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Kansas University gives community early COVID-19 warning

from Water & Wastes Digest

Kansas University gives community early COVID-19 warning Water & Wastes Digest Early results from a project in Kansas show tests of a community's wastewater can detect COVID-19 outbreaks approximately a week before individual testing would show an increase in cases. The project was launched in the spring by the University of Kansas School of Engineering and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, according to the Kansas City Star. The wastewater in about a dozen communities in eastern Kansas were tested to see if the coronavirus was present in the area. The testing also determines the severity of the outbreak and has since expanded into areas of western Kansas. READ MORE

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