Almost certainly you’ve seen headlines about wastewater treatment plants around North America joining the fight against COVID-19 by testing wastewater in an effort to predict viral hotspots. Our industry is well positioned to be a key player in the fight through this kind of routine testing during the pandemic.
Researchers have confirmed that the COVID-19 virus can be detected in the untreated waste of positive patients, and numerous treatment facilities across the U.S. are taking advantage of that and working to help track the spread of the outbreak.A company paving the way for sewage testing called Biobot, located in Boston, Massachusetts,
Why Wastewater Testing Is Critical in the Fight Against COVID-19
Wastewater from at least 30 states is being tested by a company called Biobot for the presence of COVID-19, and the findings will be instrumental in leadership decisions going forward
Jul 20, 2020 | by Tim Dobbins |















