Using geographic information systems to link population estimates to wastewater surveillance data in New York State, USA.

ABSTRACT: Sewer systems provide many services to communities that have access to them beyond removal of waste and wastewater. Understanding of these systems' geographic coverage is essential for wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE), which requires accurate estimates for the population contributing wastewater. Reliable estimates for the boundaries of a sewer service area or sewershed can be used to link upstream populations to wastewater samples taken at treatment plants or other locations within a sewer system. These geographic data are usually managed by public utilities, municipal offices, and some government agencies, however, there are no centralized databases for geographic information on sewer systems in New York State. We created a database for all municipal sewersheds in New York State for th

SUBMITTER: Hill DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10021809 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature