This is another tool we can use to help monitor COVID-19 spread in Anne Arundel County. Wastewater surveillance measures the presence of SARS-CoV2 in people with and without symptoms. It can be detected in community wastewater, or sewage.
People infected with COVID-19 can shed the virus in their feces. The Department of Health, in partnership with the County’s Department of Public Works, monitors all seven of the county operated wastewater treatment plants in the county for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). Data will be updated weekly on Wednesdays.
