Following the international activities of our company, in contact with the KWR Institute from the Netherlands in May 2020, we received an invitation to include the city of Zagreb in the project "Feasibility Assessment for an EU-wide wastewater monitoring system for SARS-COV-2 surveillance" launched by the Joint Research Center “JRC” - EU Commission.

One of the most important goals of the first phase of the project is the establishment of a pan-European IT system for early warning of the presence of SARS CoV-2 virus in urban sewage systems, indirectly in the urban population. City of Zagreb will participate in the project through “Teaching Institute for Public Health "Dr. Andrija Štampar" and ZOV d.o.o.

The project will be useful for Zagreb through the use of an early warning system that will be able to detect the presence of SARS CoV-2 virus in the urban population much earlier and cheaper than the currently established procedures for testing individuals with symptoms - important for ev. recurrence of a new wave of infection and enable the exchange of experiences and knowledge with European capitals.