NWSS Wastewater Monitoring in the U.S.

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Wastewater (sewage) can be tested to detect traces of infectious diseases circulating in a community, even if people don’t have symptoms. You can use these data as an early warning that levels of infections may be increasing or decreasing in your community.

About CDC’s Wastewater Program (NWSS)

How Wastewater Monitoring Works

Wastewater Monitoring Data

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CDC’s National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) program collects and displays wastewater data from communities across the United States.

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Most communities are reporting no detection of mpox in wastewater.

Consistent detection Info from CSV

Intermittent detection Info from CSV

No detection Info from CSV

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Mpox virus detection in wastewater in the past 4 weeks, United States

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