LSU has advised several of its Greek chapters that their members must be tested for COVID-19 after university officials detected the virus in samples of wastewater from Greek houses on campus.
The wastewater COVID testing program has been in place at LSU since Fall 2020 and has been used in various areas around campus including residence halls, the UREC, and Greek houses.
Tests are run a few times a week at various pumping stations on campus, and when an area shows high traces of the virus that exceed the researchers identified threshold, all students in that area are contacted and required to go get a COVID test.
LSU did not identify the Greek chapters where COVID-19 was detected in the wastewater.
