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Wastewater monitoring took off during the COVID-19 pandemic – and here’s how...
Sampling wastewater can be time-intensive.John Eisele/Colorado State UniversityA community’s sewage holds clues about its COVID-19 burden. Over the course of the pandemic, wastewater surveillance has...
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Targeted wastewater surveillance has a history of social and ethical concerns
Testing wastewater for the presence of diseases has grown in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic.(Shutterstock)Wastewater surveillance involves testing sewage to obtain data about a population’s...
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Polio was recently detected in sewage in the UK – here’s what else scientists...
DedMityay/ShutterstockWe recently learned that poliovirus had been detected in sewage in north and east London between February and May 2022. Poliomyelitis (polio) is an infectious disease that can...
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The latest polio cases have put the world on alert. Here’s what this means...
ShutterstockUntil recently, polio had only been detected in a handful of countries, thanks to global eradication efforts.But this year’s polio alerts in the United States, United Kingdom and Israel are...
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Who sees what you flush? Wastewater surveillance for public health is on the...
Whether a wastewater sample is taken at the street level or a treatment plant affects the size of the group of people it represents.University of Louisville, CC BY-NDFlush and forget? Not if you have a...
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We tested the wastewater from planes to detect COVID among travellers –...
Wichudapa/ShutterstockSmall traces of many pathogens, such as viruses we may be infected with, are excreted when we go to the toilet. Ultimately, these agents find their way to municipal wastewater...
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Australians are washing microplastics down the drain and it’s ending up on...
Pixel-Shot, ShutterstockAustralian wastewater treatment plants produce thousands of tonnes of treated sewage sludge every year. This nutrient-rich material is then dried to make “biosolids”, which are...
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