Categories for Wastewater

Detecting Community Spread of COVID-19 in Wastewater

April 16, 2020

One of the reasons the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has been worse in the United States than almost every other country it’s hit around the world is that America fell drastically behind with testing, taking far too long to take meaningful action to find where the virus had already surfaced. This made early containment impossible, and resulted in a testing shortage that continues to persist. Due to how quickly the virus has made its presence felt on an international scale, there has been a global collaborative scientific effort like nothing ever seen before to find ways to detect COVID-19,... View Article

What Are the Steps in Wastewater Treatment in Pisgah Forest, NC?

August 7, 2019

Ever wonder how the water that goes down the drains in your home gets treated in order to be recycled and reused once again? Here’s a quick overview of wastewater treatment in Pisgah Forest, NC to give you some insight into this remarkable process: Screening and pumping: The first phase of the process is screening and pumping, during which the wastewater moves through a series of screening equipment to filter out larger objects like plastics, rags, wood, grease and any other larger items that worked their way into the wastewater. That material gets disposed of in landfills, and the wastewater... View Article

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