Containing the Spread of COVID-19: The Importance of Continued Wastewater Testing and Surveillance
We seem to have turned a corner on COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. Infection and death rates are way ...
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EPA Meeting Preview: Small Drinking Water Systems Webinar Illuminates Microbes
How can lab managers better protect their clientele from waterborne diseases? The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) believes they can help. ...
California's Total Coliform Rule Revision Goes Into Effect
As summer brings record-breaking temperatures to California and the state government lifts pandemic restrictions, conditions become ripe for dangerous bacteria ...
Water Stagnation in Buildings: Assumptions Challenged by New Research
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, public health experts have warned that water stagnation due to changes in building use can lead ...
3 Takeaways from the Legionella Virtual Special Session, Co-Hosted by NEHA and NSF on March 9-10
The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting stay-at-home orders drastically affected building usage this past year, heightening Legionella risks. In response, NSF ...
EPA Updates Sanitary Survey Tool for Recreational Waters
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a new sanitary survey tool for recreational waters called ArcGIS Survey123 that allows users ...
EPA May Revise Drinking Water Standards After Six-Year Review
Drinking water standards have changed radically since 1908, when Jersey City became the first U.S. municipality to disinfect its water ...
Tracking COVID-19 Variants Through Wastewater Testing
Wastewater testing is proving critical to warn communities where fast-spreading strains of SARS-CoV-2 have taken hold. Last year, the Centers ...
The Real Estate Market Is Hot — and So Is the Need for Well Water Testing
The real estate market is sizzling, as anyone with a home to sell or desire to buy knows. A rush ...
CDC Releases New Wastewater Surveillance Sampling and Testing Guidance
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidance on wastewater-based disease surveillance that includes considerations ...
National Wastewater Surveillance Program Launched to Detect COVID-19 Outbreaks
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the ...
Why the New National Wastewater Surveillance System Matters
Testing sewage for RNA from SARS-CoV-2 has become part of a comprehensive surveillance strategy for communities responding to COVID-19 across ...