COVID-19 Wastewater Testing FAQs

The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the need for communities to have reliable, timely methods of environmental monitoring for communicable disease.

In October 2020, LuminUltra announced its patent for the first complete, rapid and on-site COVID-19 wastewater testing solution to make non-invasive community health assessment more accessible.

In collaboration with Halifax Water and researchers at Dalhousie University, LuminUltra adapted its environmental COVID-19 testing technology to create an innovative new method to identify SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater.