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 The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded $400,000 to Virginia Tech for a wastewater pilot project, which will advance work in detecting pathogens in wastewater in rural communities. To that end, Virginia Tech will work with treatment plants in two communities in Lee County and two communities in Wise County, Virginia. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement:

“ARC’s grant of $400,000 will help Virginia Tech expand their work to detect pathogens in wastewater from rural communities. This work is aimed at improving our country’s public health through better community health monitoring and outbreak forecasting.”  

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