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SEWAGE

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 1, 2022
To fight monkeypox and other viruses, look harder in the sewers
Health authorities rely on a patchwork system for testing wastewater, often missing important information about virus outbreaks such as monkeypox.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 30, 2022
Beer made from recycled sewage quenches thirst in Singapore
'If you don't tell people it's made from waste water, they probably won't know,” said one drinker.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 2, 2020
Up against fierce new coronavirus waves, nations turn to sewage and drones
Wearing face shields, masks, two layers of gloves and navy cotton overalls, two scientists carefully lift off a metal manhole cover to reveal the cumulative waste of some 400 migrant workers.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 15, 2020
How sewer science could ease testing pressure and track COVID-19
The science of sewage surveillance could be deployed in countries across the world to help monitor the spread of national epidemics of COVID-19 while reducing the need for mass testing, scientists say.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 13, 2020
Tokyo begins sewage study for signs of COVID-19 spread
Similar research analyzing sewage for the virus has already started in the United States and France.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 22, 2018
City in Saitama Prefecture to tap into new revenue source with manhole cover ads
As the costs of operating its municipal sewer system rise, a city in Saitama Prefecture is hoping to cash in on the growing popularity of manhole cover designs with a plan to use the creative lids as an advertising medium.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2014
City of Urayasu still recovering from 3/11 liquefaction damage
Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, is still recovering from widespread liquefaction damage incurred in the Great East Japan Earthquake, with many roads and sewage system continuing to undergo repair more than three years later.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
May 5, 2014
Money that must go down the pan
In almost all of Japan's major cities, close to 100 percent of the population are connected to public sewerage systems, but the farther away from cities you get the more the number drops. Tokushima Prefecture is the lowest, at 16.3 percent.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 10, 2014
Sewer workers overcome by gas in manhole
Two sewer maintenance workers fell unconscious and two others suffered minor injuries Friday at a work site in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, in what police and firefighters suspect was a case of gas poisoning.

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