Table 1.
List of available wastewater surveillance databases.
| S. No | Country | Testing Agency | Target Tested | Data/Dashboard Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United State of America | CDC’s National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) | SARS-CoV-2, Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), Influenza A, Mpox | NWSS Wastewater Monitoring in the U.S. (https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/index.html, accessed on 14 October 2024) |
| 2 | Republic of Korea | Department of Analysis of High-Risk Pathogens | SARS-CoV-2 | Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (https://kdca.go.kr/, accessed on 14 October 2024) |
| 3 | Japan | National Institute of Infectious Diseases | SARS-CoV-2 | NIJIs—Novel Coronavirus Survey Project in Sewage (https://nijis.jp/#links, accessed on 14 October 2024) |
| 4 | New Zealand | ESR (Environmental Science and Research) | SARS-CoV-2 | ESR Wastewater Surveillanc (https://esr-cri.shinyapps.io/wastewater/#region=Wellington&log_or_linear=linear&period=twelveMonthsButton, accessed on 14 October 2024) |
| 5 | Australia | Government of Western Australia, | SARS-CoV-2 and its variants | COVID-19 wastewater surveillance (https://www.health.wa.gov.au/articles/a_e/coronavirus/covid19-wastewater-surveillance accessed on 14 October 2024) |
| New South Wales (NSW), health | Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 | NSW respiratory surveillance—COVID-19 and influenza (https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/covid-19/Pages/reports.aspx accessed on 14 October 2024) | ||
| 6 | India | CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences (SSBS), and the Indian Institute Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune | H1N1, H3N2, Influenza A, and SARS-CoV-2 | Wastewater Surveillance Dashboard For Infectious Diseases (COVID-19, H1N1, H3N2, Influenza-A) (https://www.pkc.org.in/pkc-focus-area/health/waste-water-surveillance/wws-covid-dashboard-pune/ accessed on 14 October 2024) |
| 8 | Turkey | Turkish Water Institute | SARS-CoV-2 | Türkiye Genelinde COVID-19 Yayılımının Atık Sularda SARS-CoV-2 Analizleri ile Takibi (https://covid19.tarimorman.gov.tr/Home/Index accessed on 14 October 2024) |
| 9 | Switzerland | ETH, Zurich | SARS-CoV-2, Influenza A, B and RSV | Wastewater Surveillance (https://wise.ethz.ch/ accessed on 14 October 2024) |
| 10 | European Union | Digital European Exchange Platform (DEEP)/European Commission’s Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) | SARS-CoV-2 and Variants of concern | Official SARS-CoV-2 sewage surveillance in the EU (https://wastewater-observatory.jrc.ec.europa.eu/#/dashboards/1/47 accessed on 14 October 2024) |
| 11 | Canada | Provincial, territorial, and academic partners across Canada | SARS-CoV-2, Influenza, RSV | Respiratory viruses: Wastewater monitoring dashboard: Respiratory virus activity (https://health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/ accessed on 14 October 2024) |
| 12 | South Africa | National Institute for communicable Diseases | SARS-CoV-2 and Variants of concern | Wastewater-Based Epidemiology For SARS-CoV-2 In South Africa—NICD (https://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index/disease-index-covid-19/surveillance-reports/weekly-reports/wastewater-based-epidemiology-for-sars-cov-2-in-south-africa/ accessed on 14 October 2024) |
| 13 | Global Database-Wastewater SPHERE (SARS Public Health Environmental Response) and COVID poops 19 | Data contributed by multiple organizations | SARS-CoV-2 | About: Wastewater SPHERE (https://sphere.waterpathogens.org/about accessed on 14 October 2024) |