Inclusion of Physical–Chemical Water Quality Measurements Can Improve Associations between SARS-CoV-2 RNA Levels in Wastewater and COVID-19 Cases within Smaller Sewersheds

Abstract

AbstractMeasurements of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) in wastewater can be used to understand the prevalence of COVID-19 cases within a community. Environmental conditions inclusive of physical–chemical water quality ...Practical ApplicationsGiven their ease of measurement through the availability of field sensors and the provision of data in real-time, we recommend that physical–chemical parameter measurements be included as part of wastewater-based epidemiology ...