More news about our involvement in wastewater testing in New York!  

Quadrant is now analyzing wastewater samples from two Rochester, NY colleges  - Rochester Institute of Technology and St John Fisher - to identify and track the presence of COVID-19 on their campuses. 

Wastewater surveillance acts as an early warning system for COVID-19 by detecting the presence of viral RNA shed into the sewer systems. Analysis of wastewater samples can provide local health officials and policymakers with early indications and information regarding the presence and preponderance of COVID-19 infections in their communities, residential buildings, institutions, and manufacturing facilities. 

And, as the article points out, it has already proven to be a useful tool in the fight against COVID-19:

Health leaders credit wastewater testing for alerting them to COVID spread at several college campuses, including the State University of New York at Oneonta, where more than 500 students tested positive in less than week.

Check out the article and accompanying video report here!

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