National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS)

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Sistema Nacional de Vigilancia de Aguas Residuales
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, CDC launched the National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) in
  
  September 2020. CDC developed NWSS to coordinate and build the nation’s capacity to track the presence of SARS-CoV-
  
  2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in wastewater samples collected across the country.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Communicable Disease Control Environmental Monitoring Population Surveillance Public Health Public Health Practice Public Health Surveillance Sewage-Based Surveillance Wastewater-Based Epidemiology
• Keywords:
  Wastewater surveillance
• Document Type:
  Text
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS)
• Topic:
  Wastewater surveillance
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  5 Pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ec65ea3bf153b63922093ba2cb1dde425e757346bae99799a4e7ebf01ac87a68fb85cec45c0febcb630fd51b8ccd530cc2c75963df5b3caefa329cf92a09e387
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/182334/cdc_182334_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 385.06 KB ]