Free COVID-19 autosampler for small utilities

Wastewater Tracing of COVID-19
During the current COVID-19 pandemic, wastewater-based disease surveillance has emerged as a tool
for understanding COVID-19 infection trends in communities independent of healthcare-seeking
behavior and clinical testing resources. The Water Environment Federation is inviting
applications from small utilities interested in participating in such surveillance to receive an
automatic wastewater sampler. Included with the sampler will also be training and troubleshooting
related to the use of that sampler, all free of charge, as part of our activities under our
Cooperative Agreement with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Small
utilities, for the purposes of this invitation, are defined as those serving communities with
10,000 or fewer people and those that operate a water resource reclamation facility with an
average daily wastewater flow of less than 1 million gallons per day (MGD)¹.

Question Submittal Information
WEF will hold three public webinars over Zoom to answer questions from utilities. Please sign up
for one or more of these webinars by registering at the links below:

• Thursday January 6, 2022 at 3:00 pm Eastern:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/214882257617
• Tuesday January 18, 2022 at 11:30 Eastern: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/214883792207

During each webinar, WEF will provide a brief overview of the program and then answer questions
asked by the webinar attendees in real time.

Application Submittal Information
Applications should be submitted at https://wef.secure-platform.com/a/solicitations/157/home no
later than 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on Monday, January 31, 2022. At this online portal,
utilities will enter the requested information detailed in the “Utility Application Requirements”
section and will be able to upload the optional health entity support letter in pdf format.
Proposals submitted by email will not be accepted.