River Seine still failing water quality tests one month before Paris Olympics

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Organisers insist dry July weather will solve issues

when it is scheduled to host the open-water swimming competition and the swimming leg of the triathlon, results revealed on Friday.

On June 18th, the level of E Coli was 10 times acceptable levels and at no point did it fall below the upper limit of 1,000 colony-forming units per 100 millilitres used by the World Triathlon Federation.Gráinne Walsh combines power of the mind and body to realise her Paris dream“Water quality remains degraded because of unfavourable hydrological conditions, little sunshine, below-average seasonal temperatures and upstream pollution,” the mayor’s office said in a statement.

After months of unusually wet weather, the Seine is currently high up its banks, with its flow around four to five times higher than its usual level in the summer months, according to recent readings. Nine music festivals cancelled this year, more affected next year without State intervention, Dáil hears

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