Intelligent water sensing for early warning of COVID-19 outbreaks

用于 COVID-19 爆发早期预警的智能水传感

• 批准号: 554742-2020
• 负责人: Goodwin, Brett
• 金额: $ 5.46万
• 依托单位: Sir Sandford Fleming College of Applied Arts and Technology
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Applied Research Rapid Response to COVID-19
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=696122
• 关键词: Intelligent; water; sensing; early; warning

Monitoring wastewater can be an important tool in Canada's fight against a second wave of COVID-19. Testing sewage for the presence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, before it is treated at a wastewater treatment plant would provide information about the presence and concentration of the disease in a community, even if community members are asymptomatic. For this project, Fleming College's Centre for Advancement of Water and Wastewater Technologies proposes to collaborate with QuantWave Technologies Inc. QuantWave has developed a novel, portable microwave-microfluidic sensing system that rapidly detects pathogenic organisms in liquid matrices without the need for lengthy incubation times. The purpose of the proposed project is to assess the rapid detection system for use in detecting coronaviruses, a usage that has yet to be explored, but for which it shows promise. This project will investigate the ability of the technology to perform liquid fingerprinting analysis and identify the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in wastewater. The ultimate goal is having the technology implemented at wastewater treatment plants across the country to provide real-time ongoing wastewater monitoring. This type of monitoring can be used as a non-invasive early warning tool to alert communities to new COVID-19 infections, as well as provide information about the extent of outbreaks as they occur or as they dissipate. Installing intelligent sensors to monitor virus levels and track virus traces in wastewater will enable public health authorities to respond more quickly during the early stages of the pandemic or signal in the later stages when to proceed with relaxing restrictions.

监测废水可以成为加拿大抗击第二波 COVID-19 的重要工具。测试 在废水处理之前，检测污水中是否存在 SARS-CoV-2（导致 COVID-19 的病毒） 处理厂将提供有关社区中疾病的存在和浓度的信息， 即使社区成员没有症状。对于这个项目，弗莱明学院的促进中心 Water and Wastewater Technologies 提议与 QuantWave Technologies Inc. 合作 QuantWave 开发了一种新型便携式微波微流体传感系统，可快速检测致病菌 液体基质中的生物体，无需长时间的孵育。拟议的目的 该项目的目的是评估用于检测冠状病毒的快速检测系统，但这种用途尚未得到证实。 探索过，但它显示出了希望。该项目将调查该技术执行的能力 液体指纹分析并鉴定废水中是否存在 SARS-CoV-2 冠状病毒。这 最终目标是在全国各地的污水处理厂实施该技术 提供实时、持续的废水监测。这种类型的监测可用作非侵入性早期监测 警告工具，提醒社区注意新的 COVID-19 感染，并提供有关 爆发发生或消散时的程度。安装智能传感器来监测病毒水平并 追踪废水中的病毒痕迹将使公共卫生当局能够在早期阶段更快地做出反应 大流行的各个阶段或在后期发出何时继续放宽限制的信号。