The award highlights the work of a joint project, funded by the Research Junction partnership between the City and USask, that measured levels of human pharmaceuticals such as antibiotics in Saskatoon’s wastewater to assess potential risks these chemicals might pose to the downstream environment. Research Junction awards funding to projects that apply advanced research methods to addressing current issues in the city. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, the partnership took an unexpected turn: USask researchers, together with the City of Saskatoon and the Saskatchewan Health Authority, began measuring traces of SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19, in Saskatoon’s wastewater.
A collaboration between the University of Saskatchewan and the City of Saskatoon on wastewater monitoring, to advance environmental and human health, .