Leveraging an established neighbourhood-level, open access wastewater monitoring network to address public health priorities: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the US opioid epidemic triggered a collaborative municipal and academic effort in Tempe, Arizona, which resulted in the world's first open access dashboard featuring neighbourhood-level trends informed by wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE). This study aimed to showcase how wastewater monitoring, once established and accepted by a community, could readily be adapted to respond to newly emerging public health priorities.

Methods

In this population-based study in Greater Tempe, Arizona, an existing opioid monitoring WBE network was modified to track SARS-CoV-2 transmission through the analysis of 11 contiguous wastewater catchments. Flow-weighted and time-weighted 24 h composite samples of untreated wastewater were collected at each sam

SUBMITTER: Bowes DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9725778 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature