News Briefs: Wastewater Testing for COVID-19 Pays Off for Utah State University

There are stories emerging about college campuses throughout the nation testing wastewater for traces of COVID-19 in an effort to predict potential outbreaks. In at least one case, the effort is already paying off. Utah State University health officials are quarantining and testing students for the virus after it was detected in the some of the school’s dorm room wastewater.The school released an alert to regional health departments and started working to immediately test the 287 students who reside in the affected residence halls.Worker Drowns at North Carolina Water Treatment Plant A contracted worker for the city of Reidsville, North Carolina, died