News Stories
February 18, 2022
Bakersfield Californian, “Wastewater testing indicates Kern ‘likely’ had Omicron in December.”
February 9, 2022
23 ABC, “How Wastewater Surveillance Detected the Omicron Variant.”
February 7, 2022
The Mercury News, “Poop sleuths discover mysterious coronavirus in California’s sewage.”
February 3, 2022
New York Times, “In New York City Sewage, a Mysterious Coronavirus Signal.”
January 27, 2022
Los Angeles Daily News, “What our poop is telling us about the Omicron surge.”
January 26, 2022
San Francisco Chronicle, “Sewage water helped chart the Omicron surge. Is it the next metric to watch?”
January 26, 2022
SFGate, “Bay Area wastewater data suggests COVID may not have peaked yet in 3 spots.”
January 20, 2022
San Francisco Chronicle. “S.F. Omicron Surge Peaked, and Infections are Declining, Mayor Breed Says.”
January 19, 2022
Telemundo 48. “Contagios por la variante Ómicron podrían estar disminuyendo en algunos condados del Área de la Bahía.”
January 18, 2022
San Francisco Chronicle, “Number of S.F. Hospital Cases With COVID Nears All-Time High.”
December 8, 2021
ABC 7, “Traces of Omicron Found in Southern California Sewage, Scientists Say.”
February 5, 2021
Christian Science Monitor. “Crowdsourcing COVID-19: How data-driven groups speed pandemic response.”
January 20, 2021
Hindustan Times, “Genome sequencing of coronavirus in sewage can help detect local variants: study.”
January 19, 2021
Forbes. “Here’s how scientists are using sewage water to control Covid-19.”
January 19, 2021
American Society for Microbiology. “Sequencing of Wastewater Useful for Control of SARS-CoV-2.”
December 18, 2020
Engineers and Scientists Acting Locally. “COVID-19 deep dive: monitoring wastewater for better public health response.”
October 29, 2020
CBS SF Bay Area, “UC Berkeley scientists unveil pop-up lab that tests wastewater for COVID-19.”
October 30, 2020
San Francisco Examiner, “Table salt and poop: testing for COVID-19 in SF sewage.”
October 29, 2020
ABC 7, “UC Berkeley launches new lab dedicated to test, detect Bay Area wastewater for COVID-19.”
October 29, 2020
The Daily Californian, “UC Berkeley launches pop-up lab to test wastewater for COVID-19.”
October 29, 2020
The Mercury News, “Poop sleuths: Tracking COVID-19 in the Bay Area’s wastewater.”
October 29, 2020
San Francisco Chronicle, “UC Berkeley researchers testing sewage from millions of Bay Area residents for coronavirus.”
October 14, 2020
Marin Independent Journal, “Marin health officials use sewer water to trace virus spread.”
September 25, 2020
CNBC, “HHS wants to test 30% of U.S. wastewater for the coronavirus as an ‘early warning system’.”
July 17, 2020
Voice of America, “Sewage May Be Essential to Spotting Next Covid-19 Outbreak.”
June 24, 2020
Berkeley Engineering, “Monitoring COVID-19 prevalence in municipal wastewater.”
October 12, 2020
Innovative Genomics Institute, “COVID-19 Research Spotlight: Kara Nelson on Tracking Spread Through Wastewater.”
Innovative Genomics Institute project update, “Monitoring COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) prevalence in municipal wastewater.”