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From page 115...
... The public health agency's wastewater surveillance group collaborates with wastewater utilities and laboratories, which play a critical role in providing samples, data, and expertise, and also leads internal coordination with infectious disease/epidemiology teams to integrate wastewater data into public health actions. The public health agency typically represents the primary organization receiving ELC funding (e.g., states, large cities/counties)
From page 116...
... To maximize actionability, local health departments need to be engaged, because they can provide input on community characteristics and ensure local buy-in. State public health systems that lead wastewater surveillance efforts are excellent points of contact for local and county public health officials and will be most familiar with the state's specific needs, b ­ arriers, and vulnerable populations.
From page 117...
... National utility member associations, like the WEF, have utility Communities of Practice that can forge and maintain public health/utility partnerships, and facilitate communication among other Communities of Practice and health agencies. Wastewater utilities ideally should interact with both the laboratory and the wastewater surveillance group within the public health agency because their expertise would be important to accurate interpretation of the data.
From page 118...
... , which provide valuable information sharing within individual communities for laboratories, public health practitioners, and wastewater utilities. These communities will be important to achieve the vision of a national wastewater surveillance system as it expands to new areas and new pathogens.
From page 119...
... . These workforce needs will include the full spectrum of wastewater surveillance from sampling methods and design to laboratory analysis, data analysis, data interpretation, and communication.
From page 120...
... CDC should develop and disseminate additional public communications designed to inform the public about the data generated in wastewater surveillance and how these data are used. In addition, CDC should empanel a standing ethics advisory committee to recommend guidelines about the conditions under which wastewater data may be shared with others and to evaluate future expansions of data collection and data access.
From page 121...
... Predictable funding is also essential to maintain the workforce capacity and institutional knowledge to sustain a well-functioning wastewater surveillance system that is useful to public health agencies and to support an effective system for data management and interpretation for all public health agencies. Close coordination among public health agencies, analytical laboratories, and wastewater utilities is essential to generate reliable data and support appropriate data interpretation and use.
From page 122...
... 122 WASTEWATER-BASED DISEASE SURVEILLANCE as the CDC Broad Agency Announcements. Academic and other research laboratories could provide needed training, and an NWSS workforce needs study would help ensure that a trained workforce can meet current and future needs.


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