Tania Braga Reports On Copacabana Beach Water Quality
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. FINA recently posted a water quality report by Dr. Tania Braga for Copacabana Beach for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. The report is the latest in a series of monthly reports on the water quality at the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim venue.
Reported testing figures are from samples taken from 4 different locations along the beach on 8 different days from July 31st-August 17th 2015. Also present is a summary of tests done since the beginning of the year.
Her report is posted here on the FINA website; an interview is below.
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