

  • @JCJC-sg8qv
    @JCJC-sg8qv 6 месяцев назад +17

    To these who plan to come to Paris for Olympics, please cancel your trip! Paris is turning into a dictatorship for that event! Please people help us and boycott olympics game!

    • @lyudmilanazemtseva9309
      @lyudmilanazemtseva9309 6 месяцев назад +6

      What do you mean???

    • @PauloAdriano-zo2ng
      @PauloAdriano-zo2ng 6 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@lyudmilanazemtseva9309
      It's pretty clear. Why do you need to ask? 🤔

    • @JCJC-sg8qv
      @JCJC-sg8qv 6 месяцев назад +5

      @@lyudmilanazemtseva9309 What do i mean? just read the rules that will be in place in Paris during that event. Probably no one talk about that overseas...people are not informed.

    • @yorha26b
      @yorha26b 6 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@JCJC-sg8qvthen tell us what are they

    • @nunchucknads3644
      @nunchucknads3644 6 месяцев назад +5

      Ok. I’ll vacation at Mar-a-Lago instead. Totally normal place.

  • @petertorvik8413
    @petertorvik8413 6 месяцев назад +1

    I was once thrown in the Schuykill and I'm still alive. Just saying.