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A collection of 15 issues

Five Years

It has been five years since my last day of "normal". Friday the 13th, 2020, I took my kids to school. I went to the grocery store, in person, without a mask on my face. I bought some fresh produce and some bulk dry goods. I remember joking

Wastewater Wednesday - 3/12/25

Sorry about missing last week. Everything going on lately...well...it's just a lot. But I'm back at it today, and I promise I also have about five other posts on various topics in various stages of drafting that will be coming up soon! But let&

Wastewater Wednesday (a day late) - 2/27/25

Apologies for being late with this week's wastewater update. Yesterday was full of (good! community-building!) mayhem and so I ran out of time. But let's get to it. Here's your Wastewater Wednesday update on Thursday because the 💩 doesn't lie! COVID Let'

Wastewater Wednesday - 2/19/25

Time for another Wastewater Wednesday because the 💩 doesn't lie! COVID Statewide, we continue to see a decline in the amount of SARS-CoV-2 being detected in the wastewater, but unfortunately, the rate of decline already appears to have slowed. Compare this to the previous, late summer/early fall wave

Wastewater Wednesday - 2/12/25

Wastewater data is some of the best data we have to know what's going around - people may not test, but the 💩 doesn't lie! So without further ado... COVID As the graph above shows, the '24-'25 winter wave is in decline; however, that