☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agoParis 2024: Triathlon swimming could be cancelled because of poor water qualitywww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10cross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.ml
arrow-up113arrow-down1external-linkParis 2024: Triathlon swimming could be cancelled because of poor water qualitywww.bbc.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square3fedilinkcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.ml
minus-squarecarpoftruth [any, any]@hexbear.netMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agointuitively I would have guessed heavy rains would dilute crap in the water, but maybe there are a lot of conjoined sewer/stormwater systems such that when heavy rains occur, raw sewage gets fired into the river too
minus-squareGladimirLenin [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months agoThe runoff from 2 million filthy Parisians eventually makes its way into the Seine.
intuitively I would have guessed heavy rains would dilute crap in the water, but maybe there are a lot of conjoined sewer/stormwater systems such that when heavy rains occur, raw sewage gets fired into the river too
The runoff from 2 million filthy Parisians eventually makes its way into the Seine.