Wastewater Surveillance Professional Communities
Wastewater surveillance is a highly dynamic and rapidly expanding field. No two programs will look the same. Joining a community of professionals gives you the opportunity to interact with others and meet people who can help you with questions specific to your program.
Health Department Community of Practice
Hosted by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) NWSS team
This CoP is a forum to allow state wastewater surveillance programs to receive updates from the CDC NWSS team, share ongoing work related to wastewater surveillance, and have direct access to leaders and peers in the field of wastewater surveillance. The NWSS health department CoP call is held on the fourth Thursday of each month from 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET. If you are interested in joining the NWSS CoP call, please email NWSS@cdc.gov.
Utility Community of Practice
Hosted by the Water Environment Federation
Hosted by the Water Environment Federation
The NWSS Utility CoP is a collaborative for promoting review, synthesis, and sharing of lessons learned among wastewater utilities to accelerate implementation of wastewater surveillance and participation in the NWSS to support public health decision making. The Utility CoP is held on the third Thursday of each month from 3:00 - 4:00 pm ET. If you are interested in joining the Utility CoP call, please email nwbe@wef.org, or visit their website to learn more and fill out the request form.
Laboratory Community of Practice
Hosted by the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
The NWSS Laboratory CoP provides a forum for APHL member laboratories to discuss and share resources related to wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 and other analytes of interest. The Laboratory CoP call is scheduled for the second Monday of each month from 1:00-2:00 pm ET. If you are interested in joining the Laboratory CoP call, please email erin.morin@aphl.org.
Slack
State and jurisdictional health departments can join the Colorado NWSS CoE Slack workspace. With designated channels to discuss communication strategies, data, new pathogens, upstream and building-level surveillance, and laboratory methodology, as well as general inquiries and announcements on updated resources, this is an excellent opportunity to network with other wastewater surveillance health professionals across the country.
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