Paris is cleaning up the river Seine. Can it be done in time for the Olympics? | AFP

Going for a dip in the Seine on a hot summer's day has been the pipedream of many Parisians since swimming in the river was formally banned a century ago. But floating on your back under the Eiffel Tower could very soon become reality thanks to the Paris Olympics. The river will be the star of the opening ceremony of the Games on 26 July and will host the triathlon and the swimming marathon. Then, if all goes well, next summer Parisians and tourists will be able to swim in it too. Some 1.4 billion euros has been spent on colossal public works to counter pollution.
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[@RoseSharon7777]

Nothing more refreshing than swimming in an ecoli tank. 😮

[@SonyJimable]

The city is disgusting and will be completely overwhelmed during the Olympics making it 100 x worse! Disease and nasty pathogen soup.

[@cristianagualimpiatorres4274]

Here in in Bogotá, the capital city of Colombia we have a way worse problem with the Bogotá river and local authorities are also aiming to clean it. Hopefully we will start to see simillar results here one day.

[@SonyJimable]

Raw sewerage was once again found being flushed into the waterways just 3 days ago... France is a mess. A bigger problem is all the problems in African colonies, New Caledonia and Middle East on top of domestic Political, Economic, & Immigration problems. At the same time France is a major destination for cheap weapons over flowing from Ukraine - it will be very very dangerous during the Olympics!!!

[@Andre.felipe84]

Tietê River in São Paulo, Brazil too.

[@eddieg6436]

My BIG question is…..WHY do people litter?!?

[@ArthurPopeye]

@ 3:00 he said that from the 4kg/m2 of plastic on the bank half was pellets used by industrial to make thermoplastics. Industries have a huge responsibility in this disaster, so heart breaking.

[@keahnig164]

I really don't get it either. Maybe lack of brains?

[@NuttyV2]

Because they are French that's why

[@Useryr-m8q]

Paristan

[@eddieg6436]

@@NuttyV2 …..I live in Las Vegas part of the year, and there is litter, trash, garbage EVERYWHERE!!! ….are those people all French too?!? 🤷🏼‍♂️🙄

[@casksj356]

I was in Paris recently and no way I’d swim in the Seine. Lol

[@SonyJimable]

It is utterly toxic and the short term politicized treatment effort is not going to change the fact that it is a dirty soup of forever chemicals, toxic substances and nasty pathogens.

[@Islam2003-h5x]

Keep in mind Paris conducted a massacre in 1961 against Algerians, and disposed of their bodies in this river. How do you think a river of blood would be demolished of pollution when 300 drowned, their bodies slowly decomposing in that murky water? Don't forget the French are colonizers ♾️

[@johnmc3862]

Wait, swimming in that river is in seine lol.

[@TheAlbinoskunk]

Not mentioned in this video is that almost every big city in Switzerland (Zurich, Bern, Basel) has huge numbers of people swimming safely in the rivers in the summer. It is possible!

[@maximusasauluk7359]

Terrible example. All these rivers start in Switzerland itself due to its geography, they travel almost nothing when they reach Swiss residents, obviously it will be squeaky clean. Limmat River (Zurich) starts 60 km from the city...Aare River (Bern) 75 km and Rhine River (Basel) 300 km from the source. They're so new and clean they are the color of the glaciers that feed them lol Seine River starts 445 km from Paris. Swiss people are definitely cleaner than the French though, but discharging waste water into their own river is vile and crazy, although disgustingly common in Europe (not Switzerland and some other countries).

[@MethosFilms]

The answer is no lol

[@jfrancobelge]

There's no chance I would even dip a toe in the river in Paris.

[@marcbuisson2463]

Sounds like a you problem :3

[@magesalmanac6424]

Um no, it really doesn’t. City rivers are nasty no matter what you do to them.

[@sullfolife]

@@magesalmanac6424well here is facts right ? It’s not City water as the regular label it has anymore. This is a depoluted city river. When you invest for a better quality water you get better quality water. Now the real problem is the youngster throwing their cans and beers in the seine when the go hang out with friends by the seine. But France has proven that it can undertake mega projects and deliver. Now if it’s done in 2024 not me to say but to the independent organisations to test out the waters

[@crapisnice]

Get lost with your scapegoating of youngsters, parasinians drop any nasty chemical trough the drain and vehicle rubber particles, toxic paint, etc thats nanoplastic for you besides nasty asphalt tarmac fumes, and synthetic clothing washing

[@YoungMesrine]

🤣🤣🤣It's super dirty

[@squirrelvert]

The tap water there isn't anything to write home about, either. I lived in Paris for several months in college and wound up with an ear infection from taking showers right before bed (and wearing foam earplugs overnight). I'd done the same at home, in the U.S., for for many years. (Before you attack me, I love Paris and France and plan to do a study sabbatical there in the next several years!)

[@TedRios-xb7qj]

Wouldn't it be better to build a separate channel aside the river?

[@oscararrieta326]

I hope it won't turn into a Ganges river after the olimpic games.

[@charbonneaupierre2060]

Spoiler : No

[@Earth098]

Excellent report!!!

[@lk9195]

Its the shit pot of Paris. Bon appetit.

[@DC9848]

They should electricity the tourist boats touring those few kilometers from Eiffel tower. The gasoline savings alone will pay the batteries in mere years instead of decades. Should be legally required from these multimillion companies

[@AirInJuneSunnyK]

Sorry to say thd truth obese illiterare europe never have clean water only one place in the world with clean water is great united korea and small part of japan😅 (a few swiss) thnx nature!💙

[@laara1426]

Clean up the RIVER and the BED BUGS !!!

[@ush1101]

And the rats

[@RainyToaster]

Girl, I'll be so real, that river is gonna stay nasty even during the Olympics

[@BwInNewJersey]

Nice to know that in 2024 most French homes aren’t directly flushing into the Seine😮. Wtf

[@HaadBajwa-q9n]

They did it! 😊

[@Hlasssssssssssssssssc]

The rumor is that this project would take a week if the employees worked normal shifts

[@JPLangley_]

Clearly not I guess.

[@25STB2]

Fr makes our vision distorted.

[@jobond3317]

What do they do with the rubbish that's collected? Here in my country not all plastic which could recycled are not but go to the dump. They have to be a certain size not to big or small. Not all types of plastic is recycled I feel as a race we are far from coming to terms with discarded rubbish, especially in poorer countries. This places soil and waterways in danger of pollution. Yet people depend on water for washing and fishing. Soil for growing food. We are stupid

[@damjanmitrevski4286]

They should clean all rivers on Europe

[@mcastillano7109]

There are sharks there

[@supaflask1275]

In short, No

[@jpsion]

no.

[@worldview730]

I dare anyone to dunk their croissant in it 😁🙄😃

[@vincesiy1403]

I doubt they will be able to do it in time for the olympics. It is now very near and still soooo polluted and dirty. But I do hope France do succeed in cleaning it up for their citizens to enjoy in 2025.+

[@chrisd_man2156]

Not possible to clean the river. This is well known.

[@eldonthegreat1152]

Can it be done? NO, parisian are rude after all

[@crapisnice]

Public sewage should be banned and instead it should be provided public toilets and baths to use manure as fertilizer and bio gas and irrigate trees with grey wastewater and natural soaps

[@safatkarim630]

I thought this happens only in the Asia-Pacific region

[@lillyrocks2011]

Somos demasiados humanos en el mundo, todo se contamina y no hay aún totalmente sistemas para evitarlo??😢

[@goodtimeswithchelsea7052]

No somos demasiados humanos. Usamos demasiados recursos. Es el consumismo, no la cantidad de humanos.

[@lillyrocks2011]

@@goodtimeswithchelsea7052 Son ambos, somos demasiados humanos, y los recursos y la producción de unos sí tienen un límite. Estudia a los teóricos al respecto. Los recursos naturales tienen un límite.

[@lillyrocks2011]

@@goodtimeswithchelsea7052 Estás muy jóven ,te falta mucho camino por aprender y comprender.

[@skepticalmaiden]

Nope.

[@uii43455]

dirty river dirty city

[@fookerzGAKusa]

WILL NOT GENERATE SIGNIFICANT MONEY.. MONEY ARE TIGHT FOR MANY WHILE PARIS R ASTRONOMICALLY EXPENSIVE FOR OVERESTIMATED ACCOMODATIONS, F&B, AND LUXURY ITEMS/ TO ME TOKYO 2020 IS PERFECT TIME AND SPACE/VENUE

[@Useryr-m8q]

Paristan

[@adamcaillouette7375]

I'm pretty sure that the reason behind these sudden heatwaves is the Sun being active right now, unleashing solar flares.

[@gavriloking5637]

solar flares increase the radiation sent at Earth but the amount of heat stays the same

[@youarebeingtrolled6954]

Pepe le pew

[@ДенисШагинов]

Dirty city, dirty river...

[@maserati925]

Then they’d have to explain and apologize for the Algerians that they shot and threw in the river after the war.

[@strongbelieveroftheholybible]

Everything will soon come to an end! Lord Jesus Christ is coming soon🙏🏼❤️🕊REPENT, believe in the Gospel, Be Born Again

[@cheisz5094]

Help me denounce Satan pls UwU

[@strongbelieveroftheholybible]

@@cheisz5094 Acts 2:38

[@prophetrexlexful8783]

"france"

[@PeoplesChoiceofficial]

Can Paris clean up their Islamists problem ? NO

[@Na-ez6mz]

nasty city

[@easymath-b6h]

I thought France was a country where EVERYTHING is perfect?! I have never felt this bullshit could happen in this country that gives lessons to everyone all over the world about the environment, human rights, dignity, development, etc. 🤣

[@25STB2]

Fr makes our vision distorted.

[@uhateulame9092]

live in paris for 8 years until 2023. People at night when they get drunk and get the urge to piss go to the seine to release the pressure xD i bet 5% of the seine is piss lol

[@sadjaxx]

The French are working hard at it!

[@ll_2023_]

Paris Olympics will forever be remembered as "sewage swimming" Olympics

[@blackrhythmrecords8691]

Hi, i am a analytical lab chemist in south africa and am looking for job anywhere in the world...the microbiologist made me happy on this video and give me more interest

[@amfrance]

Interesting at 0:40 how the translated subtitles omitted swimming with the "cadavres," or dead bodies. 😅

[@simonsartium8904]

Creme de la creme 💩

[@eisisice9208]

Answer? No😂.

[@gavriloking5637]

Answer: No. You can clean your local beach, you can clean your local park, heck you can clean your entire country and take all the pollution out of the environment the world over but tomorrow it'll be back and that's because humanity never addresses the cause of anything. Instead our overall behavior is just to seek anecdotes for symptoms but not their causes. Caffeine for sleepiness instead of fixing why we're sleepy, ozembic for obesity instead of fixing why we're obese, and machines that filter green house gases out of the air instead of stopping the continued creation of man made green house gases. The French can take every piece of trash out of the Siene and the water can be purified to drinking quality but tomorrow it'll be contaminated again by our throw away material polluting globalized way of life, the nitrogen & sewage dumping from farms and sewers respectfully, as well as the the total dirth of understanding of what makes a healthy river will mean that tomorrow the Siene will be filthy again. The world is fucked because we search for elaborate 'work-arounds' instead of just changing our behavior. It is an epidemic of the individual crises mimiced on a civilizational scale. The Siene is just a microcosm of the health of the global environment and it won't be fixed.

[@captain543]

It won’t be fixed until we change the root causes which largely comes down to human behavior and waste and corporate greed. It’s 100% possible to live in harmony with the environment, it just requires people aware of what it takes and then willing to change their habits and consumerist tendencies to align with this.

[@raviolipesto2983]

Try to swim in varanasi 😅😅😅

[@khairulnaeim756]

Cleaning can be avoided if human taking care if it

[@jobond3317]

What about microplastic, especially to ever-growing micro cloths? Does the treatment plant capture it

[@hayabusa27]

That's inseine!

[@SuperLn1991]

Even if they make it clean, if the water color isn't blue as a pool, dumb modern/city people will assume it's dirty....

[@SonyJimable]

They can't clean up decades of abuse. It has contained waste pollution including heavy metals since the 1930's. More recent pollutions include "forever chemicals" that cause cancer.

[@worldview730]

Like swimming in "Cream Brulee" smooth & funky

[@CityGuyGoesCounty]

When you know better you do better! #stoplittering🛑

[@chriswitt2596]

Narrator's voice sounds like it's a AI generated voice

[@Surila-yg2do]

Of course.. it’s Paris not Delhi or Pakistan.

[@joycelima3051]

propaganda!!!!

[@ecoideazventures6417]

BTW when is the rainy season in France? Hope storm water doesn't flood the river at the right time!

[@bastlast_]

There is no rain session for say here, from now to the olympics game its basically summer son you should not see too much rain but you have random thunderstorms, check out the wikipedia for paris climate its very descriptive

[@willsjaime]

How about cleaning up your main river before lecturing the world on carbon?

[@Wotanraven]

Well, you know, that's what they're trying to do as shown in the video ?

[@nisantasicoocugu216]

Year of 2024! You still building Paris?!