Paris has opened portions of the Rive Seine for swimming for the first time in more than a century, fulfilling a promise of ...

Paris reportedly spent billions of dollars to fix the Seine and to improve the quality of water, making it fit for public use ...

For the first time since 1923, Paris opened River Seine for swimmers on Saturday, after an extensive cleanup operation ...

Three sites will be able to welcome over 1,000 swimmers daily until August 31, local officials said, to the delight of the ...

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

A year on from athletes competing in the River Seine during the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, French authorities guarantee the ...

However, one would never suspect a fearsome reptile could be lurking in the Paris underground….sewers, that is! Watch this video telling the amazing true story of a crocodile that took up ...

The sewer system of Paris, though it has undergone recent upgrades, is still based on an archaic model, called a combined sewer system, where stormwater and wastewater are managed as one stream.

A lengthy system The Parisian sewers extend for 1,662 miles (2,675 km), which is the equivalent of making two round trips between Paris and Marseille.

All moored boats on the Seine must now be connected to the sewer system to avoid raw sewage dumping, too. A €6,000 grant was offered to 20,000 Parisian households sending wastewater directly ...