FAIRBORN — Wright State University is testing waste water in hopes of preventing a COVID-19 outbreak on campus.
Experts say sampling waste water can detect traces of COVID-19 up to a week before people start showing symptoms.
The waste water sample can also detect infections in people who do not show any symptoms.
Wright State received $120,000 in grant funding from the Ohio Department of Health to support the effort.
Fourteen other schools around the state plan to test waste water as well.
The funding is used to cover the cost of waste water sampling equipment and testing.