The coronavirus sparked a lot of water-related questions and
issues when the pandemic moved into California in 2020.
Below are the latest articles on the topic as they appeared in
our Aquafornia news aggregate.
Coronavirus levels in California’s wastewater now exceed last
summer’s peak, an indication of the rapid spread of the
super-contagious new FLiRT strains. California has “very high”
coronavirus levels in its wastewater — one of 21 states in that
category, up from seven the prior week, according to estimates
published Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. That means about 155 million people — nearly half
of America’s population — live in areas with “very high”
coronavirus levels in sewage. Besides California, the other
states with “very high” levels are Alaska, Colorado,
Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana, Maryland,
Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina,
Oregon, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia and
Wyoming. Washington, D.C., is also in that category.
