National research advisory group includes leading experts from coast-to-coast
The COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition’s National Research Advisory Group includes twelve leading Canadian researchers whose expertise spans wastewater, public health protection, microbiology, toxicology, engineering and water quality protection. This group will provide technical and scientific guidance on the surveillance of SARS-CoV2 in wastewater and the Coalition’s national proof-of-concept pilot. [read more...]
Steve Hrudey appointed as Chair of the Coalition’s national research advisory group
Dr. Steve E. Hrudey, Professor Emeritus from the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta, will chair the COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition’s national research advisory group. Dr. Hrudey has been engaged in environmental and public health risk research for 49 years. He's published more than 180 refereed journal articles and has served on numerous national and international expert panels. [read more...]
Canadian Water Network establishes a national COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition
As countries carefully restart their economies and ease community restrictions, a global research effort is underway to monitor the spread of the COVID-19 through wastewater surveillance. Canadian Water Network is initiating a national response to accelerate results and enable public health decision-makers to access the most complete information available regarding community transmission. [read more...]