A few dozen swimmers set off at 8:00 a.m. from pontoons fitted with benches and lockers on the Marie arm, opposite the Saint-Louis island, under the attentive gaze of many swimmers and under the surveillance of pneumatic boats from the police prefecture. Each swimmer was equipped with a float connected to a cord around the waist. Swimming took place within a perimeter surrounded by a safety cord.
“The water quality is in accordance“To health standards and it is”25 degrees“Said Pierre Rabadan, sports assistant at the Paris town hall on Saturday on RMC.
After this first swimming site opening, two others will open in the morning: one at the arm of Grenelle near the Eiffel Tower and the other in Bercy against the François-Mitterrand library. Basins are also arranged there with pontoons, ladders, seaside furniture, showers and changing rooms. Baignade, free, will be opened there, until August 31, if the weather permits.
Promised legacy of the Olympic Games, swimming in the Seine first responds to a need for adaptation to climate change in the capital, the heat wave episodes will multiply and intensify. More than 1.4 billion euros were invested to improve the water quality upstream of the river, with wastewater capture work to prevent them from spilling.
The socialist mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo had immersed herself last year before the start of the Olympic Games, more than 30 years after the promise of Jacques Chirac. “”One of my predecessors, then mayor of Paris, dreamed of a seine where everyone could swim. Tomorrow his promise will be held“, wrote on X Emmanuel Macron, speaking of”Pride for the country“.
This summer and at the beach, flags (green, yellow, red) will allow you to know the flow of the Seine and the quality of the water. If the lights are red, swimming will be closed.
