It's both hilarious and concerning that whoever wrote this article—for an actual news outlet—does not understand that the #MWRA does not provide water for the entire state of #massachusetts.
https://whdh.com/news/mass-to-temporarily-shut-down-system-that-adds-fluoride-to-tap-water/
#journalism #fluoride

Here's your periodic reminder that the #COVID #wastewater numbers published for Eastern #Massachusetts by #Biobot based on #MWRA #DeerIsland samples are lowered by rain, because rainwater mixes in with the sewage and dilutes the samples.
If it rains through Friday then the numbers will be lowered at least through Sunday while they catch up processing the increased wastewater flow caused by the rain.
TLDR the surge is even worse than what you see on https://www.mwra.com/biobot/biobotdata.htm for the next week.

@thomzane

There already is a small spike in covid-19 now. So the next 7 fays will be critical in seeing if the spike stays at the current order of magnitude, or if there is a replication of last year's horrendous wave. This #wastewater testing from the #MWRA is an amazing tool. Glad to see it is also being done in many places across the nation.

HOW TO CONTROL #SEWAGE OVERFLOWS: Somerville, Cambridge, #MWRA jointly update communities on long-term environmental planning to protect waterways from #wastewater https://binjonline.com/2022/12/21/how-to-control-sewage-overflows/ #news #water #environment #SomervilleMA #CambridgeMA #Massachusetts

HOW TO CONTROL #SEWAGE OVERFLOWS: Somerville, Cambridge, #MWRA jointly update communities on long-term environmental planning to protect waterways from #wastewater https://binjonline.com/2022/12/21/how-to-control-sewage-overflows/ #news #water #environment #SomervilleMA #CambridgeMA #Massachusetts