COVID-19
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LSU CEE Professor Bivins Studying Wastewater On International Flights
2/7/2022
With the COVID-19 Omicron variant spreading like wildfire, testing has never been more important.
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State, Local Wastewater COVID Testing Partnership Shows First St. Louis Region Decline In Six Weeks
1/26/2022
New data shows that COVID-19 viral loads in wastewater in the St. Louis community decreased for the first time in six weeks. After reaching a near-record high the previous week, the most recent testing data showed week-over-week COVID-19 viral load levels in the region’s wastewater dropped nearly 36% last week.
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USask Wastewater Testing For COVID-19 Sets The Standard
1/25/2022
Just ask University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers Drs. Markus Brinkmann (PhD), John Giesy (PhD) and Kerry McPhedran (PhD), who have been analyzing wastewater and stormwater flows in Saskatoon, Prince Albert, North Battleford, and five First Nations communities, to uncover many of those stories.
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Xylem Clocks 113,000 Volunteer Hours In 2021, Doubling Time Donated To Help Tackle Water Challenges In 55 Countries
1/20/2022
Global water technology company, Xylem, announced today that almost 80 percent of its 16,000 employees volunteered their time to help solve urgent water challenges in 2021. Xylem’s global team collectively donated 113,000 hours in their communities, across 55 countries.
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Common Water Contaminant Intensifies COVID-19 Severity
1/13/2022
A peer-reviewed medical study concludes that the course of COVID-19 infection appears to be aggravated by industrial chemicals, including PFAS.
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Israel’s Ministry Of Health Takes Its COVID-19 Wastewater Project Nationwide
1/12/2022
Coping with Covid has moved up a gear and decision makers will soon receive a new tool that will allow them to take swift, optimal decisions based on accurate information. After several successful pilot projects conducted over the past two years, Israel’s Ministry of Health has begun applying technology that represents an innovative solution for monitoring Covid from wastewater.
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Palm Springs Wastewater Plant Recognized For Visionary COVID-19 Testing Program
1/5/2022
The American Public Works Association has recognized the wastewater treatment plant that Veolia North America operates and maintains in Palm Springs, CA, for implementing an innovative testing program that analyzes wastewater for traces of the COVID-19 virus.
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How Water Utilities Can Clear Up Their Supply Chains
1/4/2022
Water utility companies are used to clearing up pipeline obstructions — but today, the issues are not necessarily limited to the underground. According to a recent survey by the American Water Works Association, 72 percent of water utilities are facing difficulties obtaining pipes or other infrastructure components. Over 45 percent report issues with purchases of electronic equipment and chemicals. A huge number are struggling to obtain computer chips for their water trucks.
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WWEMA Window: A Year In Review And A Look Ahead
12/16/2021
As I write this article, I must confess that I thought (hoped) that we would be in a much different place. Like many of you, I thought that 2021 would be the year that we would come out of the pandemic and return to “normal”. While progress has slowly been made in opening back up travel and meetings, it feels like we are still a long way from those pre-COVID days and that the future will likely look much different.
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A New Era For Water Management
12/14/2021
Uncertainty is perhaps one of the words that best defines this crisis. We do not know how long it will last, which is the best way to fight it, or what the “new normality” will really be like.