The City of Rio Dell’s wastewater treatment facility. Photo: City of Rio Dell.
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Press release from the City of Rio Dell:
Since October 1st of this year, the City of Rio Dell has been
conducting COVID‐19 surveillance testing at its Wastewater
Treatment Plant. The testing, through Biobot Analytics, samples the
inflow of untreated wastewater in order to isolate the unique genetic
signature of SARS‐CoV‐2 (COVID‐19) and analyze the amount of
the virus present. The Biobot Analytics testing is done independently
and results have been forwarded to the Public Health Officer since
the inception of the program. Between October 1st and December 3rd