UW News
Mari Winkler
January 12, 2021
Video: Detecting COVID-19 in wastewater
![Man in hard hat and gloves in small room holding large vial with clear light brown fluid in it.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2021/01/12105446/story-split.00_01_31_09.Still001-150x150.png)
When someone has the coronavirus, some of it is shed in their fecal matter. So what we flush has become useful to UW researchers developing a new testing method for COVID-19 in sewage. They’re looking at wastewater that flows from people’s homes, sampling it at manholes and neighborhood pump stations before it goes to sewage treatment plants.