"We have already established a working group that will soon be interinstitutional. I have spoken personally with Minister Pichetto Fratin and President Rocca, so together with the government and the Region, this group will work towards the necessary investments." "We are pleased to have already noted that this is absolutely an achievable goal: within five years, we will be able to bathe in the Tiber."

Rome's mayor, Roberto Gualtieri, said this on the sidelines of the event "The Eternal City Welcomes the Future. Attractiveness, Culture, Beauty, and Innovation" held at the Italian Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka.

As for the cost, the mayor of Rome said, "we are estimating it," but it should be lower than that of Paris, because the French capital "started with a much higher level of pollution."

"In reality," Gualtieri emphasized, "there are some areas of the river that would already be suitable for swimming on some days today," but "to ensure full bathing conditions in the downstream section of the Aniene as well, some interventions are necessary.

Some have already left because the Metropolitan City police are already screening all the discharges into the Aniene , even those outside the Rome Capital area, "and which are among the main causes of the current unsuitability for swimming," the mayor added.

(Unioneonline)

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