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Wastewater Monitoring for COVID-19 Disease Surveillance

May 27, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 1:30 pm

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Date:
May 27, 2020
Time:
11:00 am - 1:30 pm
Event Category:
Webinar
Website:
https://www.nationalacademies.org/events/05-27-2020/water-science-and-technology-board-spring-2020-meeting?mc_cid=aced4b19b0&mc_eid=bc3cf4d074

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National Academies

Wastewater Monitoring for COVID-19 Disease Surveillance 

Researchers around the world are currently exploring ways that wastewater samples can help us understand the spread of COVID-19 at a community scale.  The Water Science and Technology Board will host a panel discussion with experts on public health and wastewater monitoring to discuss the potential value of data on SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater to inform public health management and what is needed to build a useful surveillance network.

David Sedlak, UC Berkeley, Moderator

Panelists:

  • Vincent Hill, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Barry Liner, Water Environment Federation
  • Gertjan Medema, KWR Water Research Institute, Holland
  • Nicole Rowan, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
  • Krista Wigginton, University of Michigan

 

Key questions for presentations and discussions:

  • How can data on SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater be useful as an indicator of COVID-19 cases in a locality?
  • How has wastewater disease surveillance been useful with control of other viral pathogens? What problems have been encountered and what can we learn from these experiences for COVID-19?
  • What is the capacity of current wastewater monitoring technologies for detecting COVID-19 disease outbreaks (i.e., what is the recovery efficiency, detection rate relative to the loading rates)?  What are the costs?
  • What technical challenges need to be addressed before this strategy can be broadly implemented as a robust tool?  What are the highest priority needs?
  • Where might such surveillance be appropriate?
  • Is this a useful investment? If so, what would the nation need to do to rapidly invest in a useful surveillance network?
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