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National leader in water solutions through collaboration and high impact research

Collaboration on Sewage Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2

PROJECT DETAILS

Project No 2060
Project Name Collaboration on Sewage Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2
Lead Organisation Water Research Australia
Research Lead Monash University
Completion Year 2022

Status: Complete

Focus Area: Human & Environmental Health Impacts

National Research Priority: Liveability

Topics: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, method development, wastewater

Project Description

Water Research Australia led an innovative, and collaborative Australia-wide investigation that developed novel methods for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater. This work enabled health departments across Australia to integrate reliable detections of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in sewage with clinical health data for COVID-19.

Human & Environmental Health Impacts