Early signs indicate a coronavirus rebound in sewersheds around NYC and some suburbs, which is noteworthy because a similar trend is yet to appear with traditional testing.
Source: Is COVID back in NYC? Wastewater surveillance shows virus is rising.
see also: NYS Wastewater Surveillance Network
“He added that wastewater only gives a general idea on coronavirus spread in a community and does not offer the same neighborhood-by-neighborhood resolution as lab testing. A single wastewater plant can cover anywhere from 130,000 people (Rockaway) to more than 1.1 million (Newtown Creek) in New York City.”
would be interesting to know cost to add wastewater monitoring to all treatment lants in ontario; someone must have a metric like $/10K residents, with adjustments for regiuonal diffs (north more difficult in winter?), TO-DO: look it up!!
