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The future of public health could be in our wastewater

A made-in-Canada wastewater monitoring system is amongst the first in the world to anticipate disease outbreaks and provide reliable and accessible data to support public and individual health decisions.

Why testing sewage for COVID-19 could be more useful than ever

What wastewater surveillance can — and can’t — tell us, and why only some provinces are using the data

‘Game-changing’: Ottawa’s COVID-19 wastewater program honoured

The “game-changing” method is now used by all 34 public health units in Ontario, covering 80 per cent of the population.

Robert Delatolla’s wastewater work nets medal for engineering excellence

“Faculty of Engineering professor Robert Delatolla has been awarded the 2022 Ontario Professional Engineers Awards (OPEA) Engineering...

More coronavirus in wastewater could signal rise in cases, scientist says

“Levels of coronavirus in Ottawa’s wastewater increasing since June 5”

Canadian researchers turn to wastewater tests at long-term care homes to detect COVID hot spots

“‘It could be like a smoke detector,’ said Ottawa researcher Robert Delatolla”