They’re testing your what? Wastewater plays growing role in search for COVID-19 countywide

Picture of the Watsonville Wastewater Treatment Plant.

The Watsonville Wastewater Treatment Plant serves about 55,000 residents in the city and surrounding areas. (Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz)

Nick Ibara, Mallory Pickett | Lookout Santa Cruz | January 17, 2021
Once or twice each week, biomolecular engineer David Bernick meets the head of Watsonville’s water quality lab in a grocery store parking lot. He takes a sample handoff, puts it on ice and brings it back to his own UC Santa Cruz lab for testing.

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