WERF to Study Ebola and Antibiotic Resistance Challenges

The Water Environment Research Foundation will begin new studies addressing Ebola and antibiotic resistance challenges. The Ebola outbreak has prompted concern about risks to water resource recovery facility (WRRF) operators and workers who might potentially be exposed to these and other newly emerging and or/re-emerging pathogens of concern. As a result, WERF is launching a project entitled "Protecting Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators from Emerging Pathogens: A Preparedness Protocol and On-Line Decision Support Tool (WERF3C15)."This study conducted by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will develop an integrated preparedness protocol and decision support tool to guide WRRF operators and public