DETROIT A revamped research project in Detroit will seek to find out if the sewer system can help predict coming virus outbreaks. This may be another mechanism for public health agencies, including the Detroit Health Department (DHD), to predict virus outbreaks. In fact, the researchers took the data from the sewage samples and looked at county health data for the same timeframe. The treatment process uses chlorine to kill viruses in sewage at the Water Resource Recovery Facility in southwest Detroit operated by GLWA. Track the latest COVID-19 data in Michigan.

Oakland, Macomb counties spar over apparent flushable toilet wipes coming from sewer systemPublished: March 10, 2020, 6:28 pmOfficials from Oakland and Macomb counties are feuding over what appear to be flushable toilet wipes coming from the sewer system.