Analysis and monitoring of wastewater treatment systems for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
COVID-19 is a single-stranded RNA virus and part of a group of viruses referred to as coronaviruses. Pace can test, analyze, and monitor water samples collected from wastewater treatment facilities for coronavirus RNA, the genetic signature of coronaviruses. Ongoing monitoring of RNA in wastewater provides states and communities with valuable data to:
- Measure the prevalence of COVID-19 within a community;
- Track the spread of the virus;
- Alert communities to a rise in RNA levels (infections) before clinical diagnoses occur.
Pace COVID-19 Wastewater Testing and Analysis Services identifies contamination in influent and effluent wastewater using RT-qPCR to perform the analysis.
