Documents
Study documents, protocols and presentations are shared openly. All files are also available on our Open Science Framework (OSF) project page.
Study protocol
Published · PLOS ONE · 2025
Developing an Evaluation Framework for Public Health Environmental Surveillance: Protocol for an International, Multidisciplinary Delphi Study
Protocols and governance
Scoping review protocol
Current Evaluation Practices for Public Health and Environmental Surveillance Systems: A Scoping Review Protocol
Scoping review protocol
Lessons Learned from Wastewater Surveillance During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review Protocol
Executive group
Terms of Reference
Drafted by the study working group, then reviewed, modified and agreed upon with all members of the executive group.
Presentations and posters
11 September 2024
Presentation Performance Evaluation of Wastewater-Based Surveillance
Wastewater-based surveillance summit. The Canadian Water Network and the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases.
17 November 2023
Poster An Evaluation Framework for Wastewater Surveillance: Building Consensus and Building a Future
EU Wastewater Observatory for Public Health Town Hall Exhibition. The International Conference Towards a Global Wastewater Surveillance System for Public Health (GLOWACON).
15 November 2023
Presentation Evaluation Practices for Public Health Environmental Surveillance Systems: A Scoping Review
The International Conference Towards a Global Wastewater Surveillance System for Public Health (GLOWACON).
16–18 May 2023
Poster The Development of an Evaluation Framework for Wastewater-Based Surveillance
CoVaRR-Net Spring Meeting 2023. Coronavirus Variants Rapid Response Network (CoVaRR-Net).
2–3 February 2023
Poster The Development of an Evaluation Framework for Wastewater-Based Surveillance
Toronto Wastewater Surveillance Conference. Ontario’s Wastewater Surveillance Initiative and Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson).
14–15 November 2022
Presentation Development of a Wastewater-Based Surveillance Evaluation Framework
Wastewater-based Surveillance – Looking into the Blue Mirror, 8th Town Hall Meeting. The EU Sewage Sentinel System for SARS-CoV-2 (EU4S).
22 August 2022
Presentation Wastewater surveillance for population and public health: program evaluation
National Wastewater Strategy Consultation Meeting.
Recruitment materials
Study recruitment materials have received ethical approval (20230428-01H) from the Ottawa Health Science Network Research Ethics Board (OHSN-REB).