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Using geographic information systems to link population estimates to wastewater surveillance data in New York State, USA
Sewer systems provide many services to communities that have access to them beyond removal of waste and wastewater. Understanding of these systems’ geographic coverage is essential for wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE), which requires accurate estimates for the population contributing wastewater....
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10021809/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36962986 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001062 |
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author | Hill, Dustin T. Larsen, David A. |
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description | Sewer systems provide many services to communities that have access to them beyond removal of waste and wastewater. Understanding of these systems’ geographic coverage is essential for wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE), which requires accurate estimates for the population contributing wastewater. Reliable estimates for the boundaries of a sewer service area or sewershed can be used to link upstream populations to wastewater samples taken at treatment plants or other locations within a sewer system. These geographic data are usually managed by public utilities, municipal offices, and some government agencies, however, there are no centralized databases for geographic information on sewer systems in New York State. We created a database for all municipal sewersheds in New York State for the purpose of supporting statewide wastewater surveillance efforts to support public health. We used a combination of public tax records with sewer access information, physical maps, and municipal records to organize and draw digital boundaries compatible with geographic information systems. The methods we employed to create these data will be useful to inform similar efforts in other jurisdictions and the data have many public health applications as well as being informative for water/environmental research and infrastructure projects. |
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spelling | pubmed-100218092023-03-17 Using geographic information systems to link population estimates to wastewater surveillance data in New York State, USA Hill, Dustin T. Larsen, David A. PLOS Glob Public Health Research Article Sewer systems provide many services to communities that have access to them beyond removal of waste and wastewater. Understanding of these systems’ geographic coverage is essential for wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE), which requires accurate estimates for the population contributing wastewater. Reliable estimates for the boundaries of a sewer service area or sewershed can be used to link upstream populations to wastewater samples taken at treatment plants or other locations within a sewer system. These geographic data are usually managed by public utilities, municipal offices, and some government agencies, however, there are no centralized databases for geographic information on sewer systems in New York State. We created a database for all municipal sewersheds in New York State for the purpose of supporting statewide wastewater surveillance efforts to support public health. We used a combination of public tax records with sewer access information, physical maps, and municipal records to organize and draw digital boundaries compatible with geographic information systems. The methods we employed to create these data will be useful to inform similar efforts in other jurisdictions and the data have many public health applications as well as being informative for water/environmental research and infrastructure projects. Public Library of Science 2023-01-26 /pmc/articles/PMC10021809/ /pubmed/36962986 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001062 Text en © 2023 Hill, Larsen https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Hill, Dustin T. Larsen, David A. Using geographic information systems to link population estimates to wastewater surveillance data in New York State, USA |
title | Using geographic information systems to link population estimates to wastewater surveillance data in New York State, USA |
title_full | Using geographic information systems to link population estimates to wastewater surveillance data in New York State, USA |
title_fullStr | Using geographic information systems to link population estimates to wastewater surveillance data in New York State, USA |
title_full_unstemmed | Using geographic information systems to link population estimates to wastewater surveillance data in New York State, USA |
title_short | Using geographic information systems to link population estimates to wastewater surveillance data in New York State, USA |
title_sort | using geographic information systems to link population estimates to wastewater surveillance data in new york state, usa |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10021809/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36962986 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001062 |
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