Environmental and Natural Resources

Wastewater Flows Can Predict COVID-19 Spread

by Patrick Paul As we reported previously, researchers at Arizona State University in Tempe have been evaluating the possible link between wastewater and the spread of the coronavirus in local communities.  Similar research is also being conducted in Northern Arizona and throughout the world. More particularly Crystal Hepp, an assistant professor at the Northern Arizona […]

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Sewage Surveillance to Assess Possible COVID-19 Spread in Tempe Wastewater

by Patrick J. Paul Researchers from Arizona State University are evaluating Tempe wastewater for traces of COVID-19, which could serve as an early warning system of the virus’s spread in communities.  Although believed to be among the first cities in America to study the possible connection between community spread of the coronavirus through wastewater systems, the […]

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Fifth District Invalidates Fresno Senior Housing Project EIR For Inadequate Analysis Of Thresholds Of Significance

by Rick McNeil and Colin Higgins Respondent the County of Fresno authorized the development of an approximately 1,000 acre master planned retirement community in an area zoned agricultural in north-central Fresno County. The project was challenged as being inconsistent with the general plan and the project’s EIR was challenged as providing insufficient detail regarding the […]

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