Synopsis
While Paris, the City of Lights, shines brightly, hidden in its shadows are fascinating installations, put in place nearly two centuries ago: the sewers. Even today, this 2,600-kilometer-long labyrinth of streets and infrastructure ensures the sanitation of the entire capital. In 1854, during Haussmann's grand urban renewal projects in Paris, the French engineer Eugène Belgrand undertook one of the century's largest construction projects: the renovation of the Paris sewers. His main innovation: an ingenious dual network that simultaneously treats wastewater and delivers drinking water to Parisians.
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Key crew
- Sarah LaînéDirector
Cast
- Julien BocherNarrator (voice)
- Nicolas JosephSelf - Sewer basic service
- Raphaël MoreraSelf - Historian, CNRS
- Konstantinos ChatzisSelf - Historian, Gustave Eiffel University
- Christophe DallozSelf - Water and sanitation services manager
- Thierry GuffroySelf - Instructor
- Guillaume PiconSelf - Historian
- Éric PfliegersdoerferSelf - Institutional and internation relations, Eau de Paris
- Nordine IkhlefSelf - Operation supervisor, Eau de Paris
- David PetitSelf - Water resource and production manager
- Frédéric RocherSelf - Security manager, Eau de Paris
- Richard HoraistSelf - Manager of the integrated control center, Eau de Paris
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Themes
paris, franceundergroundseweragesewerwater purificationwastewater