Tracking the spread of COVID-19 through wastewater
When COVID-19 hit Idaho three years ago officials were looking for ways to determine how hard the virus was hitting cities like Boise. It was May of 2020 when the City of Boise started analyzing its wastewater for the virus, because people can shed the virus in wastewater before they get sick. This became a useful tool for many trying to track and treat the illness.
Source: boisestatepublicradio.org
