Wastewater Surveillance Communications Library
Second Edition
This communications library serves as a central resource for sharing wastewater surveillance materials, data, and guidance with public health professionals, lab staff, utility workers, and the public. Featuring over 350 curated resources, this second edition includes the following media types: Audiovisual Media, Data & Dashboards, Education & Trainings Fact Sheets, Infographics, Press Releases, Reports, Toolkits, Use Cases, and Websites.
Whether you are analyzing trends, managing lab samples, maintaining wastewater systems, educating the public, or simply interested in wastewater surveillance, this library will help you quickly find what’s most relevant.
The communications library is designed to help you filter through resources by organization, media type, audience, year published, and more. Each entry includes a brief description of the resource and a link to the original source.
Together, these resources are intended to make wastewater surveillance communication more accessible, actionable, and adaptable.
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| Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: Public Health on Call | audiovisual (podcast) | everyone | 2022 | How COVID-19 Became a “Watershed” Moment for Wastewater Surveillance | https://podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/website/461-how-covid-19-became-a-watershed-moment-for-wastewater-surveillance-0 | This podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health discusses the use of wastewater surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting its broad public health applications as well as its value in early disease detection and variant tracking. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology | audiovisual (podcast) | wastewater utility staff | 2025 | Sewer Signals Podcast | https://nwbe.org/?page_id=465 | The "Sewer Signals" podcast, hosted by the Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology, features interviews with water professionals about their experiences with wastewater surveillance. Each episode delves into topics such as establishing wastewater monitoring programs, using the data, and reflecting on program operations. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| American College Health Association | audiovisual (video) | public health professionals | 2020 | Wastewater Surveillance | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SgnidatJHE | As a part of the American College Health Association's COVID-19 Task Force "Ask the Expert" Webinar Series, this video shares insights from CDC and academic researchers about the potential role of wastewater surveillance to detect COVID-19 on college and university campuses. The video includes a 30-minute presentation and a 30-minute Q&A session. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Association of State and Territorial Health Officials | audiovisual (video) | everyone | 2025 | Ethics of Wastewater Surveillance in Public Health | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqusNbNecf4 | This video by the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) discusses the ethics of wastewater surveillance in public health. It summarizes information from meetings with experts engaged in wastewater surveillance to explore these issues and inform the development of ASTHO's framework for addressing ethical considerations in infectious disease public health wastewater surveillance. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | audiovisual (video) | everyone | 2022 | Combating Antimicrobial Resistance and COVID-19: Wastewater Surveillance | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJhLlkX6j-s | This video from the CDC highlights how researchers monitoring antimicrobial resistance in wastewater pivoted to track SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic, showcasing the adaptability of wastewater surveillance in addressing emerging public health threats. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | audiovisual (video) | everyone | 2022 | How Wastewater Surveillance Works | https://youtu.be/c5algSZxLVM?si=EiGC6gUa0KuSSVqn | This video highlights how wastewater surveillance is used to detect COVID-19 and guide timely public health responses. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | audiovisual (video) | everyone | 2022 | The Value of Wastewater Surveillance | https://youtu.be/csxRY3x6_MY?si=IfQH16Ne4JvGWDCI | This video discusses how wastewater surveillance can detect and track the spread of infectious diseases within communities, serving as an early warning system for public health interventions. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | audiovisual (video) | everyone | 2024 | How CDC targets pathogen genomes in wastewater to track disease trends | https://youtu.be/Y-JLwynhF8E?si=ROObf8Rtp3eFRiq0 | This video from the CDC demonstrates how pathogen genomes in wastewater are analyzed to monitor disease spread and inform early public health interventions. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | audiovisual (video) | everyone | 2026 | How Wastewater (Sewage) Monitoring Works | Early Detection for Infectious Diseases in Your Community | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4PN7rXHEWY | This video by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains how wastewater monitoring works, and how CDC's Wastewater Program uses wastewater to detect and track viruses. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Chicago Department of Public Health | audiovisual (video) | everyone | 2024 | Wastewater Surveillance Overview | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMhOWR2FHi8 | This video explains how the Chicago Department of Public Health conducts wastewater surveillance, detailing its role in early detection of infectious disease outbreaks. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment | audiovisual (video) | everyone | 2020 | Wastewater and COVID Educational Video | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ab-7lpA7MfNVcriqX1E48M5fwvL6n1UC/view?usp=sharing | This video from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment provides an educational overview of how wastewater surveillance works and how it supports public health decision-making. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Colorado National Wastewater Surveillance System Center of Excellence | audiovisual (video) | public health professionals | NA | Educational resources | https://www.du.edu/nwsscoe/content/nwsscoe-educational-resources#resources-by-topic | The Colorado National Wastewater Surveillance System Center of Excellence provides training materials on right sizing a wastewater surveillance program and on-demand learning videos covering topics such as ethical considerations for wastewater surveillance systems, data analysis and sharing, and more. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment | audiovisual (video) | everyone | 2020 | Sewage surveillance: How it works | https://www.rivm.nl/en/covid-19/sewage/video-coronavirus-monitoring | This video from the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment explains how sewage surveillance is utilized to monitor the spread of pathogens in the Netherlands. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Environmental Protection Agency | audiovisual (video) | public health professionals | 2020 | SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewater Monitoring | https://youtu.be/IHIY74ZVu-U?si=9ykwm0MiNC9sSKUX | This webinar from the Environmental Protection Agency details wastewater surveillance operations with key topics including, "Characterizing and Sampling a Sewer District", "Analytical Method Development and Application", "Relating the Sewer Signal to Community Case Rates", and "Translating the Information into Public Health Decisions". | 1st Edition (2025) |
| European Union Drugs Agency | audiovisual (video) | everyone | 2016 | Wastewater-based drug epidemiology explained | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbdiuEL2r4k | This video by the European Union Drugs Agency explains how wastewater analysis can be used to provide objective and real-time data on geographical and temporal trends in illicit drug use at a population level, and how this process works. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| European Union Drugs Agency | audiovisual (video) | public health professionals | 2019 | How to set up a wastewater analysis programme | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5vS4oQciwY | This video by the European Union Drugs Agency provides four key steps to set up a wastewater analysis program for those interested: planning, sample collection, analysis, and interpretation. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Global Wastewater Initiative | audiovisual (video) | everyone | 2025 | WWS4Africa Interview - Sylvia Omulo | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8hlr2oT2Uk | This video, posted by the Global Wastewater Initiative, features Dr. Sylvia Omulo, Assistant Professor and Antimicrobial Resistance Project Director at Washington State University. Dr. Omulo discusses the concept of One Health and challenges and results from wastewater surveillance research conducted in Kenya. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Houston Health Department | audiovisual (video) | public health professionals | 2022 | HHD & HISD Wastewater Testing Program | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-x5KOL7j9o | This video from the Houston Health Department explains the wastewater surveillance process and shares information about the Houston Independent School District Wastewater Testing Program. It also discusses the department's response to school COVID-19 outbreaks. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology | audiovisual (video) | everyone | 2024 | MicrObs: All you need to know! | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5_nO0-GNxk | Created by the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, this video shares information on Luxembourg's wastewater surveillance process, and how the data is presented on its dashboard. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Mayo Clinic | audiovisual (video) | everyone | 2022 | Testing wastewater for COVID-19: The clearest path to understanding community infection | https://youtu.be/as3n8zj-AM4?si=fylqObvuyb8JaPnU | This video from Mayo Clinic explains how wastewater surveillance serves as an effective early warning system for detecting SARS-CoV-2 in communities, capturing data from both symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals to inform public health responses. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology | audiovisual (video) | everyone | 2025 | Sewer Stories | https://nwbe.org/?page_id=2006 | This four-part video series by the Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology features four wastewater professionals who discuss their challenges and successes in conducting wastewater surveillance. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology | audiovisual (video) | everyone | NA | More Utility Stories | https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmdHPUHnMj83qMWVqILjdarCwgNQdcIoP&si=UMQB59L9Ey3scnNy | This YouTube playlist by the Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology features 5 videos detailing wastewater surveillance operations across the United States. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology | audiovisual (video) | everyone | NA | Other Uses for Wastewater Surveillance | https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmdHPUHnMj80Bg7CTFLsSIPcknqSpifKX&si=VORHh1aDveS7Xvru | This YouTube playlist by the Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology features 10 videos that highlight wastewater surveillance operations for pathogens beyond SARS-CoV-2. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology | audiovisual (video) | everyone | NA | Wastewater Surveillance Basics | https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmdHPUHnMj81pW87TZHLECpWfvbyEkGF0&si=Q1Q-HhVzgfakiowa | This YouTube playlist by the Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology features 30 videos which provide an overview of how wastewater surveillance for COVID-19 works. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology | audiovisual (video) | everyone | NA | Wastewater Surveillance in the News | https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmdHPUHnMj81DegFf2fpBekXADg0z4IDa&si=iTKAVljak88FrZt- | This YouTube playlist by the Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology features a collection of news segments highlighting the implementation and impact of wastewater surveillance in public health. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology | audiovisual (video) | public health professionals | 2024 | 2024 Wastewater Disease Surveillance Summit | https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmdHPUHnMj83MDSuvRxQJCymhr5_cd_J3&si=nuEv5zzBzdZFQXOd | This YouTube playlist by the Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology features recordings of sessions from the 2024 Wastewater Disease Surveillance Summit. These recordings provide lessons learned from establishing wastewater surveillance programs and considerations for future operations. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology | audiovisual (video) | public health professionals | 2024 | Wastewater 101 | https://nwbe.org/?page_id=2260 | This six-part video series from the Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology educates health departments and laboratory professionals on essential wastewater concepts and infrastructure. Each module is paired with downloadable slides and key discussion questions to support informed collaboration with utility partners. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology | audiovisual (video) | public health professionals | NA | Wastewater Informing Public Health Action | https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmdHPUHnMj83KS_I7-st7lUb_tvzQTh4p&si=96TGcBmGZTcdD4g5 | This YouTube playlist by the Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology features four videos about how wastewater surveillance has influenced public health actions. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology | audiovisual (video) | public health professionals | 2025 | 2025 Wastewater Disease Summit | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmdHPUHnMj80qSPHwIP7nXFnMjNalf5b- | This YouTube playlist by the Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology features recordings of sessions from the 2025 Wastewater Disease Surveillance Summit. These recordings provide lessons learned from implementing wastewater surveillance programs and considerations for research, ethics, communications, lab data, and more. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology | audiovisual (video) | public health professionals | 2023 | 2023 Wastewater Disease Surveillance Summit | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmdHPUHnMj820WL4WxaLwsoSZfx9-t9G7 | This YouTube playlist by the Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology features recordings of sessions from the 2023 Wastewater Disease Surveillance Summit. These recordings provide lessons learned from implementing wastewater surveillance programs, case studies, and considerations for hurdles and solutions, ethical considerations, and hot topics. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network, New York State Department of Health | audiovisual (video) | everyone | 2026 | How Wastewater Surveillance Protects Your Privacy | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhK84OXhqoE | This video created by the New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network and the New York State Department of Health explains how wastewater surveillance protects people’s privacy at every step of the process by supporting public health at the community-level without identifying people or households. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network, New York State Department of Health | audiovisual (video) | everyone | 2026 | How Wastewater Surveillance Protects Your Community | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3z89ApT7ZY | This video created by the New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network and the New York State Department of Health highlights how wastewater surveillance is used to track infectious diseases, identify trends early, and support faster, more equitable public health responses. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| NYS Wastewater Surveillance Network, New York State Department of Health | audiovisual (video) | everyone | 2022 | Wastewater Surveillance Helps Track Public Health Threats in Your Community | https://youtu.be/z1nJSkFqLfI?si=qRFjXA8e-r53KqWy | This video by the New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network gives a summary of how wastewater surveillance is being conducted in New York State. It assures viewers that the process is anonymous and shows that wastewater can be used to test for pathogens beyond SARS-CoV-2. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Puerto Rico Department of Health | audiovisual (video) | everyone | 2026 | Explicativo del Sistema de Vigilancia de Aguas Residuales | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwuCQKDuQaQ | This video created by the Puerto Rico Department of Health demonstrates how the wastewater surveillance process works, and its associated public health and privacy benefits. The video audio is in Spanish. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| SciLine (American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)) | audiovisual (video) | everyone | 2021 | Dr. Amy Kirby: Sewage surveillance for COVID | https://www.sciline.org/covid-19/wastewater-surveillance/ | In an interview from SciLine, Dr. Amy Kirby, an environmental microbiologist at the CDC, discusses the advantages of wastewater surveillance as an early warning system for COVID-19 and how municipalities are using the data to predict future outbreaks. Dr. Amy Kirby also mentions how wastewater surveillance can be expanded to monitor additional pathogens. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Stanford University School of Engineering | audiovisual (video) | public health professionals | 2022 | Wastewater Monitoring for Public Health | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LzG8Vpjzj8 | In this video by the Stanford University School of Engineering, subject-matter experts share how wastewater-based epidemiology can inform public health and local government response to viral diseases. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| The County of San Diego | audiovisual (video) | everyone | 2021 | County/UC San Diego Partnership Pilots Safe School Reopening Strategies | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxvoLHE3y4A | This video, by the County of San Diego, explains a pilot program created in partnership with the University of California San Diego to detect SARS-CoV-2 at schools and childcare centers. This program, called the Safer at School Early Alert system, conducts wastewater and surface monitoring to detect outbreaks early and inform COVID-19 testing initiatives. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) | audiovisual (video) | public health professionals | 2023 | Wastewater Surveillance for Public Health and Environmental Management | https://vimeo.com/854651705/b6b2b1fc62?share=copy | This video from the World Water Week conference features United Nations Environment Programme professionals aiming to raise awareness about the benefits of establishing a global wastewater surveillance system and strengthen cooperation among stakeholders. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| University of Arizona | audiovisual (video) | everyone | 2022 | Poop Doesn't Lie: How Wastewater Testing Became a Global Public Health Tool | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leriepCmbmA | In this video by the University of Arizona, Dr. Ian Pepper highlights the role of wastewater surveillance in monitoring pathogens like SARS-CoV-2. During the COVID-19 pandemic, his team used wastewater surveillance to detect cases in Yuma, Arizona, helping prevent outbreaks. Dr. Ian Pepper emphasizes the importance of collaborating with local communities and believes that wastewater monitoring will remain a key public health tool for detecting infectious diseases in the future. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Verily | audiovisual (video) | everyone | 2024 | A Watershed Moment | https://youtu.be/gUFkKoXQmHA?si=HlC5xoyjupndYECT | This video from Verily discusses how wastewater surveillance detects pathogens, providing near real-time insights into disease transmission before individuals show symptoms. Las Vegas is used as an example to highlight the benefits of wastewater surveillance in areas where tourism and population density is high. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Water Environment Federation | audiovisual (video) | everyone | 2020 | Wastewater Epidemiology Webcast (Public Service Announcement) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR4254NHoSU | This 2020 video by the Water Environment Federation is a public service announcement about wastewater-based epidemiology. In the video, representatives from the CDC and Biobot discuss how SARS-CoV-2 RNA can be detected in wastewater and the utility of wastewater surveillance for public health. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Santa Clara County Public Health Department | audiovisual (video, graphics) | everyone | NA | Poop don’t lie | https://publichealth.santaclaracounty.gov/about-us/poop-dont-lie | This webpage from the Santa Clara County Public Health Department provides information on how wastewater surveillance works. There's a video explaining the surveillance in the county, as well as numerous graphics that map out the wastewater surveillance process. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection (Austria) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Wastewater Monitoring | https://abwasser.ages.at/en/ | The Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection has a dashboard displaying wastewater surveillance data on SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and RSV at the sewershed level. There are graphs for each pathogen depicting temporal progression of viral load in wastewater as well as national 4-week trends in viral load in wastewater. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Boston Public Health Commission (Massachusetts) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Boston Wastewater Monitoring | https://www.boston.gov/government/cabinets/boston-public-health-commission/boston-wastewater-monitoring | The Boston Public Health Commission Wastewater Monitoring program has a dashboard that provides data on SARS-CoV-2, flu, RSV, and measles. Citywide wastewater concentration data is available for all pathogens. Wastewater concentration data and recent trends for SARS-CoV-2 are also available at the neighborhood level. Additionally, there is data on recent trends and the number of positive samples by neighborhood for flu and RSV. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Boston Public Health Commission (Massachusetts) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | COVID-19 Dashboard | https://www.boston.gov/government/cabinets/boston-public-health-commission/covid-19-dashboard#wastewater | The Boston Public Health Commission's COVID-19 Dashboard has wastewater, case, testing, and hospitalization data. All data is available at the citywide level, and case and testing data are also available at the neighborhood level. Wastewater concentration data over time is available at both a citywide and neighborhood level, while sequencing data is citywide only. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (Canada) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Respiratory SurveillanceWastewater Surveillance | https://bccdc.shinyapps.io/respiratory_wastewater/ | This dashboard by the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control provides weekly updates on the magnitude and trends of respiratory viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, influenza B, and RSV. It shares trends compared to the most recently completed respiratory season, viral load summaries, SARS-CoV-2 lineage abundance, and supplementary information. Data is available at the city, health authority, and wastewater treatment plant level. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| California Department of Public Health (California) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | CPDH California Surveillance of Wastewaters (Cal-SuWers) Network | https://skylab.cdph.ca.gov/calwws/ | The California Wastewater Surveillance Dashboard provides SARS-CoV-2, Influenza A, Influenza B, and RSV wastewater concentration data, and is maintained by the California Department of Public Health. Data on the dashboard can be viewed at a statewide, regional, or sewershed level, and there is a summary table of recent data from each sewershed. There is also an interactive map that displays the most recent concentration levels and trends by region and sewershed. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| California Department of Public Health (California) | data & dashboards | public health professionals | 2025 | California Wastewater Surveillance Dashboard [GitHub] | https://github.com/calsuwers/public_dashboard_v1/blob/main/README.md | This GitHub repository by the California Department of Health contains the source code for the official California Wastewater Surveillance Dashboard. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (United States) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Wastewater Data for Common Respiratory Viruses | https://www.cdc.gov/wastewater/respiratory-viruses/index.html | This webpage by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shares resources on wastewater surveillance data in the United States. Resources include national and state/territory wastewater data for respiratory viruses, as well as wastewater data for COVID-19 variants. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (United States) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Wastewater Data for Emerging Viruses | https://www.cdc.gov/wastewater/emerging-viruses/index.html | This webpage by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) presents links on wastewater data for measles, avian influenza A (H5),and mpox. Users can view wastewater data for each emerging virus by site and week. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (United States) | data & dashboards | public health professionals | 2026 | National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) Data Repository | https://github.com/CDCgov/NWSS | This GitHub repository by the CDC's National Wastewater Surveillance System facilitates code sharing between jurisdictions, CDC, and the public. It contains code on jurisdiction-contributed projects and publicly available datasets for pathogens. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Centre for Health Informatics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary (Canada) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Alberta Wastewater | https://covid-tracker.chi-csm.ca/ | This dashboard by the University of Calgary's Cumming School of Medicine Centre for Health Informatics provides data on SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, influenza B, and RSV in wastewater at locations across Alberta, Canada. Data is reported at the sewershed level, and can be filtered by city and date. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Chicago Department of Public Health (Illinois) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Respiratory illness data | https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/cdph/supp_info/infectious/respiratory-illness/respiratory-illness-data.html | The Chicago Department of Public Health's Respiratory Illness Dashboard provides data about respiratory virus disease activity in Chicago, with a focus on SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and RSV. Lab testing data is available for a number of viruses in addition to the three aforementioned viruses. All data in this dashboard is available at the citywide level, and wastewater surveillance data is also available at the sewershed level. The dashboard has wastewater concentration data for SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, influenza B, and RSV. Furthermore, there are bar charts showing the weekly proportion of sewershed samples in each viral activity level, from "minimal" to "very high." Other sections of the Respiratory Illness Dashboard show the percentage of healthcare visits and deaths in Chicago over time that are attributable to various respiratory illnesses. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| City of Burlington (Vermont) | data & dashboards | everyone | 2025 | Using emerging technology to identify early indications of potential Coronavirus outbreak | https://data.burlingtonvt.gov/pages/wastewater-results | The City of Burlington's COVID-19 Wastewater Monitoring Report is a dashboard that shows SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentrations in wastewater from August 2020 through July 2025, measured in genome copies per liter of sewage. Data is presented at the sewershed level from Burlington's three wastewater treatment plants. As of August 2025, wastewater data from the City of Burlington is now reported by the CDC and no longer updated on this dashboard. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| City of Cedar Rapids (Iowa) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Sampling for COVID-19 in community wastewater | https://www.cedar-rapids.org/residents/utilities/covid-19.php | The City of Cedar Rapids in Iowa has a simple dashboard displaying SARS-CoV-2 wastewater concentration data over time, as detected in samples from the wastewater treatment plant in Cedar Rapids. The dashboard also displays COVID-19 case data from Linn County, the county that Cedar Rapids is located in. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| City of Milwaukee Health Department (Wisconsin) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Wastewater dashboard | https://city.milwaukee.gov/coronavirus/Wastewater-Dashboard | The City of Milwaukee Health Department's Wastewater Dashboard has wastewater concentration data for SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, influenza B, and RSV. Data is available at the sewershed level only. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment (Colorado) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Wastewater surveillance for infectious disease pathogens | https://cdphe.colorado.gov/dcphr/wastewater | The Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment has a wastewater surveillance dashboard with data on SARS-CoV-2, influenza, RSV, mpox, EV-D68 (only seasonally),and measles. Concentration data is available at the sewershed level only, and there is also data on the detection status of influenza A subtypes H1, H3, and H5 over time. Sewershed areas are displayed on a map and color coded based on the most recent pathogen concentration trends. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment (Colorado) | data & dashboards | everyone | 2026 | CDPHE GSP Bioinformatics Unit | https://github.com/CDPHE-bioinformatics | This GitHub repository by the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment shares code used by its Bioinformatics Unit of the Genomics Surveillance Program. It shares pipelines, tools, publications, and documentation used to monitor infectious diseases, providing valuable insights into disease outbreaks, sentinel surveillance, and wastewater surveillance. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| County of San Diego (California) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | County of San DiegoWastewater Surveillance Dashboard | https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/hhsa/programs/phs/phs_laboratory/WastewaterDashboard/ | The County of San Diego presents wastewater surveillance data on SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, influenza B, and RSV using droplet PCR. It also provides data from the WastewaterSCAN dashboard on other pathogens, including Norovirus, Rotavirus, EVD68, H5 influenza, hepatitis A, HMPV, mpox, measles, and West Nile virus in a summary table. There is an interactive map of viral levels that can be filtered by wastewater treatment plant locations. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| County of San Luis Obispo (California) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | COVID-19, influenza, and RSV data | https://www.slocounty.ca.gov/covid-19/data#Wastewater | The County of San Luis Obispo's website has data on SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, and RSV. Wastewater concentration data is available for all pathogens at the sewershed level only. Additionally, test positivity and vaccination data are available at the county level. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| County of Sonoma (California) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Infectious Disease Wastewater Detection | https://gis-community-health.sonomacounty.ca.gov/pages/infectious-disease-wastewater-detection | The County of Sonoma's COVID-19 Data and Statistics dashboard provides information about SARS-CoV-2, Influenza A, Influenza B, and RSV in Sonoma County, California. It features wastewater variant data at the sewershed level only, while wastewater concentration data is available at both the sewershed and county level. Clicking a button at the bottom of the page allows users to view wastewater concentration data for several other pathogens. The rest of the dashboard provides data on variants, vaccinations, hospitalizations, and deaths due to COVID-19. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| County of Sonoma (California) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | High-Risk Drugs Wastewater Detection | https://gis-community-health.sonomacounty.ca.gov/pages/high-risk-drugs-wastewater-detection | This dashboard by the County of Sonoma presents data on the concentration of several high-risk drugs in the Santa Rosa sewershed's wastewater: cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine, amphetamine, nicotine, and xylazine. The dashboard features data from January 2024 to the present, and compares the concentration of each drug in Santa Rosa wastewater with the national and western regional average concentrations. Users may view the dashboard in English or Spanish. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Discovery Partners Institute, Illinois Department of Public Health (Illinois) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Infectious Disease Monitoring for Public Health | https://iwss.uillinois.edu/ | The Illinois Wastewater Surveillance System's dashboard is a collaborative effort between the Discovery Partners Institute and the Illinois Department of Public Health. It provides SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and RSV wastewater concentration data at the sewershed level only. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (the Netherlands) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Current information about coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 | https://www.rivm.nl/en/coronavirus-covid-19/current/weekly-update | This website by the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment provides wastewater surveillance data on SARS-CoV-2, as well as data on detections in virological laboratory surveillance and positive SARS-CoV-2 tests. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Environmental Protection Agency (United States) | data & dashboards | public health professionals | Continuously Updated | EPA’s Sewershed Boundaries Map | https://www.epa.gov/cwns/sewersheds?tab=map | The United States Environmental Protection Agency's Sewershed Boundaries Map displays polygon shapefiles of the sewersheds for certain publicly owned wastewater treatment works (POTWs). The dataset totals nearly 17,000 POTWs covering about 78 percent of the U.S. population, including both EPA-modeled sewersheds and those sourced directly from wastewater utilities and states. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Environmental Protection Agency (United States) | data & dashboards | public health professionals | 2026 | Wastewater Infrastructure: Mapping the Nation's Sewersheds | https://github.com/USEPA/Sewersheds | Created by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, this GitHub repository shares sewershed code and data related to work on modeling sewershed boundaries. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Erie County Department of Health (Pennsylvania) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | COVID-19 wastewater surveillance system | https://ecdh.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/bf002f435cd94e65a4a7543dd7cb4168 | The Erie County Department of Health's COVID-19 Wastewater Surveillance System dashboard provides graphs of SARS-CoV-2 wastewater concentration data and variant data. It also includes a concentration trend tracker and a variant tracker showing the variants identified in the last 30 days. The data displayed is specific to Erie County, Pennsylvania. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| ETH Zurich, Eawag (Switzerland) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Viruses overview | https://wise.ethz.ch/ | This dashboard, managed by ETH Zurich and Eeawag, presents wastewater surveillance data from sampling sites across Switzerland. The overview page of the dashboard displays wastewater concentration data for SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, influenza B, and RSV. It can be viewed in a linear or logarithmic format and with seasons overlayed. Data on the estimated Rt, or effective reproduction number, for these pathogens is also graphed on this page. On different tabs of the dashboard, further selections can be made to filter data by treatment plant or pathogen and SARS-COV-2 variant data is available. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| European Union Wastewater Observatory for Public Health (Europe) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | The European wastewater surveillance dashboard | https://arcgis-maps.jrc.ec.europa.eu/portal/apps/dashboards/f3e30f59cc2d433e9579f6d739d07aab | The European Wastewater Surveillance Dashboard reports wastewater surveillance data for SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, influenza B, and RSV from 13 countries in Europe. These countries include Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Malta, the Netherlands, Scotland, Slovenia, Sweden, and Switzerland. The dashboard is maintained by the European Union Observatory for Public Health, the European Health Preparedness and Response Authority, and the Joint Research Centre. Pathogen concentration data is sourced from country dashboards and reported at both the national and city level. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Federal Office of Public Health (Switzerland, Liechtenstein) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Respiratory viruses | https://www.idd.bag.admin.ch/en/topics/respiratory-pathogens/statistic | This dashboard by Switzerland and Liechtenstein's Federal Office of Public Health shares wastewater data on the absolute viral load, temporal development of viral load, and relative viral load of SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, influenza B, and RSV. Users can filter the wastewater dashboard by pathogens and regions, as well as view data on outpatient consultations for acute respiratory infections or influenza-like illnesses and laboratory-confirmed cases. A data tab is available on the top of the website, where users can download all respiratory virus data published in its information portal in CSV file formatting. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (Finland) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Coronavirus wastewater monitoring weekly report | https://www.thl.fi/episeuranta/jatevesi/wastewater_weekly_report.html | This dashboard by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare shares wastewater data for SARS-CoV-2 at the national and local level. The main tab of the dashboard displays wastewater data from June 2023 onwards, with historical data from August 2020 to May 2023 available in a separate tab of the dashboard. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| French National Public Health Agency (France) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | SUM'eau: COVID-19 monitoring in wastewater | https://odisse.santepubliquefrance.fr/explore/dataset/sum-eau-indicateurs/information/ | This dataset by the French National Public Health Agency displays weekly SARS-CoV-2 wastewater data in a table format. Users must translate the page into their desired language. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Gallatin City-County Health Department (Montana) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Wastewater Data | https://www.healthygallatin.org/community-health/wastewater-data/ | The Gallatin City-County Health Department has a wastewater surveillance dashboard with data from the wastewater treatment plant in Bozeman, Montana. It has wastewater concentration data for SARS-CoV-2, influenza A and B, and RSV. The dashboard also features concentration data for a variety of narcotics, including high-risk substances, illicit opioids, prescription opioids, and substance use treatment and interventions. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| GenSpectrum (Switzerland) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Swiss Wastewater | https://genspectrum.org/swiss-wastewater | The GenSpectrum Swiss Wastewater Dashboard provides comprehensive information on SARS-CoV-2, RSV-A, RSV-B, and influenza in Switzerland. Data is reported in the form of nucleotide mutations or amino acid mutations over time, with the option to filter by sampling date, sampling location, and granularity of day or week. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Government of Alberta (Canada) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Wastewater Surveillance | https://www.alberta.ca/stats/dashboard/respiratory-virus-dashboard.htm?data=wastewater-surveillance#wastewater-surveillance | This respiratory virus dashboard by the Government of Alberta shares the population normalized quantity of SARS-CoV-2 over time, at the sewershed level. It is updated twice weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Other tabs on the website page provide highlight, summary, outbreak, and historical information, details about other pathogens, and more. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Government of Canada (Canada) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | National Wastewater Monitoring of Pathogens (NWMP) | https://health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/ | The Government of Canada's wastewater monitoring dashboard provides data about COVID-19, flu, RSV, and mpox. There is a "National overview" section that shows the current wastewater respiratory viral activity levels in Canada, at the national, province, and sewershed levels. There are also graphs of viral load in wastewater over time for COVID-19, influenza A, influenza B, and RSV at these same four geospatial levels. Other tabs on this dashboard feature SARS-CoV-2 variant data at the national level, estimates of COVID-19 effective reproduction numbers across locations, and recent mpox detections in wastewater by city. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Government of Canada (Canada) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Canadian Drug and Substance Watch | https://health-infobase.canada.ca/canadian-drug-and-substance-watch/ | The Canadian Drug and Substance Watch dashboard by the Government of Canada combines data from multiple sources, including wastewater monitoring, to monitor drug use in Canada. The dashboard provides a general summary, spotlight on new and emerging opioids of public health concern, and interactive visualizations of new and emerging psychoactive substances. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Government of Northwest Territories Health and Social Services (Canada) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Wastewater Monitoring | https://www.hss.gov.nt.ca/en/services/wastewater-monitoring | The Wastewater Monitoring dashboard by the Government of Northwest Territories Health and Social Services has data on SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, influenza B, and RSV at the sewershed level. Data is reported for three communities: Yellowknife, Fort Simpson, and Behchoko. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Government of Western Australia Department of Health (Australia) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Respiratory Virus Wastewater Surveillance | https://www.health.wa.gov.au/articles/n_r/respiratory-virus-wastewater-surveillance | The Government of Western Australia Department of Health's respiratory virus wastewater surveillance dashboard displays wastewater concentration data for SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and RSV. SARS-CoV-2 variant lineage data is also available for wastewater and clinical samples. Wastewater data for all figures is sourced from the Perth metropolitan area in Western Australia. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre (India) | data & dashboards | everyone | 2025 | COVID-19 wastewater dashboard | https://lookerstudio.google.com/u/0/reporting/34a41c12-e9dc-4de9-94b7-a6203bcd6331/page/elQzC | The Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre's COVID-19 Wastewater Dashboard displays COVID-19 wastewater concentration data, case data, and lineage prevalence data for the Indian state of Gujarat. Concentration and case data are both available at the state, city, and sewershed level, while lineage data is available at the state and city level. Data can be also filtered by date range. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Health Protection Surveillance Centre (Ireland) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | National Wastewater Surveillance Programme | https://www.hpsc.ie/a-z/nationalwastewatersurveillanceprogramme/ | Ireland's Health Protection Surveillance Centre shares weekly reports from its National Wastewater Surveillance Program, a partnership between the HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC),Uisce Éireann, UCD National Virus Reference Laboratory (NVRL) and the School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science at University College Dublin (UCD). It shares weekly influent wastewater data on SARS-CoV-2 from 30 wastewater catchment areas in Ireland. Users can scroll to the "Surveillance Reports" section of the page to access the reports. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Healthy Central Valley Together (California) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Healthy Central Valley Together wastewater data | https://healthycvtogether.org/data/ | The Healthy Central Valley Together website provides wastewater concentration data from Merced County, Stanislaus County, and Yolo County in California. It has data on SARS-CoV-2, influenza, RSV, human metapneumovirus, enterovirus D68, norovirus, rotavirus, mpox, hepatitis A, and Candida auris. Data is available at the sewershed, county, and regional levels. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Houston Health Department, Rice University (Texas) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | City of Houston wastewater monitoring dashboard | https://covidwwtp.spatialstudieslab.org/ | The City of Houston Wastewater Monitoring Dashboard is maintained by the Houston Health Department and Rice University. It provides SARS-CoV-2 data from wastewater treatment plants and schools across the city, as well as influenza A and RSV data from schools only. There is a map showing the weekly SARS-CoV-2 viral load trends and levels by wastewater treatment plant, as well the SARS-CoV-2 test results at schools. A second map shows SARS-CoV-2 viral load, test positivity rate, and unvaccinated rate by zip code. Graphs of SARS-CoV-2 viral load and estimated positivity rate are available at the sewershed and zip code level, and citywide viral load data is plotted along with other COVID-19 metrics. There are also pages showing the detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants by sewershed. In a separate section are two heatmaps showing influenza A and RSV wastewater test results by school. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Houston Wastewater Epidemiology (Texas) | data & dashboards | public health professionals | Continuously Updated | Houston Wastewater Epidemiology Code | https://github.com/hou-wastewater-epi-org | This GitHub repository by Houston Wastewater Epidemiology shares data science tutorials for topics relevant to wastewater epidemiology, code and synthetic data for an accompanying paper, and R scripts for wastewater surveillance. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Indiana Department of Health (Indiana) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Wastewater dashboard | https://www.coronavirus.in.gov/indiana-covid-19-dashboard-and-map/wastewater-dashboard/ | The Indiana COVID-19 Wastewater Dashboard is located on the coronavirus website of the Indiana Department of Health. The dashboard has SARS-CoV-2 wastewater concentration data and case data, which are both available at a statewide and preparedness district level. There is also a map of Indiana that indicates the current wastewater concentration trend by preparedness district. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Institute of Environmental Science and Research (New Zealand) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Wastewater COVID-19 surveillance | https://esr-cri.shinyapps.io/wastewater | The Institute of Environmental Science and Research provides SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance data for New Zealand on its Wastewater COVID-19 Surveillance dashboard. The dashboard shows SARS-CoV-2 wastewater concentration data, variant data, and case data. Wastewater concentration and case trends can be viewed on a linear or log scale and at both a national and site level. On the other hand, variant data is only available at the national level. There is also an interactive map where sewersheds are plotted and categorized by their SARS-CoV-2 wastewater detection trend. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment, Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Riga Technical University (Latvia) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Wastewater monitoring | https://bior.lv/en/notekudenu-monitorings-covid-19-izplatibas-noteiksanai/ | This website page by the Latvia Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment, the Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, and Riga Technical University displays weekly reports of national wastewater surveillance data for SARS-CoV-2. Users can select the "Surveillance Reports on SARS-CoV-2 RNA Levels Detected in Latvia's Wastewater" link to be directed to a page housing the reports. Clicking on each report will prompt a PDF download in Latvian. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Kentucky Department for Public Health (Kentucky) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Kentucky wastewater surveillance system (KYWSS) | https://dashboard.chfs.ky.gov/views/DPH_KYWSS_001_Dashboard/WastewaterViralActivityLevelCOVID-19?%3Aembed=y&%3AisGuestRedirectFromVizportal=y | The Kentucky Wastewater Surveillance System's dashboard is maintained by the Kentucky Department for Public Health, and it has data on SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, and RSV. All data in the dashboard is in the form of "wastewater viral activity level," which is calculated based on wastewater concentration data. Data is available at a statewide, regional, and sewershed level. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (South Korea) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Weekly Analysis Report on Sewage-Based Infectious Disease Surveillance | https://dportal.kdca.go.kr/pot/bbs/BD_selectBbsList.do?q_bbsSn=1010&q_bbsDocNo=&q_clsfNo=4&q_searchKeyTy=&q_searchVal=&q_currPage=1&q_sortName=&q_sortOrder= | The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a sewage monitoring newsletter that shares weekly analysis reports on sewage-based infectious disease surveillance. Users can download a PDF of each weekly report available only in Korean. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Lewis and Clark Public Health (Montana) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Wastewater surveillance program | https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/c30dfb7165f64607bef31a93af926ecd/page/Data/?draft=true | Lewis and Clark Public Health has a wastewater surveillance dashboard that provides SARS-CoV-2 concentration data from the cities of Helena and East Helena in Montana. The data is available at the sewershed level only. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Marin Health & Human Services (California) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Marin County public health wastewater surveillance | https://www.marinhhs.org/wastewater-surveillance | Marin Health & Human Services has a wastewater surveillance dashboard with data from sampling sites in Marin County, California. It has data on SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, RSV, human metapneumovirus, enterovirus, norovirus, rotavirus, mpox, hepatitis A, and Candida auris. The dashboard provides wastewater concentration data for all pathogens, and all data is available at the sewershed level. County level data is available for some pathogens as well. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Massachusetts Department of Public Health (Massachusetts) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Wastewater surveillance reporting | https://www.mass.gov/info-details/wastewater-surveillance-reporting | The Massachusetts Department of Public Health's SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance dashboard provides SARS-CoV-2 wastewater concentration data at the sewershed level only. There is also an interactive map that shows sewershed areas throughout Massachusetts. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| MicrObs, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (Luxembourg) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Dashboard on wastewater surveillance | https://www.microbs.lu/dashboards | This wastewater dashboard created by MicrObs and the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology provides data on SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and RSV, as well as non-respiratory diseases including norovirus and enterovirus. This website is edited by the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) on behalf of the consortium members within the SUPERVIR project. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (Spain) | data & dashboards | everyone | 2024 | [Wastewater surveillance reports and dashboards] | https://www.miteco.gob.es/en/agua/temas/concesiones-y-autorizaciones/vertidos-de-aguas-residuales/alerta-temprana-covid19/vatar-covid19-informes-actualizados.html | This webpage by Spain's Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge shares summary weekly reports and dashboards of SARS-CoV-2 wastewater concentration and sequencing data from 2020 to 2024. Users can translate the website and dashboards to their desired language. Clicking on one of the reports will lead to a PDF version available only in Spanish. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services, University of Missouri (Missouri) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | The Missouri wastewater surveillance program | https://health.mo.gov/living/environment/wastewater-surveillance/public-wastewater.html | The Missouri Wastewater Surveillance Program is a collaborative effort between the Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services and the University of Missouri. The program's dashboard has wastewater surveillance data for SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and RSV. Users can access more information by clicking the buttons on the bottom right of each map. Concentration data and wastewater viral activity loads are available for all three pathogens. Sequencing data is available for SARS-CoV-2 and subtyping data is available for both influenza and RSV. Data is available at the sewershed, regional, and state level. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Municipal Water Supply and Sewerage Company Warsaw (Poland) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Monitoring the Sars-CoV-2 virus in sewage in the Warsaw agglomeration | https://www.mpwik.com.pl/view/monitoring-wirusa-sars-cov-2-w-sciekach-w-aglomeracji-warszawskiej | This dashboard by Municipal Water Supply and Sewage Warsaw shares wastewater surveillance data on SARS-CoV-2 from four sewage collection points, denoted by color on the graphs, in Warsaw and the general Warsaw metropolitan area. Users can translate the page to their desired language. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| National Centre for Public Health and Pharmacy (Hungary) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Weekly wastewater test results | https://nngyk.gov.hu/hu/szennyviz.html?start=0 | This website by Hungary's National Centre for Public Health and Pharmacy presents weekly wastewater test results on SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, influenza B, and RSV. Users must translate each report into their desired language. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| National Institute for Communicable Diseases of South Africa (South Africa) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance | https://wastewater.nicd.ac.za/ | The National Institute for Communicable Diseases of South Africa has a SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Surveillance dashboard. This dashboard provides data on SARS-CoV-2 concentrations and lineage prevalence in wastewater as well as confirmed COVID-19 cases. Data can be viewed at the national level or sewershed level. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| National Institute of Public Health (Czech Republic) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 concentration in wastewater in the Czech Republic | https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/edf5d157c31741a3b28e9aaa99d21d93 | This dashboard by the National Institute of Public Health shares data from wastewater surveillance efforts in the Czech Republic, covering 21% of the country. While some of the website can be automatically translated, some of the tabs require manual translation. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| National Institute of Public Health (Slovenia) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Wastewater analysis | https://modeliranje.nijz.si/epivode/epivode-c19.html | Slovenia's National Institute of Public Health's dashboard shares SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance data from 16 wastewater treatment plants covering 33 municipalities. The dashboard presents the estimated number of persons infected with SARS-CoV-2 and the rates of SARS-CoV-2 genome mutations. Users can access information on the dashboard's methodology and interpretation in a separate tab. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| National Public Health Centre Under the Ministry of Health (Lithuania) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Wastewater Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 | https://nvsc.lrv.lt/en/information-on-covid-19-and-flu/covid-19/wastewater-surveillance-of-sars-cov-2/ | This webpage by Lithuania's National Public Health Centre Under the Ministry of Health shares links to wastewater surveillance monitoring results of SARS-CoV-2 from 2022 to 2026 at three wastewater treatment plants, along with other useful links. The website is in English, and the graphs are in Latvian. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (New Hampshire) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Wastewater surveillance | https://wisdom.dhhs.nh.gov/wisdom/dashboard.html?topic=covid-19&subtopic=wastewater-monitoring&indicator=wastewater-monitoring-by-infectious-disease | The New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services Wastewater Surveillance dashboard provides data on the viral concentration levels of SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, influenza B, and RSV in wastewater. This data is available at the sewershed level only. Additional pages provide an overview of key COVID-19 metrics, such as cumulative deaths by region and county and death trends at the statewide and county level. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| New Jersey Department of Health (New Jersey) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Respiratory Viruses: Data and reports | https://www.nj.gov/health/respiratory-viruses/data-and-reports/#respiratory-illness-dashboard | The New Jersey Department of Health's Respiratory Illness Dashboard tracks SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and RSV through multiple surveillance measures. The "Wastewater" page of the dashboard displays graphs of the concentrations of SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and RSV in New Jersey wastewater over time. The dashboard also includes data on measures including cases, emergency department visits, hospital admissions, and deaths. SARS-CoV-2 variant data from case samples is available, as well as SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and RSV outbreak data from long-term care facilities and schools. Although this dashboard primarily focuses on the aforementioned three pathogens, test positivity data is available for a variety of other pathogens. All data is available at the statewide level. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| New Mexico Department of Health (New Mexico) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Viral respiratory monitoring | https://nmdoh-reports.shinyapps.io/NMWWMonitoring/ | The New Mexico Department of Health Viral Respiratory Infection Dashboard provides surveillance data on COVID-19, influenza, RSV, measles, and mpox. The dashboard includes graphs of the concentrations of these pathogens in wastewater over time, and this data is available at the sewershed level only. It also features data on many other metrics, including test positivity, cases, hospitalizations, immunizations, and vaccinations. There is influenza subtype data from positive tests as well. Apart from the wastewater data, data on this dashboard is generally available at either a statewide or county level. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| New South Wales Ministry of Health (Australia) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | NSW respiratory surveillance: Latest surveillance summary | https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/infectious/covid-19/pages/reports.aspx | This webpage of the New South Wales Ministry of Health provides a link to the most recent NSW Respiratory Surveillance Report, as well as links to previous and archived reports. The NSW Respiratory Surveillance Report shows various respiratory illness data over time through figures and tables. It features a section on wastewater surveillance data, with graphs displaying COVID-19 concentrations in wastewater over time at four sampling locations. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| New York State Department of Health, Syracuse University (New York) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | COVID-19 wastewater surveillance | https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/covid-19-wastewater-surveillance | The COVID-19 Wastewater Concentration Dashboard provides data for New York State, and is possible due to a collaboration between the New York State Department of Health and Syracuse University. The dashboard includes a state map that displays the most recent SARS-CoV-2 detection levels and two-week SARS-CoV-2 wastewater concentration trends by sewershed. Next to the map are counts of how many sewersheds across the state fall into each category. The dashboard also features graphs of wastewater concentration data over time, measured in intensity or gene copies. These graphs provide data at the sewershed level only. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| New York State Department of Health, Syracuse University (New York) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | COVID-19 wastewater variant data | https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/covid-19-wastewater-variant-data | The COVID-19 Wastewater Variant Data Dashboard provides data for New York State, and is possible due to a collaboration between the New York State Department of Health and Syracuse University. The dashboard includes a state map that displays the current top SARS-CoV-2 lineages, as well as lineages of concern or interest detected, by sewershed. Next to the map is a table showing the number of times the top lineages were detected across the state. The dashboard also features a bar chart of SARS-CoV-2 lineage prevalence over time. The data in the bar chart is available at the statewide, county, and sewershed level. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network (New York) | data & dashboards | public health professionals | 2025 | Systems Design Bookdown | https://nys-wwsn.github.io/Systems-Design-Bookdown/index.html | This comprehensive guide by the New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network complements monthly workshops hosted by the New York Center of Excellence during its regional calls. It discusses how New York State mapped their sewersheds, provides R coding tutorials for creating maps of sewershed boundaries and adding census data or other spatial data to wastewater-based epidemiology data, and explains key principles of outbreak detection in epidemiology surveillance systems. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network (New York) | data & dashboards | public health professionals | 2026 | NYS Wastewater Surveillance Network [GitHub] | https://github.com/nys-wwsn | This GitHub repository by the New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network shares code used by the Network, such as New York State sewershed spatial data and systems design for wastewater surveillance. It is intended to facilitate code sharing and collaboration with other health departments and organizations engaged in wastewater surveillance initiatives. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Wastewater Surveillance for COVID-19 Dashboard | https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/aa7f07e518b9461497b3ccc740ae4bb6 | The Wastewater Surveillance for COVID-19 Dashboard is maintained by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, and presents data on the presence of COVID-19 in wastewater at various sample locations. Upon selecting a sampling location, users will see the presence in cp/ml of COVID-19 in wastewater, sampling date, population serviced, and a line graph of time trends. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (North Carolina) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Wastewater Testing Dashboard | https://www.dph.ncdhhs.gov/programs/epidemiology/communicable-disease/respiratory-diseases/dashboard/wastewater-testing | The Wastewater Monitoring Dashboard is managed by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, a CDC NWSS Center of Excellence. It provides wastewater concentration data on SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, influenza B, RSV, and measles at the sewershed level only. For each pathogen, there is a map of North Carolina displaying the current wastewater concentration trends and levels at wastewater treatment plants. Below the map is a graph of wastewater concentration data over time. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (North Carolina) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | North Carolina Respiratory Virus Summary Dashboard | https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/dashboard | The NC Respiratory Virus Summary Dashboard is managed by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. It provides statewide wastewater viral activity data on SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, and RSV over time. It also shares data over time for emergency department visits for respiratory viruses, as well as hospital admissions from the emergency department for people who were diagnosed with or had bad symptoms of a respiratory virus. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Ohio Department of Health (Ohio) | data & dashboards | everyone | 2025 | COVID-19 reporting | https://data.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/data/view/covid-19-reporting | The Ohio Department of Health's COVID-19 Reporting dashboard provides historical COVID-19 data on a variety of metrics, including new cases, hospitalizations, ICU admissions, vaccinations and deaths. It also features a page that displays SARS-CoV-2 wastewater variant data at the statewide level. Clicking on the "Wastewater" tab of this dashboard takes users to the Ohio Wastewater Monitoring Network Dashboard, which provides SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and RSV wastewater concentration data from sewersheds across the state. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Ohio Department of Health (Ohio) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Ohio wastewater monitoring data | https://data.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/data/view/ohio-wastewater-monitoring-data?visualize=true | The Ohio Wastewater Monitoring Network Dashboard tracks SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and RSV concentration levels in wastewater across the state. Infectious disease trends and levels in wastewater are available at both a statewide and sewershed level, while wastewater concentration data is available at the sewershed level only. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Oklahoma State Department of Health (Oklahoma) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Oklahoma State Department of Health Wastewater Surveillance Dashboard | https://oklahoma.gov/health/health-education/acute-disease-service/wastewater-surveillance.html | The Oklahoma State Department of Health Wastewater Surveillance Dashboard provides data on SARS-CoV-2, influenza B, influenza B, and RSV. The dashboard has a map of Oklahoma that highlights counties with wastewater treatment plants that participate in wastewater surveillance, and shows the statewide wastewater activity of each pathogen. There are also graphs of wastewater concentration data for each pathogen by sewershed, and the sewershed level data is graphed along with the weekly statewide average and the historic statewide average. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Oregon Health Authority (Oregon) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Oregon respiratory viral pathogen wastewater monitoring dashboard | https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/oregon.public.health.division.acute.and.communicable.disease.pre/viz/OregonsRVPWastewaterMonitoring/Mainpage | The Oregon Respiratory Viral Pathogen Wastewater Monitoring Dashboard is managed by the Oregon Health Authority. The dashboard displays data for SARS-CoV-2, influenza, RSV, and measles. For each pathogen, there is a state map that displays the most recent wastewater concentration trends by wastewater treatment plant. Wastewater viral concentration data over time can be viewed at both the statewide and sewershed level, and a table of SARS-CoV-2 variant data by sewershed is available as well. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Ottawa COVID-19 (Canada) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Ottawa COVID-19 wastewater surveillance | https://613covid.ca/wastewater/ | The Ottawa COVID-19 wastewater surveillance dashboard shows daily testing and analysis results of SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, influenza B, and RSV at the sewershed level. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Pennsylvania Department of Health (Pennsylvania) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Pennsylvania Wastewater Surveillance System Dashboard | https://www.pa.gov/agencies/health/programs/environmental-health/pawss | The Pennsylvania Wastewater Surveillance System Dashboard is maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. It provides data on SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, and RSV. For each pathogen, there is a map that displays the most recent wastewater viral activity level by sewershed, as well as a graph showing wastewater viral activity levels over time. The data in the graphs is available at both the statewide and sewershed level. The dashboard also includes a separate section with statewide SARS-CoV-2 variant data. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Philadelphia Department of Public Health (Pennsylvania) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Testing data | https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/testing/testing-data/ | The City of Philadelphia COVID-19 Overview dashboard is located on the website of the Philadelphia Department of Public Health. The dashboard provides graphs of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths over time at the city level. It also includes a section featuring trend lines of SARS-CoV-2 wastewater concentration data collected from Philadelphia's three wastewater treatment plants. This data is displayed at the sewershed level only. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Public Health — Seattle & King County (Washington) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Respiratory illness data dashboards | https://kingcounty.gov/en/dept/dph/health-safety/disease-illness/respiratory-virus-data | Public Health – Seattle & King County's respiratory illness data dashboard provides clinical, laboratory, and wastewater data for various pathogens. The wastewater surveillance section features a map of the three participating wastewater treatment plants and graphs showing sewershed-level SARS-CoV-2 concentration data. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Public Health Scotland (Scotland) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Viral Respiratory Diseases (including Influenza and COVID-19) Surveillance in Scotland | https://scotland.shinyapps.io/phs-respiratory-covid-19/ | This dashboard by Public Health Scotland shares data on viral respiratory diseases surveillance in Scotland. Clicking on the "Wastewater" tab displays weekly COVID-19 wastewater viral activity data in both plot and data form. Data is available at the national level, the NHS Health Board level, and the local authority level. While the dashboard does not present data at the wastewater treatment plant level, it provides an external link where users can access this data. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Pune Knowledge Cluster (India) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Pune Wastewater Surveillance Dashboard | https://www.pkc.org.in/explore-projects/health/waste-water-surveillance/wws-covid-dashboard-pune/ | This dashboard is a part of the Pune Wastewater Surveillance project and shares wastewater surveillance viral load data and clinical data for infectious diseases including SARS-CoV-2, H1N1 influenza, H3N2 influenza, and influenza A in the Pune Metropolitan Region in India. SARS-CoV-2 lineage trend data is also available. Users can filter trend data by location, scale, and sample collection date. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Rhode Island Department of Health (Rhode Island) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Rhode Island Wastewater Monitoring | https://health.ri.gov/data/wastewater-monitoring | The Rhode Island COVID-19 Wastewater Monitoring dashboard is maintained by the Rhode Island Department of Health. The dashboard provides a line graph of the statewide COVID-19 wastewater viral activity level over time, and data on the latest COVID-19 wastewater viral activity levels is available at the sewershed level. SARS-CoV-2 wastewater concentration data over time is available at the sewershed level as well. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Robert Koch Institute, German Environment Agency (Germany) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Wastewater surveillance AMELAG - Weekly Report | https://robert-koch-institut.github.io/Abwassersurveillance_AMELAG_-_Wochenbericht/#/en | This dashboard by the Robert Koch Institute and the German Federal Environment Agency shares weekly wastewater surveillance reports on SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and RSV. Viral load data are reported both aggregated across all sites and for individual wastewater treatment plants. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Santa Clara County Public Health Department (California) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Respiratory virus data | https://publichealth.santaclaracounty.gov/health-information/health-data/respiratory-virus-data | The Santa Clara County Respiratory Virus Data Dashboard is managed by the Santa Clara County Public Health Department. It provides data on SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, influenza B, and RSV. Wastewater concentration data is available at the sewershed level only, along with a map that displays sewershed areas in Santa Clara County. Other pages of the dashboard have data on respiratory virus diagnoses in emergency department visits and hospitalizations, vaccinations, and deaths from COVID-19. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Sciensano (Belgium) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Wastewater surveillance | https://wastewater.sciensano.be/dashboard/respiratoryviruses/en/ | On this dashboard, Sciensano displays wastewater surveillance data for SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and RSV in Belgium. The dashboard features an interactive map of sampling locations at the country, region, province, and wastewater treatment plant level. Plotted next to this map is a graph showing the viral load of each pathogen over time, measured by the ratio between the pathogen and PMMoV. This data is available at the same four levels shown on the map. Users can also access wastewater surveillance data for psychoactive substances by clicking on the dropdown bar at the top of the website. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Sledilnik (Slovenia) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | COVID-19 Tracking | https://covid-19.sledilnik.org/en/stats | On this dashboard, Sledilnik presents various COVID-19 data including wastewater data, hospitalization data, case data, mortality data, and more. Wastewater surveillance data can be accessed by scrolling down to the "Virus and Mutations in Sewage" section. In this section, a comprehensive graph showing mutation prevalence in sewage over time is available at the wastewater treatment plant level. Other tabs in this section feature the estimated number of cases in the population and historical concentration data from 2020 to 2023. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| State Hygienic Laboratory at The University of Iowa (Iowa) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | SHL wastewater WWTP dashboard | https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/shl.uiowa/viz/SHLWastewaterWWTPDashboard/WastewaterTestingbyServiceArea | The SHL Wastewater WWTP Dashboard is maintained by the State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa. It has data on influenza A, influenza B, and RSV, and data is only available at the service area level. The dashboard provides wastewater concentration data for each pathogen, and there are maps showing the recent concentration trend in each service area. Additionally, there is sequencing data for SARS-CoV-2. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Statens Serum Institut (Denmark) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | National wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 | https://en.ssi.dk/surveillance-and-preparedness/surveillance-in-denmark/national-wastewater-surveillance-of-sars-cov-2-and-influenza-a | The Statens Serum Institut shares SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance data that covers 49% of the population of Denmark. It provides national and regional concentrations of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater over time and the current growth rate, as well as relevant publications. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Swedish Pathogens Portal (Sweden) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | SARS-CoV-2 quantification | https://www.pathogens.se/dashboards/covid_quantification/ | This dashboard on the Swedish Pathogens Portal website is generated by the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences laboratories of the Swedish Environmental Epidemiology Center. It shares sewershed-level temporal visualizations of SARS-CoV-2 wastewater samples, presented in three different formats: PMMoV normalized SARS-CoV-2 content, SARS-CoV2 genome copies concentration, and SARS-CoV2 genome copies/day/inhabitant. The website provides other wastewater surveillance dashboards on flu, RSV, and enteric virus that can be accessed by navigating to the "Data Dashboards" dropdown at the top of the webpage. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| T.G. Masaryk Water Research Institute (Czech Republic) | data & dashboards | everyone | 2024 | Current Monitoring Results | https://heis.vuv.cz/data/webmap/datovesady/projekty/covmon/default.asp?lang=en&tab=6&gallery=&wmap= | This dashboard by the T.G. Masaryk Water Research Institute depicts SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance data from the COVMON Project in the Czech Republic from 2020 to 2024. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Tempe Wastewater BioIntel Program (Arizona) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Biomarker: COVID-19 wastewater BioIntel program | https://wastewater.tempe.gov/pages/biomarker-covid19 | The Tempe COVID-19 Wastewater Collection Data Dashboard displays SARS-CoV-2 wastewater concentration data from Tempe, Arizona, as well as the nearby town Guadalupe. Data is available at the collection area level only, and each collection area includes at least one sampling location. The average weekly number of SARS-CoV-2 gene copies per liter of wastewater from each collection area is displayed in both graph and table format. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Texas Department of State Health Services (Texas) | data & dashboards | everyone | 2025 | SARS-CoV-2 variants and genomic surveillance in Texas | https://www.dshs.texas.gov/covid-19-coronavirus-disease/sars-cov-2-variants-and-genomic-surveillance-texas | The Texas Department of State Health Services manages a Variant Proportions Dashboard that provides data on the proportions of SARS-CoV-2 variants circulating across the state. The dashboard presents data in a bar chart by the week of sample collection, along with a table that provides a breakdown of the lineage proportions during each week. Data is available at the state level only. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| The Research Coordination Network on Wastewater Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and Emerging Public Health Threats | data & dashboards | everyone | 2021 | Wastewater Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 | https://figshare.com/collections/Wastewater_Surveillance_for_SARS-CoV-2/5280503 | This collection, managed by The Research Coordination Network on Wastewater Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and Emerging Public Health Threats, houses datasets related to wastewater testing for SARS-CoV-2. Users can conduct a keyword search for content on this collection, or filter by various conditions. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Thundery Bay District Health Unit (Canada) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Respiratory Virus Dashboard | https://www.tbdhu.com/datadashboard#weekly | This dashboard by the Thunder Bay District Health Unit of Canada presents information on COVID-19, influenza, RSV, and overall respiratory illness activity for the city of Thunder Bay. The dashboard shares data on hospitalizations, emergency department visits, lab-confirmed cases, and wastewater viral signals. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Toronto Public Health (Canada) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Integrated Respiratory Diseases Dashboard | https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/health-wellness-care/health-inspections-monitoring/communicable-disease-surveillance-reports/integrated-respiratory-diseases-dashboard/ | Toronto Public Health has a dashboard sharing an overview of clinical data, outbreaks in healthcare facilities, and wastewater activity for COVID-19, influenza, and RSV. The top of the dashboard provides a weekly summary for COVID-19 and influenza trends. Users can filter by virus for some of the visualizations. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Translational Genomics Research Institute (Arizona) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Arizona COVID-19 sequencing dashboard | https://pathogen-intelligence.tgen.org/covidseq-tracker/ | The Arizona COVID-19 Sequencing Dashboard tracks COVID-19 variants in Arizona, and was developed by the Translational Genomics Research Institute. The Omicron Tracker page features a bar chart of the proportions of Omicron sublineages by week, and that data can be viewed at either a statewide or county level. There is also a map of the number of Omicron genomes detected in each county. The Trends page has statewide data on SARS-CoV-2 variant proportions by month and a phylogenetic timetree of SARS-CoV-2 genomes over time. Lastly, the State Map page has a map of the total number of SARS-CoV-2 genomes detected in each county. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Turkish Water Institute, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Turkey) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Nationwide Tracking of COVID-19 Spread in Turkey by SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Surveillance | https://covid19.tarimorman.gov.tr/Home/Index | This webpage displays the results of a wastewater surveillance project in Turkey, led by the Turkish Water Institute with the support of the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Users may click on any of the four images to see them enlarged. The images have maps that show where wastewater surveillance was conducted, and display data about the sampling locations, the virus concentration in the wastewater, and the population covered. The fourth image shows sequencing data instead of concentration data. Users may toggle a button that allows them to view the webpage and its contents in English or Turkish. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| University of Michigan (Michigan) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Wastewater Monitoring | https://um.wastewatermonitoring.dataepi.org/ | The Wigginton-Eisenberg Laboratory at the University of Michigan has a dashboard that provides wastewater surveillance data from six locations in southeast Michigan. This dashboard provides wastewater concentration data for adenovirus, hepatitis A, influenza A, influenza B, mpox, norovirus, rotavirus, RSV, and SARS-CoV-2. Data is available at the sewershed level. There is also a page that displays numerical wastewater concentration trends for the pathogens. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| University of Minnesota (Minnesota) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Wastewater Monitoring in Minnesota (Data & Statistics) | https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/wastewater/stats/index.html | The Minnesota Wastewater Surveillance Study dashboard currently provides data on SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, influenza B, and RSV. The dashboard features a graph that shows statewide pathogen concentration data over time compared to statewide hospitalizations and ICU admissions. Concentration data is also available at regional and sewershed levels, and it is graphed along with data on hospitalizations in the corresponding region. Previous wastewater data collected in partnership with the University of Minnesota can be accessed by clicking "University of Minnesota: Minnesota Wastewater Surveillance Study" near the top of the website. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| University of Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada EMPOWER Program (Nevada) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | NV Enabling the Management of Public Health Outcomes Through Wastewater Resources | https://empower.unlv.edu/ | The Nevada EMPOWER Program's wastewater surveillance dashboard provides SARS-CoV-2 wastewater concentration data and variant data, and is managed by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. It features a map of Nevada that displays the current viral concentration trend at each sampling site. Upon selecting a sampling site, users will see two trend lines—one showing current SARS-CoV-2 wastewater concentration data and the other showing historical concentration and case data. Some sampling sites have variant data as well. All data is available at the sampling site level only. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Utah Department of Health & Human Services (Utah) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Utah Wastewater Surveillance System | https://avrpublic.dhhs.utah.gov/uwss/ | The Utah Wastewater Surveillance System dashboard is maintained by the Utah Department of Health & Human Services. It provides wastewater detection data for measles and wastewater concentration and sequencing data for SARS-CoV-2. The measles dashboard displays data by utility or local health department through a map, heatmap, and table. The SARS-CoV-2 dashboard features a color-coded, interactive map displaying concentration levels and trends by sewershed, which generates graphs showing viral load over time, variant proportions over time, and case rates for that specific area. Statewide SARS-CoV-2 data is shown through a heat map for concentration data and a graph for sequencing data over time. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| UW-Madison Data Science Institute (Wisconsin) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | UW-Madison Data Science Institute | https://github.com/UW-Madison-DSI | This GitHub repository by the UW-Madison Data Science Institute shares the Institute's code, including analysis of Wisconsin's SARS-CoV-2 wastewater data. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Verily (United States) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Wastewater testing dashboard | https://publichealth.verily.com/?d=3m&v=SARS-CoV-2 | Verily's Wastewater Testing Dashboard has data from sewersheds across the United States. It has data on adenovirus, Candida auris, enterovirus D68, hepatitis A, human metapneumovirus, influenza, mpox, measles, norovirus, parainfluenza, parvovirus, RSV, rotavirus, SARS-CoV-2, and West Nile virus. National and regional wastewater concentration trends are displayed on a graph, with sewershed-level concentration data available upon clicking on one of the participating sites on the interactive map. At the sewershed-level, a heat map is also available and shows whether a pathogen was detected in each day's sample. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Virginia Department of Health (Virginia) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater | https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus/sars-cov-2-in-wastewater/ | The Virginia Department of Health’s COVID-19 Wastewater Surveillance dashboard monitors SARS-CoV-2 concentrations in wastewater samples collected from treatment facilities across the state. The dashboard features a map of Virginia showing overall viral load trends at wastewater collection sites for the current week. It also includes a graph displaying site-specific trend data by week, as well as a plot illustrating viral load data over time by sewershed. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Washington State Department of Health (Washington) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Viral Activity Level by Wastewater Treatment Plant Service Area | https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater | The Washington State Department of Health's Respiratory Illness Data Dashboard provides comprehensive information on SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and RSV trends across the state. The wastewater section provides data at the sewershed level only. There are graphs of wastewater concentration levels over time for all three pathogens, and variant data is available for SARS-CoV-2 as well. Other sections of the dashboard provide data on disease activity, vaccinations, and hospital use. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Wastewater Testing for Community Health in West Virginia (West Virginia) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Wastewater Testing for Community Health in WV (WaTCH-WV) | https://wvuvectors.shinyapps.io/WaTCH-WV/ | West Virginia's wastewater surveillance dashboard has concentration data on COVID-19, influenza A, influenza B, and RSV. All data in this dashboard is available at both a statewide and county level. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| WastewaterSCAN (United States) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | WastewaterSCAN dashboard | https://data.wastewaterscan.org/ | WastewaterSCAN’s dashboard provides wastewater surveillance data from locations across the United States. It has data on measles, SARS-CoV-2, RSV, influenza, human metapneumovirus, enterovirus D68, norovirus, rotavirus, Candida auris, hepatitis A, mpox, parvovirus, and West Nile virus. Data is available at a national, regional, and sewershed level. Concentration data is available for most pathogens and visualized through a line chart and heat map. Variant data is available for SARS-CoV-2 and subtype data is available for influenza. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (Canada) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Respiratory Illness Activity Dashboard | https://wdgpublichealth.ca/dashboards/respiratory-illness-activity-dashboard | The Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health dashboard shares trends in hospitalized patients, respiratory illness emergency department visits, and wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and RSV. Users can filter by illness and respiratory season at the top of the dashboard. Tooltips with additional information will appear upon hovering over the trend line in each graph. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (Canada) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Infectious Diseases Data Dashboard | https://www.wechu.org/reports/infectious_diseases?utm_source=Media&utm_campaign=7c432daea4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_01_29_01_45&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-7c432daea4-416341561&mc_cid=7c432daea4&mc_eid=ac5c6569fe | The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit's Infectious Diseases Data Dashboard presents data on active and historic outbreaks, wastewater surveillance data, and annual and monthly counts of reportable diseases for Windsor-Essex County and Ontario. The Wastewater Surveillance tab shares weekly concentration and case data for SARS-CoV-2, influenza A and B, RSV, and measles. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Wisconsin Department of Health Services (Wisconsin) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Wastewater Monitoring: Statewide Wastewater Respiratory Summary | https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/wastewater/respiratory-surveillance.htm | Wisconsin's Wastewater Monitoring: Statewide Wastewater Respiratory Summary dashboard is hosted on the Wisconsin Department of Health Services website. The main page of the dashboard provides statewide wastewater concentration data for SARS-CoV-2, RSV, influenza A, and influenza B. Users can view sewershed-level data for each respiratory virus by clicking on the links in the sidebar on the lefthand side of the website. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (Wisconsin) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | SARS-CoV-2 wastewater genomic dashboard | https://dataportal.slh.wisc.edu/sc2-ww-dashboard | Wisconsin's SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Genomic Dashboard is hosted on the website of the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene. It provides SARS-CoV-2 variant data at both a statewide and sewershed level. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH) (Wisconsin) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Dataportal | https://github.com/wslh-data | This GitHub repository by the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene shares wastewater data and dashboard visualizations, such as for its SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Dashboard. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Yale University, New Haven's Water Pollution Control Authority (Connecticut) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Wastewater Data | https://yalecovidwastewater.com/ | The Peccia lab at Yale University runs a dashboard that displays SARS-CoV-2, norovirus, influenza, and RSV wastewater concentration data from the East Shore Water Pollution Abatement Facility. This wastewater treatment plant serves the cities of New Haven, Hamden, East Haven, and Woodbridge in Connecticut. The dashboard is possible due to a partnership with New Haven's Water Pollution Control Authority. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| York Region Public Health (Canada) | data & dashboards | everyone | Continuously Updated | Overview: Respiratory Trends and Indicator | https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiYWExNzBkZjMtZGQ4Zi00MWZiLTkxMmEtY2Y5YTEzZmUxOGU1IiwidCI6ImU1YzFlOTZiLTNjMGItNDQ5YS05MzBiLThmNWE4ZjZlZjU2MiIsImMiOjN9 | The York Region Public Health dashboard provides data on SARS-CoV-2, RSV, influenza A, and influenza B. The main page of the dashboard features an overview of hospitalization data, outbreak data, and wastewater data for each pathogen. Users can click "Wastewater Signal" on the dropdown menu in the upper righthand corner of the website to access a dashboard solely displaying wastewater data that provides more detailed information. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Association of Public Health Laboratories | education & trainings | laboratory personnel | 2020 | SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Surveillance: An Introduction for Public Health Laboratories | https://learn.aphl.org/learn/courses/174/sars-cov-2-wastewater-surveillance-an-introduction-for-public-health-laboratories | This course by the Association of Public Health Laboratories provides an introduction to testing wastewater for SARS-CoV-2, as well as information on the CDC's National Wastewater Surveillance System, the Environmental Protection Agency's work on methods and testing approaches, and the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene's year-long wastewater surveillance pilot project. Users can access the course for free by pressing the "Enroll" button on the webpage and creating a free account with the Association of Public Health Laboratories. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Association of Public Health Laboratories | education & trainings | public health professionals | 2024 | Silent Signals: A Webinar Series on Wastewater Surveillance for Public Health - Part 1 | https://learn.aphl.org/learn/courses/462/silent-signals-a-webinar-series-on-wastewater-surveillance-for-public-health-part-1 | This course by the Association of Public Health Laboratories is the first part of a three-part wastewater webinar series, in partnership with the CDC and the Water Environmental Federation. It features a presentation from Kenya's Ministry of Health on the methodologies and achievements of its COVID-19 Wastewater Pilot Project, as well as collaborative approaches with the U.S. Wastewater Laboratory Community of Practice. Users can access the course for free by pressing the "Enroll" button on the webpage and creating a free account with the Association of Public Health Laboratories. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Association of Public Health Laboratories | education & trainings | public health professionals | 2024 | Silent Signals: A Webinar Series on Wastewater Surveillance for Public Health - Part 2 | https://learn.aphl.org/learn/courses/465/silent-signals-a-webinar-series-on-wastewater-surveillance-for-public-health-part-2 | This course by the Association of Public Health Laboratories is the second part of a three-part wastewater webinar series, in partnership with the CDC and the Water Environmental Federation. It features a presentation from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases of South Africa on the role of wastewater surveillance in public health, as well as the benefits of attending the GLOWACON conference for establishing a wastewater surveillance community of practice. Users can access the course for free by pressing the "Enroll" button on the webpage and creating a free account with the Association of Public Health Laboratories. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Association of Public Health Laboratories | education & trainings | public health professionals | 2024 | Silent Signals: Wastewater Surveillance for Public Health - Part 3 | https://learn.aphl.org/learn/courses/466/silent-signals-wastewater-surveillance-for-public-health-part-3 | This course by the Association of Public Health Laboratories is the third part of a three-part wastewater webinar series, in partnership with the CDC and the Water Environmental Federation. It features a presentation from Africa CDC and Ceres Nanosciences, where they share key strategies in wastewater surveillance in Africa, information on wastewater surveillance workflow for multiple pathogens of interest, and manual versus automated workflows. Users can access the course for free by pressing the "Enroll" button on the webpage and creating a free account with the Association of Public Health Laboratories. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Houston Wastewater Epidemiology | education & trainings | public health professionals | 2024 | Houston Wastewater Epidemiology Training Modules | https://www.youtube.com/@hou-wastewater-epi/featured | This YouTube channel from Houston Wastewater Epidemiology hosts training modules on wastewater sampling, laboratory methods, and data reporting to support wastewater-based surveillance for public health use. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| National Association of County & City Health Officials | education & trainings | public health professionals | 2022 | Through COVID-19 and Beyond: The Roles of National & Local Wastewater Surveillance Systems | https://naccho.zoom.us/rec/play/Yf9-85VeCGxFG0MsDfX8Scr0QxDJcTxvU5N4r31JkbSHNRJ8d2VIQJlvfLr7ubN_CeFyso74EJB67oOx.uVin1_loxkU8NDF0?startTime=1659546062000 | This webinar from the National Association of County and City Health Officials explains the utility of wastewater surveillance for pathogen monitoring and shares lessons learned from establishing wastewater surveillance systems at national and local levels. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCCID) | education & trainings | public health professionals | 2024 | Wastewater Monitoring in Northern and Remote Areas: The Eeyou Istchee Experience | https://nccid.ca/webcast/wastewater-monitoring-in-northern-and-remote-areas-the-eeyou-istchee-experience/?hilite=wastewater | This webinar from the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases details the establishment and operations of a wastewater monitoring system in Cree communities in Eeyou Istchee, located in northern Quebec. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCCID),Canadian Water Network (CWN) | education & trainings | public health professionals | 2022 | Demystifying Science Around Wastewater Surveillance Epidemiology | https://nccid.ca/webcast/demystifying-science-around-wastewater-surveillance-epidemiology/?hilite=wastewater | This webinar from the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases and the Canadian Water Network presents insights from Canada’s wastewater surveillance system. It highlights Canada's wastewater epidemiological methods and their use of wastewater surveillance to test for SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogens. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCCID),Canadian Water Network (CWN) | education & trainings | public health professionals | 2023 | Interpreting & Communicating the signal from Wastewater-based Surveillance | https://nccid.ca/webcast/interpreting-communicating-the-signal-from-wastewater-based-surveillance/ | This webinar from the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases and the Canadian Water Network explores how wastewater surveillance data should be interpreted and communicated across audiences—from scientists to the public—to support timely and effective public health responses. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) | education & trainings | public health professionals | 2021 | DHS/NIST Workshop: Standards to Support an Enduring Capability in Wastewater Surveillance for Public Health | https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2021/06/dhsnist-workshop-standards-support-enduring-capability-wastewater | This webpage archives information from a workshop held by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Department of Homeland Security in 2021. The workshop reviewed lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic response, and addressed the need for standardized methods in wastewater surveillance. The webpage features links to the recordings of Day 1 and Day 2 of the workshop, as well as the slide decks of all speakers. There are links to several presentation recordings from Day 3 as well. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) | education & trainings | public health professionals | 2020 | A NIST-Hosted Webinar on Measuring SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewater and Fecal Material: A Call for Standards | https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2020/06/nist-hosted-webinar-measuring-sars-cov-2-wastewater-and-fecal-material | This 2020 webinar from the National Institute of Standards and Technology discusses the need for standardized methods to measure SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater and fecal material. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Public Health Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology | education & trainings | public health professionals | NA | Wastewater Bioinformatics Training Course | https://training.pha4ge.org/courses/wastewater-bioinformatics-training-course/?_gl=1syi3or_gaOTk4MTI5MTA4LjE3NzczOTMwMTE._ga_TFYQSTSENMczE3NzczOTMwMTAkbzEkZzEkdDE3NzczOTMyMTkkajYwJGwwJGgw | This course, created by the Public Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology, is designed to enhance participants' comprehensive understanding of wastewater surveillance, bioinformatics, and related disciplines, such as data sharing, standardization, storage, and associated protocols. Users can enroll in the course for free by creating an account with the organization. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Public Health Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology | education & trainings | public health professionals | 2025 | 2025 Consolidated Wastewater Surveillance (WWS) Course | https://training.pha4ge.org/courses/wws-workshop-pha4ge-conference-2025/ | The Public Health Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology created this course from its 2025 conference. The course outlines bioinformatics and sequence analysis, focusing on standard genomic pipelines and guiding participants through the transition from complex samples to high-resolution data analysis and reporting. Users can sign up for the membership for free to access the course. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| The Research Coordination Network on Wastewater Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and Emerging Public Health Threats | education & trainings | public health professionals | 2025 | Wastewater Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 and Emerging Public Health Threats Webinar Series | https://sites.nd.edu/rcn-wastewater-sarscov2/past-webinar-recordings/ | On this webpage, the Research Coordination Network on Wastewater Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and Emerging Public Health Threats hosts a series of webinars featuring experts discussing advancements in wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE). These sessions cover topics such as monitoring SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater, methodological approaches, data analysis, and the application of WBE worldwide. Recordings are provided for previously held webinars. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| The Research Coordination Network on Wastewater Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and Emerging Public Health Threats | education & trainings | public health professionals | 2025 | Wastewater Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 and Emerging Public Health Threats Workshops | https://sites.nd.edu/rcn-wastewater-sarscov2/workshops/ | On this webpage, the Research Coordination Network on Wastewater Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and Emerging Public Health Threats hosts a collection of workshop videos on various topics in wastewater surveillance. Recordings are provided for previously held workshops. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| The Royal College of Pathologists | education & trainings | public health professionals | 2025 | Wastewater surveillance, opportunities, and challenges | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmOVEhH0HTA | In this webinar by The Royal College of Pathologists, Dr. Wael F. Elamin shares a talk at the College's virtual conference for International Pathology Day 2024. Dr. Elamin discusses wastewater sample processing for infectious disease surveillance, along with related opportunities and challenges. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) | education & trainings | public health professionals | 2025 | Introduction to Wastewater & Environmental Surveillance: Public Health & Ecosystem Protection | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nOv8eNh2k0 | This webinar by the United Nations Environment Programme is part of its Wastewater Surveillance for Africa webinar series. It introduces how wastewater can provide early warning of disease outbreaks while supporting ecosystem protection, with practical insights from public health and environmental perspectives from experts from South Africa and Uganda. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) | education & trainings | public health professionals | 2025 | Collaboration in Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance: One Health & Stakeholder Engagement | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igmkRt3zggI | This webinar by the United Nations Environment Programme is part of its Wastewater Surveillance for Africa webinar series. It shares how professionals in environmental management, public health, and water services can collaborate to track, analyze, and respond to health risks identified through wastewater and environmental surveillance, and how cross-sector collaboration helps detect problems earlier, protect ecosystems, and keep communities healthier. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH) | education & trainings | public health professionals | 2023 | Wastewater Surveillance: A 3-Year Retrospective & a Look to the Future | https://slhstream2.ad.slh.wisc.edu/Mediasite/Play/970f29e02ef645c4be1717ece3f28e3e1d | This webinar by the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene reflects on wastewater surveillance operations in Wisconsin from 2020-2023. Since 2020, the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene has expanded its operations to monitor additional pathogens like influenza, RSV, and norovirus. The webinar also discusses the future potential of wastewater-based epidemiology in public health. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Association of Public Health Laboratories | fact sheet | everyone | 2023 | APHL Global Health Capabilities Wastewater Surveillance | https://www.aphl.org/aboutAPHL/publications/Documents/GH-Capabilities-Wastewater.pdf | This 2023 fact sheet by the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) shares information on the value of wastewater-based surveillance and how APHL supports wastewater-based surveillance via technical assistance. It shares one example about how APHL collaborates with Project Stellar to support a pilot project on the feasibility and effectiveness of wastewater-based surveillance for molecular detection and genomic sequencing of SARS-CoV-2. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| California Department of Public Health | fact sheet | everyone | 2023 | Wastewater Surveillance Beyond COVID19 | https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/CDPH%20Document%20Library/COVID-19/WWSBeyondSC2.pdf | This fact sheet from the California Department of Public Health highlights how wastewater surveillance can detect and monitor infectious diseases beyond COVID-19. It lists the factors to consider when deciding to use wastewater surveillance to monitor different pathogens. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| California Department of Public Health | fact sheet | everyone | 2023 | Wastewater surveillance common acronyms to know | https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/CDPH%20Document%20Library/COVID-19/WWSCommonAcronyms.pdf | This fact sheet is a reference guide from the California Department of Public Health that lists acronyms commonly used in wastewater surveillance and elaborates on their meanings. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| California Department of Public Health | fact sheet | everyone | 2023 | Wastewater surveillance common terms to know | https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/CDPH%20Document%20Library/COVID-19/CommonWWSTerms.pdf | This fact sheet from the California Department of Public Health defines key terminology used in wastewater surveillance such as autosampler, flow rate, composite sampler, and more. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| California Wastewater Surveillance Center of Excellence | fact sheet | public health professionals | 2025 | Best Practices for Engaging and Retaining Wastewater Utility Partners |  | This fact sheet by the California Wastewater Surveillance Center of Excellence shares best practices for health departments to consider when engaging and strengthening partnerships with wastewater utility partners. It shares key strategies on communication, inclusion and partnerships, ease of logistics, supplies and equipment support, capacity enhancement, and professional networks. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | fact sheet | everyone | 2024 | Wastewater Monitoring | https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/pdf/CDC_Wastewater_Surveillance.pdf | In this fact sheet, the CDC provides information on how wastewater surveillance data is supporting public health action. First, the CDC presents an overview of the benefits of wastewater surveillance and the investments they have made towards building the National Wastewater Surveillance System. Then, they list examples from five jurisdictions on how officials have used wastewater data. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | fact sheet | public health professionals | 2022 | Building COVID-19 wastewater surveillance with the National Wastewater Surveillance System | https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/pdf/328288_National_Wastewater_Surveillance_System_508.pdf | This fact sheet explains how the CDC partners with health departments, labs, and utility partners to maintain the National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS). There are sections explaining how wastewater data is collected, how NWSS collaborates with other partners to discuss the data, how to access NWSS data, and how NWSS can provide expert assistance to their partners. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology | fact sheet | public health professionals | 2023 | Normalization Approaches Used by ELC-Funded Jurisdictions for NWSS | https://nwbe.org/?page_id=1166 | This fact sheet from the Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology summarizes wastewater surveillance data normalization approaches used by states funded by the CDC's Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity Program. It lists if each state has a public dashboard and which normalization methods and units they use. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology | fact sheet | wastewater utility staff | 2025 | Measles Information for Water Professionals | https://nwbe.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Measles-Information-for-Water-Professionals-Final-August-2025.pdf | This fact sheet by the Water Environment Federation, hosted on the Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology's website, highlights relevant information on measles for water professionals. Sections include a disease overview, presence in wastewater, suitability for wastewater surveillance, and preventing infection when working with wastewater. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network | fact sheet | public health professionals | 2025 | Plain Language Glossary | https://health.ny.gov/environmental/wastewater/docs/nyscoe_plainlanguageglossary.pdf | This Plain Language Glossary created by the New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network shares definitions on terms most used on wastewater surveillance websites, dashboards, and data displays, so that lay audiences can better interpret health risks and wastewater surveillance data and trends. Definitions are deliberately tailored for the wastewater surveillance program, and wherever possible, examples are included to further explain concepts. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| U.S. Government Accountability Office | fact sheet | everyone | 2022 | Science & tech spotlight: Wastewater surveillance | https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-22-105841.pdf | This fact sheet from the U.S. Government Accountability Office explains the science behind wastewater surveillance as well as opportunities, challenges, and policy questions associated with this public health tool. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| WastewaterSCAN | fact sheet | public health professionals | 2024 | Using Wastewater Data to Determine InfluenzaSeason Characteristics | https://wastewatersca1.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WWSCAN_Influenza_A_Research_Summary.pdf | This fact sheet by WastewaterSCAN is a summary of a November 2023 paper exploring how to analyze wastewater data to extract relevant public health insights on influenza A. Key takeaways include an overview of how wastewater data complements clinical data, guidance for determining data metrics, and situations where public health officials can leverage wastewater data. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| WastewaterSCAN | fact sheet | public health professionals | 2024 | Establishing a correlation between wastewater data and clinical data for RSV infections in the U.S. | https://wastewatersca1.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/WWSCAN_RSV_Correlation-Study_Summary.pdf | This fact sheet by WastewaterSCAN is a summary of a national study on RSV wastewater detections from 2022-2023, where data was linked to clinical cases. Key takeaways include an overview of how RSV wastewater data is correlated to clinical data and considerations when tracking RSV in wastewater. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Water Environment Federation | fact sheet | public health professionals | 2023 | Wastewater Surveillance for COVID-19: Fast Facts | https://nwbe.org/?attachment_id=2504 | In this fact sheet, the Water Environment Federation introduces the use of wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 monitoring, highlights the benefits of wastewater surveillance in comparison to clinical testing, and provides information about the establishment of the National Wastewater Surveillance System. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Water Environment Federation | fact sheet | wastewater utility staff | 2022 | Revised Guidance on Wastewater Surveillance for Poliovirus | https://nwbe.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Poliovirus-Wastewater-Surveillance-Guidance-WEF-Revised-12-12-22.pdf | This Water Environment Federation fact sheet reinforces wastewater worker safety measures when testing for poliovirus, such as using personal protective equipment and getting vaccinated for poliovirus. Collaboration between wastewater utilities and public health agencies is also emphasized. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Water Environment Federation | fact sheet | wastewater utility staff | 2023 | Antimicrobial Resistance Information for Water Professionals | https://nwbe.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Antimicrobial-Resistance-Fact-Sheet-WEF-WIDOC-04-27-23.pdf | This Water Environment Federation fact sheet outlines antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in wastewater, detailing how antibiotic-resistant bacteria, antibiotic-resistant genes, and mobile genetic elements spread through wastewater systems. It highlights wastewater-based surveillance as a tool for tracking AMR, the role of water resource recovery facilities in mitigation, and best practices for water professionals to consider. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Water Environment Federation | fact sheet | wastewater utility staff | 2024 | Candida auris Information for Water Professionals | https://nwbe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-04-02-WEF-Candida-auris-Information-for-Water-Professionals-FINAL.pdf | This Water Environment Federation fact sheet provides an overview of Candida auris, highlighting its rising incidence, the role of wastewater surveillance in tracking its spread, and what wastewater workers need to know. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Water Environment Federation | fact sheet | wastewater utility staff | 2024 | Influenza Information for Water Professionals | https://nwbe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/WEF-Influenza-Information-for-Water-Professionals-May-2024.pdf | This Water Environment Federation fact sheet provides an overview of influenza and risks for wastewater workers. It also covers infection prevention measures, personal protective equipment recommendations, and the potential role of wastewater in tracking emerging strains like H5N1. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Water Environment Federation | fact sheet | wastewater utility staff | 2024 | Respiratory Syncytial Virus Information for Water Professionals | https://nwbe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/RSV-Information-for-Water-Professionals-WEF-November-2024-Final.pdf | This Water Environment Federation fact sheet provides an overview of RSV and its detection in wastewater. It explains how wastewater-based surveillance complements clinical data and tracks RSV in fecal and respiratory excretions. It also outlines infection prevention measures, disinfection protocols, and personal protective equipment recommendations for wastewater professionals. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Water Environment Federation | fact sheet | wastewater utility staff | 2025 | Mpox Information for Water Professionals | https://nwbe.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/WEF-Mpox-Information-for-Water-Professionals-January-2025-update-FINAL-1.pdf | This Water Environment Federation fact sheet provides updated information on mpox and its implications for wastewater workers. It highlights wastewater-based surveillance as a tool for monitoring outbreaks, emphasizes hygiene and personal protective equipment, and outlines disinfection measures to reduce exposure risks. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH) | fact sheet | everyone | 2022 | Wastewater Surveillance Glossary | https://www.slh.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/221212_COVID_WW_Glossary.pdf | This is a glossary from the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene that defines key terms in wastewater surveillance. It includes terms such as composite sampling, nucleic acid extraction, PCR methods (qPCR and dPCR),fecal shedding, and sewershed surveillance. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| California Department of Public Health | fact sheet (FAQ) | everyone | 2024 | California Wastewater Surveillance NetworkFrequently Asked Questions (FAQs) | https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/CDPH%20Document%20Library/COVID-19/FAQCAWWSNetwork.pdf | This California Department of Public Health fact sheet answers frequently asked questions about the California Wastewater Surveillance Network. It details the network's sample collection process, laboratory testing, data reporting, and funding sources. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| California Department of Public Health | fact sheet (FAQ) | everyone | 2024 | Wastewater surveillance general frequently asked questions | https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/CDPH%20Document%20Library/COVID-19/FAQGeneralWastewaterSurveillance.pdf | This fact sheet from the California Department of Public Health lists answers to frequently asked questions about wastewater surveillance and SARS-CoV-2 detection. This document is intended for the general public. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment (Colorado) | fact sheet (FAQ) | everyone | 2025 | Frequently Asked Questions about theWastewater Surveillance Program | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y9I0iORrQnd1MQJKjrFyf_qWLqbJQpNa/view | This fact sheet by the Colorado Department of Health answers frequently asked questions about its wastewater surveillance program, touching on topics including targets and pathogens, DNA and RNA, how data is used, limitations, and more. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Colorado National Wastewater Surveillance System Center of Excellence | fact sheet (FAQ) | public health professionals | 2024 | Questions and answers about wastewater surveillance | https://www.du.edu/sites/default/files/2024-05/NWSS%20CoE%20FAQ%20-%20DU_CDPHE.pdf | This fact sheet from the Colorado National Wastewater Surveillance System Center of Excellence answers questions about starting and implementing wastewater surveillance programs. It outlines considerations for wastewater sample collection, laboratory methods, data analysis, and communication strategies. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| European Union Drugs Agency | fact sheet (FAQ) | everyone | NA | Frequently asked questions (FAQ): wastewater-based epidemiology and drugs | https://www.euda.europa.eu/publications/frequently-asked-questions-faq/faq-wastewater-based-epidemiology_en | This fact sheet by the European Union Drugs Agency addresses frequently asked questions about the methods, background information, uses, applications, and interpretations of wastewater-based epidemiology for illicit drug detection. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology | fact sheet (FAQ) | everyone | 2025 | Frequently Asked Questions about Public Health Wastewater Monitoring | https://nwbe.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025-02-05-FAQs-Update-for-NWBE-FINAL-.pdf | This FAQ from the Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology (NWBE) provides a comprehensive guide to building, understanding, and maintaining wastewater surveillance systems. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network | fact sheet (FAQ) | everyone | 2025 | New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network Frequently Asked Questions |  | This New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network fact sheet answers frequently asked questions about the New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network. It details the network's wastewater data uses, benefits and limitations of wastewater surveillance, provides links to wastewater data, and more. The link prompts an automatic download of a PDF of the resource. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services | fact sheet (FAQ) | everyone | 2022 | North Carolina WastewaterMonitoring Network: Frequently Asked Questions | https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/covid-19-wastewater-monitoring-faqs/open | This North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services fact sheet answers frequently asked questions about wastewater surveillance. It explains how wastewater-based surveillance detects outbreaks early, captures asymptomatic cases, and supplements clinical data. Questions specific to the North Carolina Wastewater Monitoring Network are also answered. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| WastewaterSCAN | fact sheet (FAQ) | everyone | NA | Frequently Asked Questions | https://www.wastewaterscan.org/en/faqs | This WastewaterSCAN fact sheet answers frequently asked questions about the organization, wastewater monitoring, data, and participation. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH) | fact sheet (FAQ) | everyone | 2022 | Wastewater Surveillance General Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) | https://www.slh.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/221108_Wastewater-surveillance_general-FAQs_WSLH.pdf | This Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene fact sheet provides answers to frequently asked questions about wastewater surveillance and the Wisconsin Wastewater Monitoring Project. It highlights wastewater-based surveillance as a public health tool and explains how results are shared on public dashboards. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH) | fact sheet (FAQ) | wastewater utility staff | 2022 | FAQs for Wastewater Treatment Facilities | https://www.slh.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/221108_Wastewater-Surveillance_WWTF-FAQs_WSLH.pdf | This Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene fact sheet answers questions commonly asked by wastewater treatment plants interested in participating in the Wisconsin Wastewater Monitoring Project. It details sampling methods, data reporting, and public health applications, emphasizing how wastewater-based surveillance provides community-level infection insights. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| World Health Organization | fact sheet (FAQ) | everyone | 2022 | Wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2: Questions and answers (Q&A) | https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/353058/WHO-EURO-2022-5274-45038-64164-eng.pdf?sequence=4 | The WHO Wastewater fact sheet provides guidance on wastewater-based epidemiology for SARS-CoV-2 and answers frequently asked questions about wastewater surveillance operations and considerations. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| California Department of Public Health | infographic | everyone | 2023 | Using Wastewater Surveillance to Inform Public Health | https://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/CID/DCDC/CDPH%20Document%20Library/COVID-19/WWWinfographic.pdf | This infographic is from the California Department of Public Health. It describes how wastewater surveillance can be used to track pathogens and as an early warning tool. It then lists how wastewater surveillance is used to inform public health by listing the process from when samples are collected, analyzed, and interpreted for the public. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| California Department of Public Health | infographic | everyone | 2023 | Wastewater Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 | https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/CDPH%20Document%20Library/COVID-19/WWSforSVC2.pdf | This infographic created by the California Department of Public Health demonstrates how wastewater surveillance is used to track SARS-CoV-2. There is a graphic that outlines the process of conducting wastewater surveillance, starting at when the virus is shed in wastewater and ending at data dissemination. There is also information that lists the benefits of using wastewater surveillance. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | infographic | everyone | 2025 | Wastewater Monitoring—How Does It Work? | https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/pdf/Wastewater-COVID-infographic-h.pdf | The infographic is from CDC's National Wastewater Surveillance System website. It is a demonstration of how wastewater surveillance works and uses COVID-19 as an example. There is a graphic showing how data is collected from the community, analyzed at the lab, and then utilized by public health officials. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization | infographic | everyone | 2020 | How sewage testing helps contain COVID-19 | https://www.csiro.au/en/news/All/Articles/2020/September/how-sewage-testing-helps-contain-covid-19 | The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) provides guidance on the COVID-19 wastewater surveillance process through a timeline displayed on their website. The timeline outlines the time between when the virus is shed in wastewater to when samples are analyzed. The timeline highlights how monitoring sewage can be used for early detection of COVID-19 outbreaks as notification of the quantifiable levels of the virus in wastewater precedes initiation of COVID-19 symptoms and clinical testing. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment | infographic | everyone | 2022 | Sewage as an indicatorof public health | https://www.rivm.nl/en/covid-19/sewage/indicator-health | At the bottom of this article from the Dutch National Institute for Public Health, an infographic illustrates how wastewater surveillance can be used as an indicator of public health. It shows examples of what can be monitored in sewage such as pathogens, drug use, and more. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment | infographic | everyone | 2022 | Sewage research related to COVID-19 | https://www.rivm.nl/documenten/infographic-sewage-research-related-to-covid-19 | This infographic from the Dutch National Institute of Public health lists the steps of what happens at a laboratory before wastewater data is published on the dashboard. The steps indicate that samples are transported, prepared for testing and storage, extracted and sequenced for genetic material, and then analyzed before being published on a dashboard. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment | infographic | everyone | 2024 | The possibilities ofwastewater research | https://www.rivm.nl/documenten/sewage-as-indicator-of-public-health | The Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment provide an infographic that shows the numerous ways wastewater research can be used. They categorize the uses of wastewater surveillance into three main sections which include infectious diseases, lifestyle uses, and the living environment. Under each category are examples of what can be tested in wastewater respectively. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Georgia Department of Public Health | infographic | everyone | 2022 | How Does Wastewater Surveillance Work? | https://dph.georgia.gov/document/document/ga-wastewater-surveillance-fact-sheet/download | In this infographic, the Georgia Department of Health demonstrates how wastewater surveillance works. The first section details the process of collecting and analyzing wastewater while the second section describes how wastewater data informs public health action and the advantages of using it. The link provided will prompt a download of a PDF version of this infographic. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Maricopa County Public Health | infographic | everyone | NA | Wastewater Monitoring in Maricopa County | https://www.maricopa.gov/6079/Wastewater-Monitoring | The Maricopa County Public Health Department has a graphic on their website showing how wastewater data is collected. It is a pipeline graphic demonstrating the shedding of pathogens and their transport to wastewater treatment facilities before samples are taken for analysis and quantification. The graphic also shows how wastewater data helps inform public health actions in the community. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Marin Health & Human Services (California) | infographic | everyone | NA | Wastewater Surveillance Infectious Disease Process Timeline | https://www.marinhhs.org/sites/default/files/blue_illustrated_path_design_process_timeline_infographic.pdf | This infographic by Marin Health & Human Services provides a timeline of the wastewater surveillance infectious disease process, from when viruses are shed to when the Marin County Public Health Wastewater Surveillance program tracks virus levels and responds. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Michigan Department of Health | infographic | everyone | 2021 | How does wastewater monitoring fit in with overall COVID-19 surveillance? | https://nwbe.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/covid_wws_infographic-2.pdf | This infographic from the Michigan Department of Health compares individual case surveillance and population-level wastewater surveillance for COVID-19. It highlights how the two surveillance methods differ in terms of when data is collected and shows how wastewater provides an early warning to officials before they are notified of positive clinical cases. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| National Association of County and City Health Officials | infographic | everyone | 2021 | Wastewater Surveillance: What's SARS-CoV-2 Got to Do with It? | https://www.naccho.org/uploads/downloadable-resources/Wastewater-Surveillance-SARS-CoV-2_final_2021.pdf | This infographic created by NACCHO provides an overview of how wastewater can be used to monitor COVID-19. A step-by-step process is illustrated, showing how wastewater is collected, tested in laboratories, and analyzed for SARS-CoV-2 RNA levels. The infographic highlights the public health benefits associated with wastewater surveillance, explains the advantages of conducting wastewater surveillance, and provides an example of how it has been used in Tempe, Arizona. The infographic also encourages health departments to start wastewater surveillance operations and details steps on how to do so. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network | infographic | everyone | 2025 | How Wastewater Surveillance Works | https://health.ny.gov/environmental/wastewater/docs/nyscoe_wastewaterinfographic.pdf | This infographic by the New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network shares a breakdown of how wastewater surveillance works, from when viruses are shed to when laboratories test samples for disease-causing viruses and bacteria. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Ohio Department of Health | infographic | everyone | 2023 | Ohio scientists using sewage to track Coronavirus | https://nwbe.org/?attachment_id=2462 | This infographic from the Ohio Department of Health is a short illustration of how scientists use sewage to track coronavirus. The graphic shows where samples are collected and what processes occur to treat the water before it is discharged. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Ohio Department of Health | infographic | everyone | 2023 | Using wastewater monitoring to track the spread of COVID-19 in Ohio | https://nwbe.org/?attachment_id=2463 | This infographic by the Ohio Department of Health explains how wastewater monitoring helps track COVID-19 spread in Ohio. It describes the process of collecting wastewater at treatment plants, testing for SARS-CoV-2 gene fragments, and analyzing trends to determine if virus levels are rising, falling, or stable. When virus levels increase local health officials are alerted, allowing for early interventions. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| One Health Trust | infographic | everyone | 2022 | What is wastewater surveillance? | https://onehealthtrust.org/publications/infographics/what-is-wastewater-surveillance/ | The "What is Wastewater Surveillance?" infographic by the One Health Trust provides an overview of wastewater surveillance and explains how COVID-19, poliovirus, and antimicrobial resistance can be monitored through wastewater. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Puerto Rico Department of Health | infographic | everyone | NA | Vigilancia de aguas residuales: ¿Cómo Functiona? | https://www.salud.pr.gov/CMS/DOWNLOAD/9637 | This infographic created by the Puerto Rico Department of Health shares information about how wastewater surveillance operates, from viral shedding to data interpretation. Information is presented in Spanish. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Water Environment Federation | infographic | everyone | 2023 | Wastewater Surveillance Isn't Just about COVID |  | In this infographic, the Water Environment Federation lists different pathogens that can be tested in wastewater. Some of the pathogens are identified as being core targets for the National Wastewater Surveillance System to test. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Water Environment Federation | infographic | everyone | 2023 | How the Wastewater Surveillance Puzzle Pieces Fit Together in the US | https://nwbe.org/?attachment_id=1612 | In this infographic, the Water Environment Federation shows the different stakeholders that contribute to the National Wastewater Surveillance System. Stakeholders include laboratories, health departments, utility workers, and more. Each stakeholder type has a description of what they do and how they contribute to wastewater surveillance research. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Water Environment Federation | infographic | everyone | 2023 | Did You Know? We are Working Hard to Protect Your Health in More Ways Than One | https://nwbe.org/?attachment_id=2020 | This Water Environment Federation infographic explains how wastewater surveillance can be useful for tracking pathogens beyond SARS-CoV-2 and encourages people to reach out with any questions or concerns they may have about wastewater surveillance. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Water Environment Federation | infographic | public health professionals | 2023 | How Long Should it Take to Collect, Package, and Ship Samples | https://nwbe.org/?attachment_id=1870 | This infographic provided by the Water Environment Federation estimates the time needed to collect, package, and ship wastewater samples. The information is categorized by core activities that are mandatory in wastewater surveillance and optional activities that may happen. Each activity is shown in the number of minutes it takes to complete. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Water Environment Federation | infographic | public health professionals | 2023 | Wastewater Surveillance Sampling Supplies and Equipment | https://nwbe.org/?attachment_id=2333 | This infographic from WEF shows supplies and equipment used in wastewater surveillance programs. An example of a sampling kit is provided where the supplies and their quantities are listed. The infographic notes that sampling supplies and equipment may vary by jurisdiction. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Water Environment Federation | infographic | wastewater utility staff | 2023 | The Utility’s Role in Wastewater Surveillance | https://nwbe.org/?attachment_id=2644 | In this infographic, the Water Environment Federation describes the role of utility partners in wastewater surveillance and lists examples of what they may or may not be tasked to do. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Chautauqua County Health Department | press release | everyone | 2022 | Health Department Reports of Wastewater Surveillance Program: COVID-19 Levels Low in Jamestown and Dunkirk Wastewater | https://chqgov.com/public-health/news/health-department-reports-wastewater-surveillance-program | This press release from the Chautauqua County Health Department in New York State reports on ongoing wastewater surveillance in Dunkirk and Jamestown, detecting low levels of SARS-CoV-2 in March of 2022. Graphs showing SARS-CoV-2 concentration levels for these two cities are provided. The press release also emphasizes the value of wastewater surveillance as an early warning system. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| City of Milwaukee Health Department | press release | everyone | 2024 | New Updates to Wastewater Monitoring DashboardCity of Milwaukee Health Department Adds Flu and RSV to Public Tracking | https://city.milwaukee.gov/Health/News/2024-News-Releases/December-2024/New-Updates-to-Wastewater-Monitoring-Dashboard | This press release from the City of Milwaukee Health Department in Wisconsin announces updates to their wastewater monitoring dashboard to include influenza A & B and RSV in addition to COVID-19 as of December, 2024. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Houston Wastewater Epidemiology | press release | everyone | 2024 | Pilot wastewater alert program protects Houston schools against viral threats | https://www.hou-wastewater-epi.org/news/pilot-wastewater-alert-program-protects-houston-schools-against-viral-threats | This press release from the Houston Wastewater Epidemiology team describes a pilot wastewater alert program monitoring SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and RSV in 46 schools in the Houston Independent School District. The pilot study originally began in December 2020 and has continued since then. Information about Houston’s Virus Alert Program is also discussed. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| New York State Department of Health | press release | everyone | 2023 | New York State Department of Health Announces Wastewater Surveillance Expansion and Increased Disease Monitoring Capabilities | https://www.health.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/2023-01-23_wastewater_surveillance.htm | This 2023 press release from the New York State Department of Health announces a $21.6 million expansion of wastewater surveillance to test for additional pathogens such as influenza, RSV, hepatitis A, norovirus, and antimicrobial-resistant genes. The new funding will also increase the percentage of New York's population covered by wastewater surveillance. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| New York State Department of Health New York State Department of Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene | press release | everyone | 2022 | NYSDOH and NYCDOHMH Announce Wastewater Monitoring Identifies Polio In New York City and Urge Unvaccinated New Yorkers to Get Vaccinated Now | https://www.health.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/2022-08-12_nys_nyc_wastewater_polio.htm | This 2022 press release from the New York State Department of Health and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announces the detection of poliovirus in wastewater in Rockland and Orange County. Officials are urging unvaccinated individuals to get vaccinated. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Michigan Department of Health & Human Services (Michigan) | press release | everyone | 2023 | MDHHS, local partners begin testing wastewater for poliovirus in Oakland County | https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside-mdhhs/newsroom/2023/07/11/polio-wastewater-monitoring | This 2023 press release from the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services discusses a collaboration with local partners to begin testing wastewater for poliovirus in Oakland County. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| New York State Department of Health | press release | everyone | 2025 | New York State Department of Health Issues Advisory Following Measles Detection in City of Oswego Wastewater; No Clinical Cases Identified | https://www.health.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/2025-09-27_oswego_measles_advisory | This press release from the New York State Department of Health reports on a 2025 advisory meeting it held to discuss low levels of measles virus that was detected in a wastewater sample collected from a treatment facility serving parts of the City of Oswego and surrounding areas. Officials urge individuals to check their vaccination status and know the symptoms of measles. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Rice University | press release (article) | everyone | 2025 | Rice researchers partnering with Houston Health Department on wastewater surveillance to stay ahead of measles outbreak | https://news.rice.edu/news/2025/rice-researchers-partnering-houston-health-department-wastewater-surveillance-stay-ahead | This 2025 article published by Rice University describes how the Houston Wastewater Epidemiology team is addressing the measles outbreak in Texas. The article summarizes recent findings proving the early detection capabilities of wastewater surveillance for measles. It also explains how wastewater surveillance detects measles and its importance for public health. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Association of Public Health Laboratories | report | laboratory personnel | 2022 | SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Surveillance Testing Guide for Public Health Laboratories | https://www.aphl.org/aboutAPHL/publications/Documents/EH-2022-SARSCoV2-Wastewater-Surveillance-Testing-Guide.pdf | This guide from the Association of Public Health Laboratories describes testing methods, necessary laboratory infrastructure, and program performance evaluation guidelines for SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance to help public health laboratories monitor COVID-19 trends. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Association of Public Health Laboratories | report | laboratory personnel | 2023 | National Trendsin WastewaterSurveillance2023 Survey Report | https://www.aphl.org/aboutAPHL/publications/Documents/EH-2023-Wastewater-Survey.pdf | This 2023 report by the Association of Public Health Laboratories features the methodology and results of its national survey to characterize the capacities and capabilities of 130 state, local and territorial public health, environmental, and agricultural wastewater surveillance laboratories. The results provide a baseline for laboratories to measure against as they grow and refine their methods. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Association of State and Territorial Health Officials | report | public health professionals | 2025 | Framework for AddressingEthical Considerations inInfectious Diseases PublicHealth Wastewater Surveillance | https://www.astho.org/4934db/globalassets/report/framework-for-addressing-ethical-considerations-in-infectious-diseases-public-health-wastewater-surveillance.pdf | This framework by the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials explores ethical considerations surrounding wastewater surveillance for infectious diseases. Key topics outlined in this framework include discussions of privacy, stigma, and data stewardship in wastewater surveillance. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission | report | public health professionals | 2025 | National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program reports | https://www.acic.gov.au/publications/national-wastewater-drug-monitoring-program-reports | These reports by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission analyze Australia's drug consumption, with data collected by the National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program. Users can click on each report at the bottom of the page for access to a PDF of the report, a media snapshot, and longitudinal figures for each state and territory in Australia, broken down by drug type. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Australian Government Department of Health | report | public health professionals | 2022 | SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Surveillance CDNA National Strategy | https://www.cdc.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/sars-cov-2-wastewater-surveillance-cdna-national-strategy.pdf | This report from the Australian Government Department of Health in 2022 outlines the proposed national strategy for conducting SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance. It lists the benefits of wastewater surveillance and describes how consistent sampling can better inform public health action. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Canadian Water Network (CWN) | report | public health professionals | 2020 | Ethics and communications guidance for wastewater surveillanceto inform public health decision-making about COVID-19 | https://cwn-rce.ca/wp-content/uploads/COVID19-Wastewater-Coalition-Ethics-and-Communications-Guidance-v4-Sept-2020.pdf | This report by the Canadian Water Network and Canadian Coalition on Wastewater-related COVID-19 Research shares guidance on ethics and communications for wastewater surveillance to inform public health decision making regarding COVID-19. The guidance is intended to provide authoritative ethical perspectives that are specific to wastewater surveillance. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Canadian Water Network (CWN) | report | public health professionals | 2020 | Phase 1 Inter-Laboratory Study: Comparison of Approaches to Quantify SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Wastewater | https://cwn-rce.ca/covid-19-wastewater-coalition/phase-1-inter-laboratory-study/ | This report by the Canadian Water Network and Canadian Coalition on Wastewater-related COVID-19 Research is the first phase of the Coalition's Inter-Laboratory Study that compares approaches to quantify SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater. It shares the study's outcomes and recommendations for quality assurance and quality control. Users can download a PDF of the report by clicking the "Download the report" link at the bottom of the page. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Canadian Water Network (CWN),National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCCID) | report | public health professionals | 2024 | Wastewater-based surveillance for public health: Knowledge-to-Action Series | https://cwn-rce.ca/report/wastewater-based-surveillance-for-public-health-knowledge-to-action-series/ | The Canadian Water Network and the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases present the Wastewater-Based Surveillance for Public Health Knowledge-to-Action Series, capturing insights from their first and second years conducting wastewater surveillance. The series is divided into six sections, with an overview, three wastewater surveillance cost-effectiveness use cases, a video of Toronto Public Health's approach to wastewater-based surveillance, a case example, and two sets of resources for dashboards and data governance principles. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | report | public health professionals | 2021 | Using Wastewater Surveillance Data to Support the COVID-19 Response — United States, 2020–2021 | https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/pdfs/mm7036a2-H.pdf | This 2021 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes the development of the National Wastewater Surveillance System for SARS-CoV-2 monitoring. It also highlights how Ohio and Utah established their wastewater surveillance programs in the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, using the data to inform public health action. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Colorado National Wastewater Surveillance System Center of Excellence | report | public health professionals | 2022 | Considerations when Evaluating a Building Wastewater System for Wastewater Surveillance | https://www.du.edu/sites/default/files/2022-12/NWSS%20COE_%20Considerations%20when%20evaluating%20a%20Building%20Wastewater%20System.pdf | This report from the Colorado National Wastewater Surveillance System Center of Excellence lists considerations for evaluating building-level wastewater systems. It outlines key topics to support effective wastewater-based monitoring such as equipment needs, sampling locations, and system inspections. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Colorado National Wastewater Surveillance System Center of Excellence | report | public health professionals | 2022 | Standard Operating Procedure for Transportation of CompositeWastewater Samples to Public Health Laboratories | https://www.du.edu/sites/default/files/2022-12/NWSS%20CoE_SOP%20for%20Transportation%20of%20Composite%20Wastewater%20Samples%20to%20Public%20Health%20Lab_0.pdf | This standard operating procedure from the Colorado National Wastewater Surveillance System Center of Excellence outlines procedures for safely transporting composite wastewater samples from treatment plants to public health laboratories for RNA extraction and analysis. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Colorado National Wastewater Surveillance System Center of Excellence | report | public health professionals | 2022 | Standard Operating Procedure for Transportation of Manual WastewaterSamples to Public Health Laboratories | https://www.du.edu/sites/default/files/2022-12/NWSS%20CoE_SOP%20for%20Grab%20Samples%20and%20Transportation%20of%20Wastewater%20Samples_0.pdf | This standard operating procedure from the Colorado National Wastewater Surveillance System Center of Excellence outlines the process for collecting and transporting grab wastewater samples to public health laboratories for RNA extraction and analysis. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Colorado National Wastewater Surveillance System Center of Excellence | report | public health professionals | 2024 | Lessons Learned in Building-Level Wastewater Surveillance | https://www.du.edu/sites/default/files/2024-04/Lessons%20Learned%20In%20Building%20Level%20Wastewater%20Surveillence.docx.pdf | This report from the Colorado National Wastewater Surveillance System Center of Excellence discusses lessons learned from implementing building-level wastewater surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report is organized into three main sections which detail lessons learned in wastewater sample collection, sample collection site selection, and public health actions based on wastewater surveillance data. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Colorado National Wastewater Surveillance System Center of Excellence | report | public health professionals | 2024 | Respiratory virus wastewater surveillance at the sewershed level | https://www.du.edu/sites/default/files/2024-06/Flu_RSV%20Communication%20Package.pdf | This report from the Colorado National Wastewater Surveillance System Center of Excellence provides guidance on implementing wastewater surveillance for influenza and RSV at the sewershed level. It also highlights the benefits and limitations of using wastewater surveillance to monitor these two pathogens. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Environmental Protection Agency | report | public health professionals | 2021 | A Compendium of U.S. WastewaterSurveillance to Support COVID-19Public Health Response | https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2021-09/wastewater-surveillance-compendium.pdf | This report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency documents COVID-19 wastewater surveillance programs across federal, state, local, and tribal agencies, universities, and the private sector throughout 2020 and early 2021. It provides insights into funding, stakeholder collaboration, implementation, and case studies for adopting wastewater surveillance. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA, European Union Drug Agency | report | public health professionals | 2016 | Assessing illicit drugs in wastewater: advances in wastewater-based drug epidemiology | https://www.euda.europa.eu/publications/insights/assessing-drugs-in-wastewater_en | This 2016 report from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction provides an overview of wastewater surveillance for monitoring illicit drugs and substances. Subsequent chapters provide additional considerations and applications for wastewater-based drug epidemiology. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| European Union Drugs Agency | report | everyone | 2026 | Wastewater analysis and drugs — a European multi-city study | https://www.euda.europa.eu/publications/pods/waste-water-analysis_en | This report by the European Union Drug Agency shares findings from a 2025 study spanning 115 European cities, analyzing wastewater for illicit drug consumption. The data is presented both at the bottom of the webpage and through a link where users can download a PDF of the report. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| European Union Drugs Agency | report | public health professionals | 2016 | Ethical research guidelines for wastewater-based epidemiology and related fields | https://www.euda.europa.eu/drugs-library/ethical-research-guidelines-wastewater-based-epidemiology-and-related-fields_en | This 2016 report by the European Union Drugs Agency and the Sewage Analysis CORe group Europe presents ethical guidelines for wastewater-based epidemiology efforts and related techniques. It outlines the main potential ethical risks in wastewater research and proposes related strategies to mitigate such risks. Users can download a PDF of the report by selecting the link in the "Download as PDF" section of the website page. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| European Union Drugs Agency | report | public health professionals | 2023 | Estimating the size of drug markets in selected European cities using wastewater-derived data on drug and drug metabolite residues | https://www.euda.europa.eu/drugs-library/estimating-size-drug-markets-selected-european-cities-using-wastewater-derived-data-drug-and-drug-metabolite-residues_en | This 2023 report commissioned by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction analyzes wastewater samples for the presence of illicit drugs to determine consumption estimates. It provides results as well as knowledge gaps and limitations that warrant further investigation. Users can download a PDF of the report by selecting the link in the "Download as PDF" section of the website page. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Houston Wastewater Epidemiology | report | public health professionals | 2022 | City of HoustonWastewater Epidemiology for SARS-CoV-2Houston Wastewater Epidemiology (HWE)Best Practices | https://www.hou-wastewater-epi.org/sites/g/files/bxs4786/files/2022-06/COH-Wastewater-Epi-Best-Practices.pdf | This report from Houston Wastewater Epidemiology discusses best practices for SARS-CoV-2 wastewater epidemiology. It is divided into three sections, focusing on laboratory methods, data methods, and wastewater epidemiology in practice. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| JRC Publications Repository | report | public health professionals | 2024 | The International cookbook for wastewater practitioners - Vol. 1 SARS-CoV-2 | https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC138489 | This report from the European Commission's Joint Research Centre provides practical guidance on implementing wastewater-based surveillance for SARS-CoV-2, summarizing global innovations and lessons learned from 2020 to 2023. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Mathematica | report | public health professionals | 2024 | New Uses of Wastewater Data on High-RiskSubstances: Emerging Drug Detection, Overdose Prediction, and Drug Policy Evaluation | https://www.mathematica.org/publications/new-uses-of-wastewater-data-on-high-risk-substances | This research brief from Mathematica summarizes findings from a study conducted in five counties across four states in 2023 across the United States. It discusses how wastewater surveillance can track high-risk substance use, detect emerging drug threats, predict overdose trends, and assess drug policy impacts. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Mathematica | report | public health professionals | 2023 | The Costs of Wastewater Monitoring in Low- and Middle-Income Countries | https://www.mathematica.org/publications/the-costs-of-wastewater-monitoring-in-low-and-middle-income-countries | This research brief from Mathematica summarizes findings from a 2023 survey of wastewater monitoring programs in low- and middle-income countries to gather information on the costs of wastewater monitoring and how these costs can vary across different activities. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Mathematica, The Rockefeller Foundation | report | public health professionals | 2022 | Integrating Wastewater and Public Health Data | https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Integrating-Wastewater-and-Public-Health-Data-Final.pdf | This issue brief by Mathematica outlines the process of integrating wastewater data with other public health data to improve disease monitoring and response. It provides guidance by highlighting case studies, best practices, and recommendations for enhanced data-driven decision-making. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Mathematica, The Rockefeller Foundation | report | public health professionals | 2022 | Using Wastewater Data to Communicate About Infectious Disease Dynamics in Communities | https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Tracking-Wastewater-Data-to-Protect-Communities-Against-Infectious-Disease-Final.pdf | This issue brief from Mathematica highlights best practices and principles for wastewater surveillance communications. It provides considerations for determining an audience, selecting modes and frequency of communication, and conducting periodic evaluation of communication strategies. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Mathematica, The Rockefeller Foundation | report | public health professionals | 2022 | Developing Measurements of Health Markers in Wastewater | https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Developing-Measurements-of-Health-Markers-in-Wastewater-Final.pdf | This issue brief by Mathematica discusses the development and validation of assays for detecting health markers in wastewater. The brief summarizes lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and potential roles for additional pathogen assays. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Mathematica, The Rockefeller Foundation | report | public health professionals | 2022 | How to Monitor Wastewater Ethicallyto Benefit Vulnerable Communities | https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Monitoring-Wastewater-Ethically-to-Benefit-Vulnerable-Communities-Final.pdf | This issue brief by Mathematica discusses the ethical considerations of wastewater-based epidemiology and explores strategies for using wastewater surveillance to support vulnerable populations. The brief emphasizes the need for information exchange between communities and public health agencies to ensure wastewater monitoring is implemented responsibly and transparently. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Mathematica, The Rockefeller Foundation | report | public health professionals | 2022 | The Role of Wastewater Data in PandemicManagement | https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/The-Role-of-Wastewater-Data-in-Pandemic-Management-Survey-Research-Brief-Final.pdf | This research brief by Mathematica summarizes findings from a 2022 survey administered to state and local public health agency leaders. The brief examined the role of wastewater data in pandemic management and recommendations for integrating wastewater data into public health decision-making. The key findings of the survey were organized into four themes regarding wastewater surveillance: barriers, supports, values, and future interests. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Mathematica, The Rockefeller Foundation | report | public health professionals | 2022 | Developing Wastewater Sampling Plansto Monitor Public Health | https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Developing-Wastewater-Sampling-Plans-to-Monitor-Public-Health-Final.pdf | This issue brief by Mathematica provides guidance on developing wastewater sampling plans for public health monitoring. It outlines key considerations for when, where, and how to collect wastewater samples as well as methodologies for ensuring reliable data collection. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | report | public health professionals | 2023 | Wastewater-based Disease Surveillance for Public Health Action | https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26767/wastewater-based-disease-surveillance-for-public-health-action | This Phase 1 report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine reviews the utility of community-level wastewater surveillance. It discusses expanding pathogen tracking beyond SARS-CoV-2 and provides guidance for maintaining flexible, equitable, and economically sustainable wastewater surveillance systems. Click 'Read Online' to access a free version of the report. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | report | public health professionals | 2024 | Increasing the Utility of Wastewater-based Disease Surveillance for Public Health Action | https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27516/increasing-the-utility-of-wastewater-based-disease-surveillance-for-public-health-action | This Phase 2 report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine was published following the release of the Phase 1 report in 2023. This report discusses how to improve the utility of wastewater-based disease surveillance, and calls for standardized sampling, testing, and data analysis, as well as expanded pathogen tracking. Click 'Read Online' to access a free version of the report. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| National Association of County and City Health Officials | report | public health professionals | 2023 | Strengthening Local Capacity for Wastewater Surveillance | https://www.naccho.org/uploads/downloadable-resources/Mentorship-Pilot-Program_edited.pdf | This 2023 report by the National Association of County and City Health Officials describes a pilot mentorship program to support local health departments in building wastewater surveillance capacity for SARS-CoV-2. The report provides background, details on the pilot, participants, and results and findings. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network | report | public health professionals | 2024 | Local Health Departments Survey Findings Report |  | This report by the New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network summarizes findings from a survey assessing local health departments' utilization of wastewater surveillance data for understanding COVID-19 transmission, such as to track disease trends, monitor variants, and detect diseases early. It also identifies instances of wastewater surveillance data used in public health interventions and provides case studies from counties in New York State. The link prompts an automatic download of the resource. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network | report | public health professionals | 2022 | Wastewater Surveillance Technical Brief |  | This 2022 Technical Brief from the New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network shares an in-depth look into its wastewater surveillance activities, including information on its history, organization, wastewater testing, and future directions. Information on estimating SARS-CoV-2 trends, forecasting hospitalizations, and conducting wastewater surveillance upstream, at a community level, and at the facility-level is also provided. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| The Royal Society of Canada | report | public health professionals | 2022 | Wastewater Surveillance forSARS-CoV-2 RNA in Canada | https://rsc-src.ca/sites/default/files/WWS%20PB_EN_3.pdf | This report from the Royal Society of Canada describes the role of wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 RNA in public health. The report begins with an introduction to wastewater surveillance and discusses the elements of a wastewater monitoring system for SARS-CoV-2. Next, the report explores public health applications of wastewater surveillance and associated strengths and limitations. The report concludes with a discussion of emerging opportunities and research needs for wastewater surveillance. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| The Water Research Foundation | report | public health professionals | 2020 | Wastewater Surveillance of theCOVID-19 Genetic Signal in SewershedsRecommendations from Global Experts | https://www.waterrf.org/serve-file/COVID-19_SummitHandout-v3b.pdf | This report from the Water Research Foundation summarizes key insights from the 2020 International Water Research Summit on Environmental Surveillance of COVID-19. It provides guidance on collecting and analyzing wastewater samples and communicating findings to various audiences. The report also discusses future research needs to enhance wastewater surveillance. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| University of California Davis (UC Davis) | report | public health professionals | 2021 | Monitoring Wastewater to Inform COVID-19 Public Health Response | https://healthydavistogether.ucdpandemicpreparedness.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/HealthyDavisTogether_Wastewater-Monitoring-Playbook.pdf | This report from Healthy Davis Together discusses the value of wastewater surveillance for public health, lessons learned from wastewater surveillance operations in Davis, California, and guidelines on how other communities can develop their own wastewater surveillance programs. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Water Environment Federation | report | public health professionals | 2022 | Summary report: Pilot program for onsite testing of SARS-CoV-2 in correctional facility wastewater. | https://nwbe.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/WEF-Summary-Report-Pilot-Program-for-Onsite-Testing-of-SARS-CoV-2-in-Correctional-Facility-Wastewater.pdf | This report from the Water Environment Federation summarizes a 2022 pilot study for onsite SARS-CoV-2 testing in 18 correctional facilities. The study evaluates the utility of wastewater surveillance in correctional facilities to complement clinical data and provide early virus detections. It highlights challenges, best practices, and recommendations for incorporating onsite wastewater-based monitoring in similar facilities. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Water Research Commission | report | laboratory personnel | 2020 | A COMPENDIUM OF EMERGING SOUTH AFRICAN TESTINGMETHODOLOGIES FOR DETECTING OF SARS-COV 2 RNAIN WASTEWATER SURVEILLANCE | https://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/SP143_Methodology%20summary_SARS-CoV-2%20compendium_web.pdf | This 2020 report from the Water Research Commission outlines a compendium of testing methodologies for testing SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater surveillance in South Africa. It shares five cases, including a proof of concept study, from contributions made by several research initiatives, academics, individuals, and practitioners in South Africa. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| World Bank Group | report | public health professionals | 2022 | Strengthening Public Health Surveillance ThroughWastewater Testing: An Essential Investment forthe COVID-19 Pandemic and Future Health Threats | https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/4db853a4-bcb7-5cf5-89e9-5bd8ef4d00b0 | This report from the World Bank elaborates on the potential of wastewater-based epidemiology for public health monitoring in Latin America and the Caribbean. It highlights why countries should conduct wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 and outlines considerations for creating national wastewater surveillance programs. The report provides case studies, implementation strategies, and policy recommendations to help integrate wastewater-based epidemiology into public health systems globally. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| World Health Organization | report | public health professionals | 2017 | WHO guidelines on ethical issues in public health surveillance | https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/who-guidelines-on-ethical-issues-in-public-health-surveillance | This 2017 report from the World Health Organization outlines 17 ethical guidelines for public health surveillance. The guidelines cover three main themes including the responsibility to undertake surveillance and subject it to ethical scrutiny, the obligation to ensure appropriate protection and rights, and considerations in making decisions about how to communicate and share surveillance data. These guidelines are generally applicable to different types of public health surveillance, including wastewater surveillance. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| World Health Organization | report | public health professionals | 2020 | Expert consultation on public health needs related to surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater | https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/339487/WHO-EURO-2021-1965-41716-57097-eng.pdf?sequence=1 | This report draws from a November 2020 meeting organized by the WHO European Centre for Environment and Health which discussed the integration of wastewater-based epidemiology into public health surveillance systems. The report summarizes the use, usefulness, and limitations of SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance. It also covers challenges, ethical considerations, and future directions for expanding wastewater monitoring. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| World Health Organization | report | public health professionals | 2020 | Rapid expert consultation on environmental surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater | https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/334305/WHO-EURO-2020%20-1093-40839-55199-eng.pdf?sequence=3 | This report draws from a July 2020 meeting organized by the WHO European Centre for Environment and Health. At this meeting, there was an exchange of knowledge, experience, and practice among countries using wastewater-based epidemiology for SARS-CoV-2. The report summarizes these findings and outlines best practices for implementing wastewater monitoring for SARS-CoV-2, interpreting data, and fostering collaboration between public health authorities and other stakeholders. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| World Health Organization | report | public health professionals | 2023 | Environmental surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 to complement other public health surveillance | https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/372995/9789240080638-eng.pdf?sequence=1 | This 2023 report from the World Health Organization provides guidance on implementing wastewater surveillance for public health monitoring. It outlines methodologies for SARS-CoV-2 wastewater sample collection, data analysis, and interpretation. The report also includes best practices, ethical considerations, and recommendations for integrating wastewater-based epidemiology into public health systems worldwide. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| World Health Organization | report | public health professionals | 2024 | Considerations for wastewater and environmental surveillance for monkeypox virus | https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/379619/B09178-eng.pdf?sequence=1 | This 2024 document is a working draft from the WHO which provides guidance on integrating wastewater surveillance into routine mpox monitoring. It outlines the technical and operational feasibility for detecting and tracking mpox through wastewater. This resource supplements the WHO's document titled, Wastewater and environmental surveillance for one or more pathogens: Guidance on prioritization, implementation and integration. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| World Health Organization | report | public health professionals | 2024 | Wastewater and environmental surveillance for one or more pathogens Guidance on prioritization, implementation and integration | https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/wash-documents/wash-related-diseases/wes-for-one-or-more-pathogens--guidance-on-prioritization--implementation-and-integration--pilot-version6dec2024.pdf?sfvrsn=6bbad2cd_3 | This 2024 document is a working draft from the WHO which provides a framework for prioritizing, implementing, and integrating wastewater surveillance for multiple pathogens. It outlines steps for assessing the feasibility of wastewater-based epidemiology in monitoring public health threats and offers strategies for selecting target pathogens based on local public health needs. The report highlights methods for improving data integration and collaboration across sectors as well as future research needs for wastewater and environmental surveillance. This document is supplemented by 6 pathogen summary sheets. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| World Health Organization | report | public health professionals | 2024 | Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance Summary for Cholera | https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/wash-documents/wash-related-diseases/wes-summary-for-cholera---pilot-version-6dec2024.pdf?sfvrsn=cd39a70c_3 | This 2024 document is a working draft from the WHO which provides guidance on using wastewater surveillance to monitor cholera. This document outlines key steps and technical considerations for implementing wastewater surveillance to detect and track cholera outbreaks. This resource supplements the WHO's document titled, Wastewater and environmental surveillance for one or more pathogens: Guidance on prioritization, implementation and integration. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| World Health Organization | report | public health professionals | 2024 | Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance Summary for Influenza | https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/wash-documents/wash-related-diseases/wes-summary-for-influenza---pilot-version-6dec2024.pdf?sfvrsn=cb7b4f94_3 | This 2024 document is a working draft from the WHO which provides guidance on using wastewater surveillance to monitor influenza. It outlines the methodologies and feasibility for detecting and tracking influenza A and B viruses through wastewater. This resource supplements the WHO's document titled, Wastewater and environmental surveillance for one or more pathogens: Guidance on prioritization, implementation and integration. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| World Health Organization | report | public health professionals | 2024 | Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance Summary for Poliovirus | https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/wash-documents/wash-related-diseases/wes-summary-for-poliovirus---pilot-version-6dec2024.pdf?sfvrsn=893e67a8_3 | This 2024 document is a working draft from the WHO which provides information on using wastewater surveillance to monitor poliovirus. It emphasizes the technical and operational feasibility of detecting poliovirus in wastewater and provides research priorities for improving wastewater surveillance for poliovirus. This resource supplements the WHO's document titled, Wastewater and environmental surveillance for one or more pathogens: Guidance on prioritization, implementation and integration. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| World Health Organization | report | public health professionals | 2024 | Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance Summary for SARS-CoV-2 | https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/wash-documents/wash-related-diseases/wes-summary-for-sars-cov-2---pilot-version-6dec2024.pdf?sfvrsn=ee606b0a_3 | This 2024 document is a working draft from the WHO which provides information on using wastewater surveillance to monitor SARS-CoV-2. It discusses the technical and operational feasibility of monitoring SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater and lists integrated surveillance opportunities as well as future research needs. This resource supplements the WHO's document titled, Wastewater and environmental surveillance for one or more pathogens: Guidance on prioritization, implementation and integration. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| World Health Organization | report | public health professionals | 2024 | Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance Summary for Typhoid and Paratyphoid | https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/wash-documents/wash-related-diseases/wes-summary-for-typhoid-and-paratyphoid---pilot-version-6dec2024-2.pdf?sfvrsn=680f1ff4_3 | This 2024 document is a working draft from the WHO which provides information on the potential of using wastewater surveillance to monitor Typhoid and Paratyphoid. The document reports that there is no current use of wastewater surveillance for enteric fever at scale and highlights key knowledge gaps and research priorities. This resource supplements the WHO's document titled, Wastewater and environmental surveillance for one or more pathogens: Guidance on prioritization, implementation and integration. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| ADBE, Public Health Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology, Pathogen Data Network | toolkit | public health professionals | NA | Wastewater Surveillance Ethics Adviser | https://wastewater-surveillance-ethics.streamlit.app/ | This app, created by the African Data & Biospecimen Exchange, the Public Health Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology, and the Pathogen Data Network provides an overview of legal and ethical considerations related to wastewater surveillance data. Upon clicking the "Ethical Considerations" tab in the sidebar, users can select the type of molecular species, description, and origin of the type of data they are working with, and receive associated ethical and legal considerations. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| California Department of Public Health | toolkit | everyone | 2024 | Wastewater Surveillance Toolkit | https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Wastewater-Surveillance-Toolkit.aspx | This wastewater surveillance toolkit was created by the California Department of Public Health to support wastewater-based epidemiology efforts. The toolkit includes documents which cover common terms used in wastewater surveillance, general FAQs, guidance on using wastewater data to inform public health, and information on monitoring pathogens beyond COVID-19. The documents included in this toolkit are listed individually in this communications library. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Colorado National Wastewater Surveillance System Center of Excellence | toolkit | public health professionals | 2025 | Utility Metadata Survey | https://www.du.edu/sites/default/files/2025-03/Utility%20Metadata%20Survey.docx | This document by the Colorado National Wastewater Surveillance System Center of Excellence is a survey template for jurisdictions to gather information unique to wastewater treatment plants in their region. The survey provides questions about treatment plants' wastewater sample collection process and external factors that may impact their influent. The purpose of this survey is to help jurisdictions better contextualize wastewater surveillance data. The link provided will prompt a download of this resource in Microsoft Word. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology, SecureBio | toolkit | laboratory personnel | 2025 | Concentration and nucleic acid extraction of viruses from wastewater influent V.3 | https://www.protocols.io/view/concentration-and-nucleic-acid-extraction-of-virus-gzzhbx737.html | This protocol by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and SecureBio shares a workflow for performing concentration and total nucleic acid extraction from wastewater influent for untargeted RNA and DNA sequencing of viruses present in wastewater. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Minnesota Department of Health, Oregon State University, Oregon Health Authority | toolkit | public health professionals | 2023 | Survey Questions for Wastewater Utility Professionals | https://nwbe.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-08-31-Example-Survey-Questions-for-Utility-Partners.docx | This document by the Minnesota Department of Health, Oregon State University, and Oregon Health Authority provides a set of sample questions and guidance to help public health departments gather information from wastewater utility professionals. The survey covers topics such as facility contact information, interest in participation, best practices, and technical capacity. It includes both general and detailed questions to assess a facility’s readiness to collect and submit samples. The link provided will prompt a download of this resource in Microsoft Word. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology | toolkit | everyone | 2024 | Wastewater Surveillance News | https://nwbe.org/?page_id=39 | This webpage on the Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology website offers a collection from 2022-2024 of news articles, reports, and studies related to wastewater-based disease surveillance. It features updates from major media outlets, scientific journals, and government agencies, highlighting the expanding role of wastewater surveillance in public health. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology | toolkit | everyone | 2025 | Relevant Literature | https://nwbe.org/?page_id=1252 | This webpage on the Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology website serves as a repository of journal articles, reports, and guidance documents related to wastewater and environmental public health monitoring. Users can explore resources categorized by geographic area, type of monitoring, and pathogen. Each entry includes links to the original documents and abstracts when available. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology | toolkit | wastewater utility staff | 2025 | Utility Roadmap | https://nwbe.org/?page_id=1164#make-the-case | This toolkit is designed to guide wastewater utilities through the process of participating in wastewater surveillance programs. Developed by the Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology, the toolkit outlines four key steps: making the case for participation, building relationships with public health partners, assessing available resources, and managing logistics for sample collection and data sharing. Infographics, videos, and other resources are provided in this toolkit. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology | toolkit | wastewater utility staff | 2025 | Free Autosamplers, Flow Meters, & GeneXperts | https://nwbe.org/?page_id=395 | This webpage on the Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology website details a program by the Water Environment Federation that provides free automatic samplers and flow meters to rural, small, territorial, and tribal wastewater utilities. The page offers resources such as safety guidelines, installation and programming videos, quick-start guides, and user manuals. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology | toolkit | wastewater utility staff | 2025 | The NWSS Utilities CoP | https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiNjAwNmYwMDgtOWI3Zi00NDQzLWI3OTUtMmFlY2Q0MzMyZDFiIiwidCI6ImI3ZTk3ODAyLTJhNjktNDc3ZS1iN2QyLWY0ZDE2MWMyMTBjYiIsImMiOjF9 | This National Wastewater Surveillance System Utilities Community of Practice toolkit by the Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology highlights key outputs and lessons learned from the Community of Practice that occurred from February 2022 to September 2025. It offers information on how to stay engaged in a utility-focused wastewater surveillance community and provides answers to relevant Community of Practice poll questions. Survey questions and answers are categorized into six main topics: sampling and methods, safety and preparedness, ethics and privacy, data use and communication, program participation and funding, and emerging topics and future directions. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Ohio Department of Health | toolkit | public health professionals | 2023 | Public Communication Prompts | https://nwbe.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-09-13-Public-Communication-Templates.docx | This toolkit provides templates for social media posts, website articles, and press releases for health departments to share timely, clear, and consistent wastewater surveillance information with their communities. The content includes messaging for general awareness, alerts about rising trends, and updates on data. The link provided will prompt a download of this resource in Microsoft Word. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Public Health Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology | toolkit | laboratory personnel | 2026 | The PHA4GE Wastewater Contextual Data Specification | https://github.com/pha4ge/wastewater-contextual-data-specification | This GitHub repository by the Public Health Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology shares a data specification for harmonizing wastewater pathogen genomics contextual data. It provides standardized fields and terms which are implemented via metadata template(s),supported by field and reference guides as well as different curation and new term request standard operating procedures. It is scoped for data collection and sharing of both pathogen-agnostic genomics contextual data and genotypic attributes derived from various sequencing approaches. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Public Health Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology | toolkit | public health professionals | 2025 | Wastewater surveillance guidance and resources | https://github.com/pha4ge/wastewater-guidance | This GitHub repository by the Public Health Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology provides best practice standards and protocols for wastewater surveillance. It addresses key challenges in designing effective wastewater surveillance strategies, analyzing pathogen sequencing and quantification data, and sharing this data with the global public health community. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute | toolkit | public health professionals | 2026 | The Public Health Environmental Surveillance Open Data Model | https://github.com/Big-Life-Lab/PHES-ODM | This GitHub repository, made by the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute with collaboration from several organizations, shares an open data model, dictionary, and support tools for environmental surveillance, specifically water, surface, and air testing. The repository includes dictionary reference files, scripts, roadmaps, and works-in-progress, among other things. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Verily Life Sciences, Stanford University | toolkit | laboratory personnel | 2023 | Quantification of various SARS-CoV-2 variant mutations (characteristic of Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Omicron and Omicron sublineages) in settled solids using digital RT-PCR V.11 | https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.14egnzrrzg5d/v11 | This 2023 protocol details the steps for quantitative analysis of nucleic acid from SARS-CoV-2 with a triplex Reverse Transcriptase droplet digital Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-ddPCR) assay targeting the N Gene, S Gene and various mutation assays in extracted and purified RNA samples from solid wastewater samples for population level SARS-CoV-2 community surveillance. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Verily Life Sciences, Stanford University, University of Michigan | toolkit | laboratory personnel | 2021 | High Throughput pre-analytical processing of wastewater settled solids for SARS-CoV-2 RNA analyses V.2 | https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.b2kmqcu6 | This 2021 protocol describes the steps for pre-analytical processing of primary settled solids from wastewater treatment plants for downstream nucleic acid purification and quantification. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Verily Life Sciences, Stanford University, University of Michigan | toolkit | laboratory personnel | 2022 | High Throughput SARS-COV-2, PMMOV, and BCoV quantification in settled solids using digital RT-PCR V.5 | https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.e6nvw5orwvmk/v5 | This 2022 protocol details the steps for quantitative analysis of nucleic acid from SARS-CoV-2 with a triplex Reverse Transcriptase droplet digital Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-ddPCR) assay targeting the N Gene, S Gene and ORF1a and a duplex assay targeting Bovine Coronavirus Vaccine (BCoV) and Pepper Mild mottle virus (PMMoV) in extracted and purified RNA samples from solid wastewater samples for population level SARS-CoV-2 community surveillance. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Verily Life Sciences, Stanford University, University of Michigan | toolkit | laboratory personnel | 2021 | High Throughput RNA Extraction and PCR Inhibitor Removal of Settled Solids for Wastewater Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 RNA V.2 | https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.b2mkqc4w | This 2021 protocol details the steps for purification of nucleic acids from wastewater solids and preparation for downstream quantitative analysis with Reverse Transcriptase droplet digital Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-ddPCR). | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology | toolkit | public health professionals | 2025 | Utility Engagement Toolkit for Health Departments & Labs | https://nwbe.org/?page_id=2201 | This toolkit is hosted on the Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology website and was developed by the Water Environment Federation to help health departments and laboratories build strong partnerships with wastewater utilities. The toolkit provides guidance on recruiting utilities, addressing common barriers, and keeping partners engaged. It also includes resources like the Wastewater 101 video series and materials on normalization and rapid testing. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Association of Public Health Laboratories | toolkit (library) | laboratory personnel | NA | APHL Wastewater Surveillance Community of Practice | https://www.protocols.io/workspaces/aphl-wastewater-surveillance-community-of-practice/publications | The Association of Public Health Laboratories' Wastewater Surveillance Community of Practice shares a collection of wastewater surveillance protocols for APHL member laboratories to share, reference, and discuss. Users can join the Community of Practice to view shared workspace content, share protocols, and receive notifications about workspace advisory. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | toolkit (library) | everyone | NA | Wastewater Surveillance Photos on PHIL | https://wwwn.cdc.gov/PHIL/QuickSearch.aspx?keyword=WastWatrTx | This page of the Public Health Image Library by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shares an organized, universal electronic gateway to CDC's pictures of wastewater surveillance activities. The library's intended use is for public health professionals, laboratory scientists, the public, and more to use the material for reference, presentation, and public health messages. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| National Association of County & City Health Officials | toolkit (library) | public health professionals | 2025 | Wastewater Monitoring Resource Library | https://www.naccho.org/programs/environmental-health/hazards/water/wash/wastewater-surveillance-resource-library | The Wastewater Surveillance Resource Library was developed by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) to support local health departments in implementing wastewater surveillance programs. The resource library offers background information on wastewater surveillance, guidance documents, communication materials, and examples of data dashboards. It also includes reports and briefs from NACCHO's Wastewater Surveillance Mentorship Program, which shares best practices and lessons learned from local health departments. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology | toolkit (library) | everyone | 2025 | Infographic Library | https://nwbe.org/?page_id=2400 | This infographic library is a repository of shareable information related to wastewater surveillance. It features a collection of 22 infographics from various organizations. These infographics cover topics such as the basics of wastewater surveillance, its role in detecting SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogens, and the broader applications of wastewater monitoring in public health. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology | toolkit (library) | everyone | 2025 | Learnings from the Wastewater Disease Surveillance Summit | https://nwbe.org/?page_id=175 | This webpage by the Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology shares some of the posters presented during the 2025 Wastewater Disease Surveillance Summit, as well as live recordings of the sessions. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology | toolkit (library) | public health professionals | 2025 | Connecting with Wastewater Professionals | https://nwbe.org/?page_id=704 | This webpage offers guidance for public health departments and laboratories on establishing relationships with wastewater utilities. It emphasizes engaging with state or regional wastewater member associations which include operators, engineers, and other professionals. The toolkit provides member association information for all states and Washington DC. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology | toolkit (library) | wastewater utility staff | 2025 | Pathogen Fact Sheets | https://nwbe.org/?page_id=1511 | These fact sheets from the Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology provide information on pathogens currently included in national wastewater surveillance efforts, with detailed information for each pathogen. Pathogens include antimicrobial resistance, Candida auris, influenza, measles, mpox, poliovirus, RSV, and SARS-CoV-2. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network | toolkit (library) | everyone | 2026 | WBE Videos | https://nywastewatcher.io/wbe-videos | This website page by the New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network hosts all of the network's videos related to wastewater-based epidemiology. It shares animated videos in English and Spanish, videos for utility and local health department partners, and videos from a social media campaign in 2024. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network | toolkit (library) | public health professionals | 2025 | Communications Toolkit | https://nywastewatcher.io/toolkit2025 | This Communications Toolkit by the New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network offers resources to assist public health agencies in advancing wastewater surveillance communications. It provides a plain language glossary, program accomplishment template, communication planning guide, message map template, social media planning toolkit, wastewater surveillance infographic, communications library, and animated videos. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| NSF Research Coordination Network | toolkit (library) | public health professionals | NA | WBE Reference Database | https://coda.io/d/Wastewater-Surveillance-for-SARS-CoV-2-and-Emerging-Public-Healt_dpmCuz7K3Mu/WBE-Reference-Database_suGjq8mX#_lu0NVE7l | This database by the NSF Research Coordination Network lists a collection of wastewater-based epidemiology research publications. Topic areas, authors, keywords, titles, summaries and key findings, URLs and sources for each reference are reported in a table. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| World Health Organization | toolkit (library) | everyone | 2024 | Wastewater environmental surveillance: Global wastewater monitoring sources for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 virus) | https://data.who.int/dashboards/covid19/wastewater | This webpage by the World Health Organization houses a list of wastewater monitoring dashboards from around the world. The site organizes dashboard links by region and provides a brief glossary of wastewater surveillance terms. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, California Department of Public Health | use case | everyone | 2023 | Mpox wastewater surveillance in California | https://stories.cste.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CA_Mpox-wastewater-surveillance_final.pdf | In this document, published by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, the California Department of Public Health summarizes how they rapidly expanded their wastewater surveillance system in 2022 to monitor mpox, following the first confirmed case in the state. By partnering with academic researchers and leveraging existing infrastructure built for COVID-19, wastewater surveillance for mpox promptly began at nine treatment facilities across five counties. Early detection of mpox through wastewater surveillance helped determine resource allocation, supported outreach, and informed public health action. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, California Department of Public Health | use case | everyone | 2023 | Wastewater office hours forwastewater-based epidemiologypartners in California | https://stories.cste.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CA_Wastewater-office-hours_final.pdf | This document published on the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists' website outlines the California Department of Public Health's development of monthly “Wastewater Office Hours”. This program increased knowledge sharing, fostered collaboration among multiple partners, and improved wastewater-based epidemiology program design and implementation throughout California. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Chicago Department of Public Health | use case | everyone | 2023 | Chicago Department of Public Health establishes a wastewater surveillance program | https://stories.cste.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Chicago_Wastewater-surveillance-program_final.pdf | This document published on the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists' website describes the Chicago Department of Public Health's development of a wastewater surveillance program. The program was initially created to monitor SARS-CoV-2 and adapted in 2022 to monitor other infectious diseases, including influenza, RSV, mpox, and poliovirus. The program uses samples collected from treatment plants, sewersheds, and high-priority facilities across the city to inform local disease prevention and response efforts. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Delaware Division of Public Health | use case | everyone | 2023 | Establishing a wastewater surveillance program in Delaware | https://stories.cste.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/DE_Establishing-a-wastewater-surveillance-program_final.pdf | This document published on the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists' website details the Delaware Division of Public Health's establishment of a statewide COVID-19 wastewater surveillance program. It summarizes how data from the statewide wastewater surveillance dashboard helped inform public health action, strengthening infectious disease surveillance practices. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services | use case | everyone | 2024 | COVID-19 wastewater surveillance in Missouri | https://stories.cste.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/MO_Wastewater-surveillance_final.pdf | This document published on the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists' website describes the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services' establishment of a statewide COVID-19 wastewater surveillance program in 2020. It details how the wastewater surveillance program has expanded since its inception, where data is shared, and how the program aims to improve in the future. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, New Hampshire Division of Public Health Services, Department of Health and Human Services | use case | everyone | 2023 | New Hampshire wastewater surveillance | https://stories.cste.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/NH_New-Hampshire-wastewater-surveillancs_final.pdf | This document published on the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists' website describes the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services' implementation of a statewide wastewater surveillance program to monitor SARS-CoV-2 in October 2022. It summarizes challenges the program initially faced and how improved infrastructure and collaboration between institutions helped resolve these issues. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Ohio Department of Health | use case | everyone | 2023 | Wastewater monitoring supplies data for preventative public health action | https://stories.cste.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/OH_Wastewater-monitoring_final.pdf | In this document, published by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, the Ohio Department of Health describes the launch of a statewide wastewater monitoring network to detect SARS-CoV-2 in May 2020. The document highlights the network's expansion and its role in supporting early, broad, and equitable detection of community-level disease trends. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Pennsylvania Department of Health | use case | everyone | 2023 | Establishing a statewide wastewater surveillance system in Pennsylvania | https://stories.cste.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/PA_Wastewater-surveillance-system_final.pdf | In this document, published by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, the Pennsylvania Department of Health describes the establishment of the Pennsylvania Wastewater Surveillance System in July 2022 to monitor SARS-CoV-2. The document recognizes how this program strengthens infectious disease surveillance and ways it can improve in the future. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Pennsylvania Department of Health | use case | everyone | 2023 | SARS-CoV-2 wastewater monitoring in K-12 schools | https://stories.cste.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/PA_Wastewater-monitoring-in-K-12-schools_final.pdf | In this document, published by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, the Pennsylvania Department of Health describes a 2022 pilot program for SARS-CoV-2 wastewater monitoring in K-12 schools. They highlight how wastewater surveillance data informed targeted testing and containment measures, minimized learning disruptions, and provided insight for future pathogen monitoring in congregate settings. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Pennsylvania Department of Health | use case | public health professionals | 2023 | Standardizing sample preparation and clarification methods for wastewater surveillance monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 | https://stories.cste.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/PA_Methods-for-wastewater-surveillance_final.pdf | In this document, published by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, the Pennsylvania Department of Health describes the development of a standardized protocol for preparing and clarifying wastewater samples to monitor SARS-CoV-2. They explain how they evaluated different pasteurization and clarification methods, ultimately identifying centrifugation without heat treatment as the most effective approach. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Rhode Island Department of Health | use case | everyone | 2023 | Initializing wastewater surveillance system to monitor COVID-19 levels in Rhode Island | https://stories.cste.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/RI_Initializing-wastewater-surveillance-system_final.pdf | This document, published on the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists' website, outlines the steps taken by the Rhode Island Department of Health to establish a statewide SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance system. The program aims to create an early detection network for SARS-CoV-2 and is building the infrastructure and partnerships needed to support broader surveillance efforts across the state. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control Public Health Laboratory | use case | everyone | 2023 | Wastewater testing and the pandemic response at the South Carolina Public Health Laboratory | https://stories.cste.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/SC-ELC-Partnership-and-Innovation-Wastewater.pdf | This document, published on the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists' website, describes the development of South Carolina's SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance program in 2022. Supported by Emerging Infectious Diseases (ELC) funding, the program processed over 450 wastewater samples from nine treatment facilities and implemented more efficient testing workflows. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Wisconsin Department of Health Services | use case | everyone | 2023 | Wisconsin implements influenza and respiratory syncytial virus surveillance and routine wastewater surveillance | https://stories.cste.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/WI-ELC-Partnership-and-Innovation-Wastewater.pdf | In this document, published by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services describes the expansion of the state’s wastewater surveillance program to include influenza A, influenza B, and RSV. In the future, Wisconsin expects to update its wastewater surveillance dashboard and monitor additional targets such as norovirus, adenovirus, and antibiotic resistance genes. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| European Commission | use case | public health professionals | 2025 | FROM SEWAGETO SURVEILLANCEAdvancing Health Monitoring Through Wastewater-BasedEpidemiology in Nepal and the Philippines | https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/1109671/sewage-surveillance-nepal-philippines.pdf | This brochure by the Asian Development Bank documents pilot wastewater-based epidemiology programs in the Philippines and Nepal that detected cholera and SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater. It presents a summary of the experiences and lessons learned from the pilot project, and proposes next steps for expanding wastewater-based epidemiology. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Gallatin City-County Health Department | use case | everyone | 2024 | Narcotic Wastewater Surveillance – Summary Report | https://www.healthygallatin.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Narcotic-Surveillance-Summary-Report-1.pdf | This report from the Gallatin City-County Health Department summarizes 2023-2024 narcotic wastewater surveillance operations in Gallatin County. Biweekly samples collected at the Bozeman Wastewater Treatment Plant were tested for substances like cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl, xylazine, and naloxone. The report demonstrates how wastewater surveillance can provide near-real-time data on drug trends. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| National Association of County and City Health Officials | use case | public health professionals | 2024 | Developing and Expanding Wastewater Surveillance atthe Local Level: Lessons Learned from NACCHO’s 2024 Mentorship Program | https://www.naccho.org/uploads/downloadable-resources/Programs/Environmental-Health/Mentorship-Program-Cohort-3_10.28.2024.pdf | This report by the National Association of County and City Health Officials summarizes a 2024 mentorship program where the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department and San Mateo County Health advised four local health departments on starting and expanding wastewater surveillance programs. The report highlights key activities that occurred during this program such as site visits, peer learning, and technical support. It also outlines wastewater surveillance best practices and lessons learned to guide other local health departments in launching sustainable, locally tailored wastewater surveillance programs. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| National Association of County and City Health Officials | use case | public health professionals | 2024 | Lessons Learned from NACCHO’s Wastewater Surveillance Mentorship Program - Local Health Departments Share Best Practices | https://www.naccho.org/uploads/downloadable-resources/Mentorship-Program-Cohort-2-Brief_Updated7.31.2024_Final.pdf | This report by the National Association of County and City Health Officials summarizes a 2023 mentorship program where the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department advised three local health departments on starting and expanding wastewater surveillance programs. The report outlines best practices, challenges, and strategies to help other local health departments launch sustainable wastewater surveillance programs tailored to their communities’ needs. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology | use case | public health professionals | 2025 | Examples of Public Health Uses of Wastewater Data | https://nwbe.org/?page_id=3861 | This webpage by the Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology features nine use cases on how public health agencies use wastewater surveillance data. The examples highlight practical applications of wastewater surveillance in settings like correctional facilities, airports, and large sewersheds, and emphasize how local health departments use this data to guide testing, vaccination, and educational campaigns. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network | use case | everyone | 2026 | Sewer Stories Series | https://nywastewatcher.io/sewer-stories-series | This series by the New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network features wastewater success stories from the network's jurisdictions, providing information on approach, strategy, key results, and impact. The website page features a button that prompts an automatic download of a success story regarding a 2022 polio outbreak in New York State. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Wastewater Sphere | use case | public health professionals | 2025 | Canadian sewage surveillance use case | https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c895c334092a4af9b3032df8fc43ae98 | This use case, featured on Wastewater Sphere's website, discusses how the University of Windsor implemented wastewater surveillance at a residence hall in 2021 to monitor the spread of COVID-19. The detection of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater allowed for the prompt deployment of a mobile testing unit, and likely averted an outbreak in the residence hall. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Wastewater Sphere | use case | public health professionals | 2025 | Catalan sewage surveillance use case | https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/2555e2eedea94613b3d04401346dd594 | This use case, featured on Wastewater Sphere's website, describes how Catalonia launched a wastewater monitoring network in July 2020 to track SARS-CoV-2. The network covers over 80% of the Catalan population and was designed to provide early warnings of COVID-19 outbreaks and inform public health decision-making. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Wastewater Sphere | use case | public health professionals | 2025 | Dutch sewage surveillance use case | https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/8888f5bfb4704180afeda3d476f2aa63 | This use case, featured on Wastewater Sphere's website, explains how wastewater monitoring for SARS-CoV-2 in Rotterdam, Netherlands allowed officials to identify areas for increased COVID-19 clinical testing. By combining wastewater data with clinical testing, health officials were able to detect outbreaks early and respond accordingly. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Wastewater Sphere | use case | public health professionals | 2025 | Ghana sewage surveillance use case | https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/7aa4e145ef264c58b0b8aa975a953db7 | This use case, featured on Wastewater Sphere's website, shows how SARS-CoV-2 was tracked through sewage surveillance at two sites within the Greater Accra Region in Ghana. Researchers from Emory University engaged with stakeholders in Ghana to implement this proof of concept study. Findings from this initiative helped inform public health outreach and education efforts in the communities studied. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Wastewater Sphere | use case | public health professionals | 2025 | South Africa sewage surveillance use case | https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ded2f121087047fabfa0dfb1bdfdd52a | This use case, featured on Wastewater Sphere's website, describes COVID-19 wastewater surveillance operations for four non-sewered provinces in South Africa, listing strengths and limitations of the initiative and considerations for future programs in developing countries. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Wastewater Sphere | use case | public health professionals | 2025 | Swiss sewage surveillance use case | https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c854529f6e394d7a9a1480fc237315bd | This use case, featured on Wastewater Sphere's website, describes how Switzerland established a national wastewater monitoring system to track SARS-CoV-2 genome dynamics, reproductive number, and variants of concern. This system provided early warning signals of variants of concern and communicated data through three public-facing dashboards. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| WastewaterSCAN | use case | everyone | 2024 | Wastewater Science Comes to Florida’s Atlantic Coast | https://www.wastewaterscan.org/en/news/wastewater-science-comes-to-floridas-atlantic-coast | This article by WastewaterSCAN describes the Loxahatchee River District's wastewater surveillance operations after partnering with WastewaterSCAN. It highlights how the Loxahatchee River District communicates wastewater data to stakeholders such as schools, hospital staff, and local media, and leverages wastewater surveillance as a tool to provide early warning for outbreaks. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| WastewaterSCAN | use case | everyone | 2024 | Wastewater Surveillance Deep in the Heart of Texas | https://www.wastewaterscan.org/en/news/wastewater-surveillance-deep-in-the-heart-of-texas | This article by WastewaterSCAN describes the Dallas County Health and Human Services Department's wastewater operations after partnering with WastewaterSCAN. The article highlights how wastewater surveillance in Dallas County complements other data metrics, provides early warning for outbreaks, and is used to monitor pathogens beyond SARS-CoV-2. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| WastewaterSCAN | use case | everyone | 2024 | Wastewater Surveillance in Las Vegas | https://www.wastewaterscan.org/en/news/wastewater-surveillance-in-las-vegas | This article by WastewaterSCAN describes the Southern Nevada Health District's (SNHD) wastewater surveillance operations after partnering with WastewaterSCAN. The article highlights the utility of wastewater data, the expansion of SNHD's wastewater program to include additional pathogens, and how wastewater data helps inform SNHD's public health decisions. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Association of Public Health Laboratories | website | laboratory personnel | NA | Wastewater Surveillance | https://www.aphl.org/programs/environmental_health/Pages/Wastewater-Surveillance.aspx | This webpage by the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) describes APHL's role in supporting wastewater surveillance efforts. It details the APHL's wastewater surveillance community of practice meetings where experts discuss best practices, challenges, and innovations in wastewater testing. Guidance documents, recordings of past webinars, articles, and relevant monthly and quarterly calls on wastewater surveillance are also provided. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| California Wastewater Surveillance Center of Excellence | website | everyone | 2026 | California Wastewater Surveillance Center of Excellence | https://www.cawastewatersurveillance.org/ | This website is the landing page for the California Wastewater Surveillance Center of Excellence. It shares dashboards and resources like public health tools and guidance, events and trainings, and frequently asked questions. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | website | everyone | 2025 | CDC's Wastewater Monitoring Program | https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/index.html | This website is the landing page for the CDC's Wastewater Monitoring Program. It provides links to wastewater surveillance data for common respiratory viruses and emerging viruses. It also provides links to additional information about the program, the data, and communication resources. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | website | everyone | 2025 | Wastewater Surveillance Communication Resources | https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/resources.html | This webpage by the CDC's National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) provides a variety of communication resources to support public health efforts in wastewater monitoring. These resources include articles, publications, factsheets, videos, and animated graphics that explain how wastewater surveillance works and its importance to public health. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Colorado National Wastewater Surveillance System Center of Excellence | website | everyone | 2025 | Colorado National Wastewater Surveillance System Center of Excellence | https://www.du.edu/nwsscoe | This website is the landing page for the Colorado National Wastewater Surveillance System Center of Excellence. This initiative brings together expertise in epidemiology, environmental chemistry, and molecular diagnostics to enhance wastewater surveillance efforts. The website features tabs that navigate users to educational resources, information about consultations, and wastewater data. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| European Union Drugs Agency | website | everyone | 2026 | Wastewater-based epidemiology and drugs topic page | https://www.euda.europa.eu/topics/wastewater_en | This webpage by the European Union Drugs Agency shares resources related to wastewater-based epidemiology and drugs. It provides links to publications, news, events, data, a document library, a media library, and external sources. | 2nd Edition (2026) |
| European Union Wastewater Observatory for Public Health | website | everyone | NA | EU Wastewater observatory for public health | https://wastewater-observatory.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ | This website is the landing page for the European Union Wastewater Observatory for Public Health. This page links to the European Wastewater Surveillance Dashboard which provides near real-time insights into the spread of pathogens like SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and RSV. It also directs users to an encyclopedia of different biological, chemical, and physical hazards that can be identified in wastewater and provides information on the Global Consortium for Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance for Public Health. Links to upcoming events and meetings as well as recently published news articles on wastewater surveillance are also provided. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Houston Wastewater Epidemiology | website | everyone | NA | Houston Wastewater Epidemiology:A CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) Center of Excellence | https://www.hou-wastewater-epi.org/ | This website is the landing page for Houston Wastewater Epidemiology, a CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System Center of Excellence. The website shares how the City of Houston is using wastewater surveillance to track pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2, influenza, RSV, and mpox. Featured on the website are tabs that navigate users to wastewater surveillance reports, news, and educational resources. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology | website | everyone | NA | Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: A project of the Water Environment Federation | https://nwbe.org/ | This website is the landing page for the Network of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology, a project of the Water Environment Federation. It provides resources to support wastewater surveillance efforts across the United States, organizing resources by intended audience. The site offers tools for public health departments, laboratories, and wastewater utilities such as fact sheets, infographics, training videos, publications, and more. It highlights how wastewater-based epidemiology can strengthen early detection of infectious diseases and encourages cross-sector collaboration to improve public health outcomes. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network | website | everyone | NA | NYS Wastewater Surveillance CoE | https://nywastewatcher.io/ | This website is the landing page for the New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network, a CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System Center of Excellence. It serves as a central hub for wastewater surveillance resources, including dashboards displaying virus detection and variant information, weekly surveillance reports, and recent publications. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Sewage analysis CORe group Europe | website | everyone | NA | Bringing experts and knowledge about wastewater-based epidemiology together | https://score-network.eu/ | This website by the Sewage analysis CORe group Europe (SCORE) highlights efforts to advance wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) globally. It brings together researchers and public health professionals to share data, tools, and expertise on using wastewater to monitor public health trends. The website includes annual wastewater surveillance data on illicit drug use, information on WBE applications, research publications, and details on collaborative projects. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| University of California Merced | website | everyone | 2025 | Summary of Global SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Monitoring Efforts by UC Merced Researchers | https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/c778145ea5bb4daeb58d31afee389082 | This website by the University of California Merced is an interactive map that shows global SARS-CoV-2 wastewater monitoring efforts. It includes information about wastewater sampling locations, participating organizations, and testing programs. Upon clicking on individual points on the dashboard, users can access links to resources. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| WastewaterSCAN | website | everyone | NA | Wastewater SCAN | https://www.wastewaterscan.org/en | This website is the landing page for WastewaterSCAN. It describes WastewaterSCAN's program that monitors infectious diseases through municipal wastewater systems across the United States to inform public health responses at local, regional, and national levels. The site offers resources such as a dashboard displaying pathogen concentrations, information on the pathogens monitored, details about the program's methods, and access to related research publications. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| Wisconsin Department of Health Services | website | everyone | 2024 | Wastewater Monitoring: COVID-19 Levels in Wastewater | https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/wastewater.htm | This website from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, a CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System Center of Excellence, describes Wisconsin's COVID-19 wastewater monitoring program. It provides an interactive dashboard where users can view wastewater concentration data at the statewide and sewershed levels. | 1st Edition (2025) |
| World Health Organization | website | everyone | 2025 | Wastewater and environmental surveillance | https://www.who.int/teams/environment-climate-change-and-health/water-sanitation-and-health/sanitation-safety/wastewater | This webpage by the World Health Organization provides information on the use of wastewater and environmental surveillance (WES) to monitor public health risks, particularly related to sanitation and wastewater management. The site offers resources such as prioritization guidelines for WES, WES pathogen summaries, and relevant publications. | 1st Edition (2025) |
The creation of this library was led by Milagros Neyra Blatz, Program Director of the New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network at Syracuse University and David Larsen, Principal Investigator and Lead Epidemiologist at Syracuse University. Nicole Pulido, Research Associate at Syracuse University, and Cherina Cheng, Public Health Fellow II in the New York State Department of Health researched and built the library. Stella Whitefield, Project Assistant II Intern at the New York State Department of Health assisted with the writing of the descriptions.
The authors would like to thank all members of the NYS Wastewater Surveillance Network and the CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System Centers of Excellence for their contributions to this work.