@article{3034919,
    title = "Making Waves: Collaboration in the time of SARS-CoV-2 - rapid development of an international co-operation and wastewater surveillance database to support public health decision-making",
    author = "Lundy, L. and Fatta-Kassinos, D. and Slobodnik, J. and Karaolia, P. and Cirka, L. and Kreuzinger, N. and Castiglioni, S. and Bijlsma, L. and Dulio, V. and Deviller, G. and Lai, F.Y. and Alygizakis, N. and Barneo, M. and Baz-Lomba, J.A. and Béen, F. and Cíchová, M. and Conde-Pérez, K. and Covaci, A. and Donner, E. and Ficek, A. and Hassard, F. and Hedström, A. and Hernandez, F. and Janská, V. and Jellison, K. and Hofman, J. and Hill, K. and Hong, P.-Y. and Kasprzyk-Hordern, B. and Kolarević, S. and Krahulec, J. and Lambropoulou, D. and de Llanos, R. and Mackuľak, T. and Martinez-García, L. and Martínez, F. and Medema, G. and Micsinai, A. and Myrmel, M. and Nasser, M. and Niederstätter, H. and Nozal, L. and Oberacher, H. and Očenášková, V. and Ogorzaly, L. and Papadopoulos, D. and Peinado, B. and Pitkänen, T. and Poza, M. and Rumbo-Feal, S. and Sánchez, M.B. and Székely, A.J. and Soltysova, A. and Thomaidis, N.S. and Vallejo, J. and van Nuijs, A. and Ware, V. and Viklander, M.",
    journal = "Water Research",
    year = "2021",
    volume = "199",
    publisher = "Elsevier Ireland Ltd",
    issn = "0043-1354",
    doi = "10.1016/j.watres.2021.117167",
    keywords = "Database systems;  Decision making;  Monitoring;  Open access;  Open Data;  Sewage, Data set;  Decisions makings;  International co.;  International researches;  Mitigation projects;  New applications;  Open Access;  Policy makers;  Research activities;  Surveillance database, Public health, virus RNA, database;  decision making;  detection method;  pathogen;  public health;  severe acute respiratory syndrome;  wastewater;  wastewater treatment, catchment area;  coronavirus disease 2019;  human;  international cooperation;  nonhuman;  organizational decision making;  pandemic;  priority journal;  public health service;  Review;  RNA extraction;  Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2;  waste water treatment plant;  wastewater-based epidemiology;  public health;  wastewater, SARS coronavirus, COVID-19;  Humans;  Public Health;  RNA, Viral;  SARS-CoV-2;  Waste Water",
    abstract = "The presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater was first reported in March 2020. Over the subsequent months, the potential for wastewater surveillance to contribute to COVID-19 mitigation programmes has been the focus of intense national and international research activities, gaining the attention of policy makers and the public. As a new application of an established methodology, focused collaboration between public health practitioners and wastewater researchers is essential to developing a common understanding on how, when and where the outputs of this non-invasive community-level approach can deliver actionable outcomes for public health authorities. Within this context, the NORMAN SCORE “SARS-CoV-2 in sewage” database provides a platform for rapid, open access data sharing, validated by the uploading of 276 data sets from nine countries to-date. Through offering direct access to underpinning meta-data sets (and describing its use in data interpretation), the NORMAN SCORE database is a resource for the development of recommendations on minimum data requirements for wastewater pathogen surveillance. It is also a tool to engage public health practitioners in discussions on use of the approach, providing an opportunity to build mutual understanding of the demand and supply for data and facilitate the translation of this promising research application into public health practice. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd"
}