How Do They Test Wastewater For Diseases?

By Heather Brown, CBS Minnesota

September 2, 2022

This week, researchers at the University of Minnesota will begin testing metro wastewater for monkeypox. It's an extension of a partnership with the Metropolitan Wastewater Treatment Plant to conduct surveillance for COVID-19 levels in the metro area.

So, how is our wastewater tested? Good Question.

"We've had a tremendous paradigm shift in the wastewater treatment community," said Metro Plant Principal Research Scientist Steve Balogh. "There's no going back."

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