ASU researchers testing Tempe wastewater for coronavirus
Two years ago, Fulton Schools Professor Rolf Halden and his team at ASU’s Center for Environmental Health Engineering began testing Tempe’s wastewater to find indications of the prevalence of opioid use in the city. Now the researchers are planning to examine the wastewater systems to give Tempe officials an idea of the breadth of the spread of the coronavirus infection in the area. The water testing approach can reveal more about the reach of the COVID-19 pandemic into the city than individual testing at medical facilities, Rolf says.
