Paris to bring back swimming in Seine after 100 years (www.bbc.com)

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[-] Philolurker@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Having read it, this is basically correct. The last hurdle was that the sewer system was designed to use the river to dump overflow in the case of heavy rains. Now they're finishing up a large reservoir to use instead.

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