Wastewater testing a ‘huge scientific success’ says UW prof as province terminates network: Final wastewater samples for COVID-19 to be taken next week. Read the full article on the Waterloo Region Record.
With the Ontario wastewater monitoring program coming to an end, find out the details and what comes after with a new article from CBC News and interview with Dr. Mark Servos.
Cancelling the provincial program — the largest in Canada — will drastically reduce the number of testing sites and could mean the end of monitoring in smaller communities, potentially missing vulnerable populations. Get the full details from the Toronto Star article.
The Region of Waterloo’s most effective tool in tracking COVID-19 and other respiratory infections is ceasing operations at the end in July. Get the full story from CTV News Kitchener.
Addiction, anxiety and sex reversal have been reported in species by researchers as a range of substances contaminate ecosystems. Read the full article at Meth-addict fish, aggro starlings, caffeinated minnows: animals radically changed by human drugs – study
As of July 31st, Ontario will halt all COVID wastewater surveillance programs, as federal wastewater testing will instead expand into the province and away from researchers.
As we continue to monitor SARs-CoV-2 in the wastewater, levels in Cambridge at a high despite the declining rate of new cases. Get the full details from Cambridge Today new article.
A current look at the wastewater levels of COVID-19 and what it could mean. 'The highest levels they’ve been ever': Wastewater testing shows growing spread of COVID-19. CTV News interview with Professor Mark Servos.
Wastewater testing shows an increase in COVID-19 and flu circulating in the Waterloo region. A CBC radio interview with Professor and Canada Research Chair in Water Quality Protection, Mark Servos.
The Region of Waterloo acknowledges the collaboration with the Servos research group related to recovery of biological responses in the Grand River. Learn how the Region staff and researchers from the University of Waterloo worked together to protect our local waterway.