Wastewater Surveillance

Wastewater Monitoring or Wastewater Surveillance (WWS) is the detection of viruses, bacteria, and substances from sewage in a community. WWS can be useful to know what infections are occurring in a community and can help direct prevention and communication steps to protect residents’ health.

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Local health departments are required to report some 80 communicable diseases to the California Department of Public Health as part of the disease surveillance and investigation efforts. The diseases linked below are among them.

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