Wastewater Testing Charts Path Through COVID-19 Minefield

Early efforts at wastewater testing for the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 revolved around university researchers who had knowledge of quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) technology and the laboratory equipment to carry it out. One university has capitalized on a total wastewater monitoring solution to protect its community and, in the process, has created a blueprint for other communities to do the same.