#UtilitiesFightCOVID-19 Wastewater-based Epidemiology: Poop Never Lies!
07 Sep. 2021 • 13:30 - 15:00
Screening municipal wastewater for viruses and environmental pollutants is not a new concept. However, COVID-19 has shed light on just how relevant it is. In June 2020, as part of its COVID-19 webinar series, GWOPA/GIZ opened a lively discussion between utilities on wastewater monitoring. Please join us for part two of these talks, where we delve a little deeper into what has happened since then.
Further Description / Program
As part of GWOPA’s 2021 webinar series, this session will bring together experts in the urban sanitation and wastewater fields as well as water/wastewater utilities from different regions to hear about challenges, solutions and outlooks related to wastewater-based epidemiology.
Presentations will showcase the most recent state of research, before presenting and discussing utility experiences on the following questions:
-What are the benefits of using wastewater to track the spread of infectious diseases?
-What good practices, sampling methods and (low-cost) tools exist to monitor wastewater for viruses and other pollutants?
-What needs to be done to enable and/or strengthen SARS-CoV-2 monitoring as part of wastewater monitoring systems?
-What type of support do they need and receive?
What are the possibilities around peer-to-peer exchange on wastewater monitoring?
The webinar will be simultaneously translated into English, French and Spanish.
Contact information
Franziska Volk
GWOPA/UN-Habitat
Links to external websites
United Nations Human Settlement Programme
Nairobi
Kenya
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Franziska Volk (FranziskaVolk)
