Health
‘It can be smelly at times’: NSW wastewater provides a treasure trove for Covid-19 hunters – The Guardian
Experts find traces of the virus in sewage from treatment plants all across New South Wales
Fifteen jar-like bottles of human excrement arrive at Sudhi Payyappats lab in West Ryde each day.
Most are rushed there in cool boxes from Sydneys 25 wastewater treatment facilities; others are express couriered in special ice packages from the 40 sewage treatment centres across regional New South Wales.
While their contents range from a light straw colour to a darker brown, all the transparent, airtight bottles arrive chilled to below 10 degrees.
Over the week, Payyappat examines about 80 bottles,…
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