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On March 23, the Catalan Water Research Institute (ICRA) gave a talk to the students of the Miquel Martí i Pol Institute , in Cornellà de Llobregat, about the SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance Network , the program promoted by the Public Health Agency of Catalonia and the Catalan Water Agency (ACA), which makes it possible to detect and control the presence of the virus in Catalonia’s waste water.
A total of 24 people, including students and teachers from the CFGS Chemistry and Environmental Health and the CFGS Environmental Health, were able to learn first-hand the mechanisms and control tasks carried out in the 56 sewage treatment plants (WWTP) of the territory that make up part of the project.
Researchers Neus Collado and Laura Guerrero explained the work carried out by the ICRA, how the evolution of the virus is monitored and how useful information is provided to the authorities to determine the necessary prevention and control actions to properly manage the pandemic.
The current circumstances did not allow the talk to be held in person. Even so, in the final part of the talk, a lively round of questions and answers was included, in which the students could raise their doubts and curiosities.
