Tag: COVID-19

Wastewater-based epidemiology is becoming more widely known as a tool in the fight against COVID-19, in part because of a project from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC is continuing to build its National Wastewater Surveillance System, testing samples twice weekly from...

LuminUltra Technologies has partnered with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Water Environment Federation (WEF) to collect and test wastewater for the virus that causes COVID-19, as well as genetic mutations associated with the Omicron and Delta...

The Vigie Covid-19 solution now can track signs of the Omicron variant in wastewater, acting as an early warning system of monitoring the pandemic’s progression. Veolia, the IPMC, start-up IAGE and the Bataillon des Marins Pompiers de Marseille (BMPM),...

Since the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, also known as COVID-19, public health laboratories and researchers have been developing surveillance methods using wastewater to control the spread of the virus. The effort has helped identify asymptomatic carriers on college campuses to monitor regional spread...

Promega, a provider of solutions and technical support to the life sciences industry, has developed a workflow that enables wastewater testing laboratories, including public health organisations, to access the health of entire communities from a single sample. The Maxwell RSC Enviro Total Nucleic Acid Kit and Wizard...

Programme includes CDC, State of Oklahoma, Water Environment Federation, and Hach A method for testing wastewater for the COVID-19 virus that provides rapid results is being piloted at correctional facilities in Oklahoma through funding from the US Centre for...

The COVID-19 pandemic has devasted economies and taken an extreme human toll with more than 191 million cases resulting in more than 4.1 million deaths worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Though clinical testing has been used...

After having been significantly impacted by COVID-19 during the first half of 2020, Grundfos returned to stronger sales traction in the second half of 2020 with sales only 1.0% below 2019. Return on sales reached 9.9% and in a challenging year, Grundfos...

As an innovator in the global fight against the coronavirus, Black & Veatch has proudly announced that its Rapid Modular Health System (RaMHS) – a quickly deployable, scalable and comfortable enclosure designed for COVID-19 testing and vaccinations – has been named a finalist for the Edison Award...

Cyclical water shortages are a challenge that Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) takes seriously. As California’s sixth-largest retail water agency, they embrace the opportunity to balance water use efficiency with meeting the needs of a diverse and growing customer base. By using...