Olympic officials are confident their anti-pollution measures will prevent an expected tropical storm from triggering a surge of sewage into the waters of Tokyo Bay - just in time for next week's triathlon events.
There have long been concerns over the cleanliness of the area's water, which will also host the marathon swimming events, and a para-triathlon was cancelled two years ago because of dangerous levels of E.coli detected.The men's Olympic triathlon takes place on Monday, with the women's on Tuesday - when the storm is expected to hit.
"We have installed triple-layer screens as a measure to help ensure water quality," the spokesman said."As well as thereby preventing the inflow of E.coli bacteria after rainfall, through daily monitoring of water quality and the weather we aim to stabilise water temperature by opening the screens during periods of fine weather when water quality is stable.
"The Odaiba area separates sewage from rainwater, but when it rains the sewage flows down from other parts of Tokyo,” he said.
Sewage? What about the nuclear waste liquid been dumped? 👀😎😳😱🤔
Incentive to get out of the waters fast.
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