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Sept. 13, 2021

Wastewater COVID-19 tracing can lead to detecting other infectious diseases

Localized wastewater monitoring has potential to transform how we track public health

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A faster way to detect clusters of COVID-19 infection in the population is critical to avoiding future outbreaks — and what’s going down your drain could help public health officials catch outbreaks sooner.

UÀóÖ¦ÊÓÆµ researchers from the Cumming School of Medicine, Faculty of Science, and Schulich School of Engineering, Advancing Canadian Wastewater Assets (ACWA), The City of ÀóÖ¦ÊÓÆµ, and Alberta Health Services have teamed up to test ÀóÖ¦ÊÓÆµ wastewater for early signs of COVID-19 cases.

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