From: slider@atashram.com

MINISCULE traces of the deadly coronavirus have been detected in Paris' non-potable water, which is used for cleaning streets and watering parks,
but the city's clean drinking water is at "no risk" of contamination, a
city official said on Sunday.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1272147/france-coronavirus-paris-water-supply-covid-19-latest-news-lockdown

France on Monday reported more than 20,000 deaths from the coronavirus, becoming the fourth country to hit that grim number after Italy, Spain and
the United States. The Paris water authority’s laboratory found miniscule amounts of the virus in four of 27 samples collected from across the
capital, prompting an immediate shutdown of the network as a “precautionary” measure, Célia Blauel, the capital’s top environmental official, said.

“These are minute traces but traces nonetheless, so we’ve decided to apply the precautionary principle,” she said, adding that the city’s drinking water was supplied from a “totally independent network” and “can be consumed without any risk”.

Paris officials are consulting with the regional health agency for a risk analysis before deciding on the next steps to take, Ms Blauel continued.

Non-drinkable water, drawn from the Seine River and Ourcq canal, is used
to clean the streets and to water the greenery in the city’s parks and gardens – currently closed to the public because of the coronavirus
lockdown – as well as supplying their fountains.

France on Monday officially registered more than 20,000 deaths from the coronavirus, becoming the fourth country to pass that threshold after
Italy, Spain and the United States.

“The epidemic is very deadly and is far from over,” France’s public health
chief Jerome Salomon told a press briefing.

### - water treatment plants are usually well-equipped to
disinfect/sterilise recycled waste water before allowing us to drink it
again lol, and the traces of virus that were found in their water was only
in the non-drinkable stuff used to wash the streets etc, a separate
system...

tests to know how long the virus persists on surfaces are ongoing because
it does indeed appear to last an inordinately long time, but couldn't find anything regarding its persistence/half-life in water? plus surely
water-plants 'should' be giving extra attention to sterilising drinking
water before releasing it, but then ya never know huh...

and because if any traces 'are' subsequently found in the water supply
it'll be boiled water and/or osmotic filters for... everyone!

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