{"675461":{"#nid":"675461","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Will the Seine River\u2019s E. coli Woes Sink Olympic Dreams in Paris?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETime is winding down on Olympic organizers\u2019 plans to stage open-water swimming events in Paris\u2019 iconic Seine River later this month. The city\u0026nbsp;spent $1.5 billion on new infrastructure to clean up the Seine, yet water samples continue to show high levels of potentially toxic E. coli.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe river has been closed to swimmers for the past 100 years because of pollution, but Olympic organizers hope to stage the triathlon and marathon swimming events in the water flowing in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EKatherine Graham has followed the saga in Paris. She\u2019s an assistant professor in the Georgia Tech School of Civil and Environmental Engineering who studies the fate and transport of pathogens and their indicators in water, including E. coli. She said several factors are at play in the Seine.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cParis, like most large cities, has a lot of concrete and not much dirt and grass for water to soak into.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/07\/will-seine-rivers-e-coli-woes-sink-olympic-dreams-paris\u0022\u003ERead the entire story on the College of Engineering website.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Water engineer Katherine Graham says Paris\u2019 river pollution is common for large cities with old infrastructure that combines sewer and stormwater pipes. "}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWater engineer Katherine Graham talks about the Seine River, Paris\u0027 iconic waterway that hopes to host Olympic marathon swimming this month. The river has been closed for 100 years because of dirty water.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Time is winding down on Olympic organizers\u2019 plans to stage open-water swimming events in Paris\u2019 iconic Seine River later this month. "}],"uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2024-07-15 17:26:52","changed_gmt":"2024-07-17 20:04:22","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-07-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-07-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674350":{"id":"674350","type":"image","title":"Paris Seine River","body":null,"created":"1721064140","gmt_created":"2024-07-15 17:22:20","changed":"1721064394","gmt_changed":"2024-07-15 17:26:34","alt":"Eiffel Tower and Seine River","file":{"fid":"257850","name":"paris-seine-river.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/07\/15\/paris-seine-river.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/07\/15\/paris-seine-river.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3210390,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/07\/15\/paris-seine-river.jpeg?itok=cEp5D9v-"}}},"media_ids":["674350"],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71901","name":"Society and Culture"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr\u003ECollege of Engineering\u003Cbr\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maderer@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}