Ohio Coronavirus Wastewater Monitoring Network: Implementation of Statewide Monitoring for Protecting Public Health.

Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP 2023 Nov-Dec 01

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Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, wastewater influent monitoring for tracking disease burden in sewered communities was not performed in Ohio, and this field was only on the periphery of the state academic research community. Because of the urgency of the pandemic and extensive state-level support for this new technology to detect levels of community infection to aid in public health response, the Ohio Water Resources Center established relationships and support of various stakeholders. This enabled Ohio to develop a statewide wastewater SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) monitoring network in 2 months starting in July 2020. The current Ohio Coronavirus Wastewater Monitoring Network (OCWMN) monitors more than 70 unique locations twice per week, and publicly available data are updated weekly on the public dashboard. This article describes the process and decisions that were made during network initiation, the network progression, and data applications, which can inform ongoing and future pandemic response and wastewater monitoring. Overall, the OCWMN established wastewater monitoring infrastructure and provided a useful tool for public health professionals responding to the pandemic. Copyright © 2023 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Zuzana Bohrerova, Nichole E Brinkman, Ritu Chakravarti, Saurabh Chattopadhyay, Seth A Faith, Jay Garland, James Herrin, Natalie Hull, Michael Jahne, Dae-Wook Kang, Scott P Keely, Jiyoung Lee, Stan Lemeshow, John Lenhart, Eva Lytmer, Devesh Malgave, Lin Miao, Angela Minard-Smith, Xiaozhen Mou, Maitreyi Nagarkar, Anda Quintero, Francesca D R Savona, John Senko, Joan L Slonczewski, Rachel R Spurbeck, Michael G Sovic, R Travis Taylor, Linda K Weavers, Mark Weir. Ohio Coronavirus Wastewater Monitoring Network: Implementation of Statewide Monitoring for Protecting Public Health. Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP. 2023 Nov-Dec 01;29(6):845-853