GREEN RIVER During Tuesday night’s Green River City Council meeting, the Council voted unanimously not only to accept the Wyoming Department of Health’s (WDH) offer to extend the sampling period of Green River’s wastewater for COVID-19 Coronavirus, but also to have additional testing done by AquaVitas, LLC.
All of the testing costs are covered by Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding or through grant awards. The City of Green River is not responsible for any costs.
The sampling is done to test for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes COVID-19, in the community’s wastewater. This data can indicate trends and provide data to the Governor, State Health officer, County Health Officers, and local officials for informed decision making.