10,000
Serve a population of 10,000 or more people
WastewaterSCAN is a national effort to spread monitoring of diseases through municipal wastewater systems to inform public health responses locally and nationally.
WastewaterSCAN’s approach is sensitive, comparable from place to place, and useful to public health officials and the public. WastewaterSCAN shares data publicly through its online dashboard. Additionally, data are shared to the National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) database established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for pathogens included in NWSS.
Our data and methods are open and available. Methods for testing of each pathogen and controls to manage variations in samples are published in detail for use by other scientists, public health officials, and wastewater monitoring practitioners.
Participating treatment plants will:
18 months
Sample three times a week for up to 18 months
Open data
Display their data on WastewaterSCAN’s online dashboard
WastewaterSCAN may work with some treatment plants that serve smaller populations in the interest of greater health equity.

No Cost to Communities
Philanthropic funding covers the full cost for sampling materials, shipping, and stipends to cover the labor cost to municipalities for sample collection for 12 months, with the possibility of service for up to 18 months.
How It Works
PARTNERS
WastewaterSCAN is a powerful partnership among higher education, industry, public leaders, and philanthropy including: