Some 23,000 homes upstream of Paris also are emptying their sewage into the rainwater system that flows directly into the river, Riottot said. For the Olympics, only two indicators were being ...

Following the Olympic cleanup, the public can now swim in the Seine near the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, or East Paris.

Bathing sites will be located near the French capital’s Notre-Dame cathedral, the Eiffel Tower and in eastern Paris.

So with the Olympics coming to town once again, Paris decided in the mid-2010s to invest $1.5 billion in river improvements, like a water treatment plant in Champigny-sur-Marne and a 46,000-cubic ...

For the first time in over a century, Parisians and tourists will be able to take a refreshing dip in the River Seine.

Paris has spent billions trying to clean up the Seine before the 2024 Olympics begin on July 26. Whether it will work is another story. French politicians say they would swim in the Seine to prove ...

Watch all the action from the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games live on Peacock. 2024 Paris Olympics. Paris inaugurates giant water storage basin to clean up the River Seine for Olympic swimming ...

A costly cleanup is resuscitating the Seine just in time for it to play a starring role in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

French officials have inaugurated a huge storage basin meant to keep cleaner the River Seine, which is to be the venue for marathon swimming at the Paris Games and the swimming leg of the Olympic ...