Posted By: News Editor
January 28, 2021
Levi Brandenburg
lbrandenburg@murraystate.edu
A wastewater testing project for Mayfield, Kentucky, is helping to track and identify potential COVID-19 outbreaks before the infected even begin showing symptoms.
The project started in November and is a partnership between the Graves County Health Department, Murray State, Mayfield Electric and Water Systems, the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky and the University of Louisville Co-Immunity Project.
The process begins in Mayfield, where the wastewater samples are collected by Mayfield Electric and Water Systems at their wastewater treatment facilities. From there, it is sent to Bikram Subedi, assistant professor of analytical chemistry, and Gary Zeruth, associate professor of cellular and molecular biology, for testing.