Public perceptions of wastewater use for community health monitoring in the United States Coronavirus Disease COVID19 Coronavirus Epidemiology PublicHealth Research PLOSONE uofl
By Nidhi Saha, BDSOct 17 2022Reviewed by Aimee Molineux These findings will provide vital information for refining policy, application, and regulatory measures pertaining to wastewater-based epidemiology and improving public acceptance.
Sewer monitoring can provide valuable insights into what pathogenic viruses, bacteria, and protozoa are prevalent in a community. Regarding public health, wastewater-monitoring programs uncover infections and diseases that may have escaped or are underreported by standard surveillance systems and could potentiate outbreaks.
The study aimed to evaluate sewer monitoring knowledge, awareness, acceptability, confidentiality, and the variables that affect an individual's awareness of the sewage monitoring agreement. Approximately half of the respondents had no idea whether COVID-19 could be detected in sewage. People across the United States were generally less aware of sewer monitoring than other types of public health surveillance.
There were no significant privacy concerns associated with sewer monitoring across the country. Notably, sampling at the city scale garnered greater support than that at a narrower scale.
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