Twelve distinct laboratory methods used to measure SARS-CoV-2 in wastewaters throughout a three-year Ontario-wide, Canada study: Impact on public health interpretation of disease incidence

Nada Hegazy; K. Ken Peng; Johanna de Haan-Ward; Elizabeth Renouf; Elizabeth Mercier; Shen Wan; X. Joan Hu; Charmaine Dean; Mark Servos; Elizabeth Edwards; Gustavo Ybazeta; Marc Habash; Lawrence Goodridge; R. Stephen Brown; Sarah Jane Payne; Andrea Kirkwood; Christopher Kyle; R. Michael McKay; Kimberly Gilbride; Christopher DeGroot; Robert Delatolla

doi:10.1016/j.jwpe.2026.110265

Twelve distinct laboratory methods used to measure SARS-CoV-2 in wastewaters throughout a three-year Ontario-wide, Canada study: Impact on public health interpretation of disease incidence

Nada Hegazy
, K. Ken Peng
, Johanna de Haan-Ward
, Elizabeth Renouf
, Elizabeth Mercier
, Shen Wan
, X. Joan Hu
, Charmaine Dean
, Mark Servos
, Elizabeth Edwards
, Gustavo Ybazeta
, Marc Habash
, Lawrence Goodridge
, R. Stephen Brown
, Sarah Jane Payne
, Andrea Kirkwood
, Christopher Kyle
, R. Michael McKay
, Kimberly Gilbride
, Christopher DeGroot

Robert Delatolla

University of Ottawa
Simon Fraser University
University of Waterloo
University of Toronto
Health Sciences North Research Institute
University of Guelph
Queen’s University
Ontario Tech University
Trent University
University of Windsor
Ryerson Polytechnic University
Western University

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Original language	English
Article number	110265
Journal	Journal of Water Process Engineering
Volume	89
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2026.110265
State	Published - Jul 2026
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Biotechnology
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Waste Management and Disposal
Process Chemistry and Technology

Keywords

Concordance
Interlaboratory
Methods
SARS-CoV-2
Wastewater surveillance

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Hegazy, N., Peng, K. K., de Haan-Ward, J., Renouf, E., Mercier, E., Wan, S., Hu, X. J., Dean, C., Servos, M., Edwards, E., Ybazeta, G., Habash, M., Goodridge, L., Brown, R. S., Payne, S. J., Kirkwood, A., Kyle, C., McKay, R. M., Gilbride, K., ... Delatolla, R. (2026). Twelve distinct laboratory methods used to measure SARS-CoV-2 in wastewaters throughout a three-year Ontario-wide, Canada study: Impact on public health interpretation of disease incidence. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 89, Article 110265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2026.110265

Twelve distinct laboratory methods used to measure SARS-CoV-2 in wastewaters throughout a three-year Ontario-wide, Canada study: Impact on public health interpretation of disease incidence. / Hegazy, Nada; Peng, K. Ken; de Haan-Ward, Johanna et al.
In: Journal of Water Process Engineering, Vol. 89, 110265, 07.2026.

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Hegazy, N, Peng, KK, de Haan-Ward, J, Renouf, E, Mercier, E, Wan, S, Hu, XJ, Dean, C, Servos, M, Edwards, E, Ybazeta, G, Habash, M, Goodridge, L, Brown, RS, Payne, SJ, Kirkwood, A, Kyle, C, McKay, RM, Gilbride, K, DeGroot, C & Delatolla, R 2026, 'Twelve distinct laboratory methods used to measure SARS-CoV-2 in wastewaters throughout a three-year Ontario-wide, Canada study: Impact on public health interpretation of disease incidence', Journal of Water Process Engineering, vol. 89, 110265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2026.110265

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