Arizona Students are Investigating Sewage System to Solve the Problem of Opiods in Wastewater

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Arizona Students are Investigating Sewage System to Solve the Problem of Opiods in Wastewater

Researchers at A.S.U. turned to sewage water to find out how much opioids make it to Tempe's sewage system.

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ASU PhD candidate Varun P. Kelkar retrieves a sample at the wastewater sampling point near a Packard parking structure on the Tempe campus Tuesday. Photo by Adam Gushgari/ASU

Last May, it was revealed that the Tempe City Council will provide $35,000 from the Tempe Innovation Fund to embark on an anonymized monitoring system with Arizona State University scientists that will reveal the presence of opioids, cocaine, alcohol, marijuana and other health-threatening substances in the city’s wastewater.

According to Tempe officials, the immediate goal of this new partnership is to achieve an end to opioid-related deaths and overdoses. The university will provide matching funds of $35,000.

ASU Biodesign Institute environmental engineer Rolf Halden and his lab will analyze sewage samples from the city, providing nearly real-time results that can help Tempe better serve its populace.

The video bellow tells us more about day-to-day activities that are taking place in the A.SU. research lab. 

Read more on this research on Arizona State University News
Video Source: AZ Family on YouTube

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