The OSU Wastewater Surveillance Program spans three BSL-2 labs on the Oregon State University Campus and includes voluntary sample collection from over 40 cities and tribal nations across Oregon. 

 

Results of the analyses, normalized by flow rate into the wastewater utility and the collection boundary population, are reported back to local communities and published on the dashboards below.

Gleeson Hall Lab:

Undergraduate students prepare collection sample kits and filter wastewater influent

 

Johnson Hall Lab:

Biomolecular/bioinformatic staff and students execute molecular assays and analysis

 

 

Wastewater Surveillance Laboratory Workflow

Laboratory Flowchart showing steps in wastewater surveillance program

Center for Quantitative Life Sciences (CQLS) Lab:

Staff operate extraction equipment and sequence and analyze variants 

 

Oregon Health Authority and Oregon State University's foundational work with COVID-19 has established wastewater surveillance in Oregon as a new public health metric. Influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) data are also now published on the new OHA dashboard. New pathogenic targets are on the horizon.