Essential data can be found in the most unexpected places, including the wastewater flowing freely through sewers. During the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic, cities began tapping their ...
A recent study published in Science of the Total Environment reported that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases could be predicted by environmental surveillance. Study: Predicting COVID-19 cases ...
COVID-19 virus detected in wastewater sampling sites is on the rise, according Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data. The trend comes as the country recently began lifting mask ...
A sign, seen on Wednesday, marks the location of the John M. Asplund Wastewater Treatment Facility near Point Woronzof in Anchorage. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) The Alaska Division of Public ...
Nearly 80 percent of U.S. households are connected to municipal wastewater collection systems. These sewer systems contain the biological waste, including discharged pathogens, of the human ...
Sampling wastewater can be time-intensive. John Eisele/Colorado State University A community’s sewage holds clues about its COVID-19 burden. Over the course of the pandemic, wastewater surveillance ...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) is closely monitoring a positive wastewater sample for measles virus. This marks the first wastewater detection of the virus in the ...