#72 - An Olympic Challenge: Cleaning Up The River Seine

Dan Angelescu, CEO of Fluidion, joins Mike and Karen to discuss how the water-intelligence company is monitoring river pollution in the Seine to ensure it’s safe for swimming at the Paris Olympics and beyond.

 

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Timestamps

 

0:00 - Introductions and hellos 
1:26 - The weird and wacky things found in sewers
3:42- Dan Angelescu joins the show and discusses the work of Fluidion
5:53 - Measuring water quality from a human point of view. 
6:54 - Swimming being banned in the Seine for 100 years
8:54 - The history of Fluidion's monitoring of the Seine 
12:02 - The application of Fluidion's systems worldwide 
13:47 - Fluidion's ALERT system and how it works 
16:52 - Paris' attempted solutions so far
22:21 - Is there a possibility of the Seine not being used for the Olympics?
26:12 -  The global problems of water pollution
28:13 - Monitoring water pollution in the UK
32:20 - Dan's personal water use
34:56 - Final thoughts and farewell 

 

Show notes

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Dan Angelescu *03 Is Making the Seine Swimmable for the Paris Olympics | Princeton Alumni Weekly