Table 2.
Characteristics of college wastewater monitoring programs.
| College Name | Laboratory Analysis (On- or Off-Campus) | Number of Sites Sampled |
Frequency of Sampling (Number per/Week) | Start Date of Sampling (2020) | Sample Collection (Grab or Composite) | Data Sharing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clemson University | off | 17 ∆∆ | 2 ∆ | May | both | public |
| Colorado College | off | 2 | 2 | Sept. | grab * | college |
| Colorado State University | on | 17 | 3 | August | composite | college |
| Hope College | on | 11 | 5 ∆ | August | composite | college |
| Oregon State University System | on | 27 | 2 | Sept. | composite | college |
| St. John Fisher College | off | 8 | 2 | August | composite | public |
| Siena College | off | 9 | 1 | August | composite | college |
| SUNY Morrisville | off | 9 | 2 ∆ | July | composite | public |
| SUNY Oneonta | off | 3 | 2 | August | composite | public |
| Syracuse University | off | 16 | 2 | May | composite | public |
| Tulane University | on | 12 ∆∆ | 1∆ | August | grab | college |
| University of Arizona | on | 18 | 3 | August | grab | college |
| University of California Berkeley | on | 3 | 3 ∆ | August | composite | public |
| University of California Davis | on | 21 | 2 ∆ | August | composite | college |
| University of California San Diego | on | 68 | 7 | Oct. | composite | college |
| University of Connecticut | on | 16 | 5 | June | composite | college |
| University of Georgia | on | 3 | 2 | May | composite | public |
| University of Idaho | on | 10 | 2 | Sept. | both | college |
| University of Maine System | on | 3 | 1 | August | composite | public |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst | on | 10 | 2 ∆ | August | composite | public |
| University of Massachusetts Lowell | on | 2 | 2 | Oct. | grab * | college |
| University of New Hampshire | on | 10 | 3 | August | grab | college |
| University of Notre Dame | on | 1 | 7 | August | composite | college |
| Utah State University System | on | 32 | 2 | July | composite | public |
| Wayne State University | on | 9 | 2 | Oct. | grab ** | public |
Notes: * Planning to transition to composite samplers in Spring 2021. ** Combine multiple grab samples (3/day) taken at each sample site. ∆ Different sites sampled at different frequencies, number in table denotes most common frequency across sites. ∆∆ Number of sampling sites varies.