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National wastewater-based epidemiological surveillance - Human faecal marker PMMoV (Tobamovirus capsici)

The national wastewater-based epidemiological surveillance monitors public health parameters in several wastewater treatment plants across Belgium. The PMMoV virus is an indicator of human faecal contamination used to estimate the population load in wastewater samples. The results of this dataset consist of PMMoV concentrations over time as well as other data needed for the interpretations such as the flow rates of the treatment plants and the population covered.

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Date (Creation)
2021-02-15
Date (Revision)
2021-02-15
Identifier
BE.Sciensano / 565d2b72-6e07-11f0-9333-d0ad08a01e25
Status
Planned
Custodian
  Sciensano - Hadrien Maloux
Juliette Wytsmanstraat 14 , Brussels , 1050 , Belgium
https://www.sciensano.be/en
Maintenance and update frequency
Weekly
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Environmental monitoring facilities
  • Human health and safety
Belgian Federal Thesaurus
  • Federal viewer
  • Federal catalog
  • Environmental data
  • Health
Data.gov.be themes
  • Environment
  • Health
INSPIRE feature concept dictionary
  • Environmental Monitoring Facility
  • Environmental Health Determinant Measure
GEMET - Concept themes, version 4.01
  • environment
  • calibration
  • applied science
  • epidemic
  • public health
  • human health
  • health
  • virus
  • infection
  • infectious disease
  • human disease
  • disease
  • waste water
  • epidemiology
  • federal government
Spatial scope
  • National
Keywords
  • Wastewater, Epidemiological surveillance, Epidemiology, Infectious diseases, PMMoV, Human faecal marker
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
No limitations on public access
Use limitation
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Spatial representation type
Vector
Metadata language
English
Character set
8859 Part 15
Topic category
  • Inland waters
  • Environment
  • Health
Description
Belgium
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Unique resource identifier
EPSG:3812
Distribution format
  • GeoPackage ( 1.3.0 )

  • Esri Shapefile ( 10.2 )

OnLine resource
https://ac.ngi.be/remoteclient-open/GeoBePartners-open/Sciensano/562ed264-6e07-11f0-abdb-d0ad08a01e25_csv.zip ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )
OnLine resource
https://ac.ngi.be/remoteclient-open/GeoBePartners-open/ATOM/838a5928-cd37-40d1-a2c1-8bb04cc19a24-en.xml ( INSPIRE Atom )
OnLine resource
https://data.geo.be/ws/sciensano/wfs?request=getcapabilities&service=wfs ( OGC:WFS )
OnLine resource
https://data.geo.be/ws/sciensano/wms?request=getcapabilities&service=wms ( OGC:WMS )
OnLine resource
Technical documentation of the product ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Technical documentation of the product

OnLine resource
Direct download of resource ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

Direct download of resource

OnLine resource
Direct download of resource ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

Direct download of resource

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Domain consistency

Name of measure
INSPIRE Conformity

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation
The dataset’s compliance with the technical requirements as defined by the Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 has not been checked
Statement

Samples are collected every week at each selected wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) using 24-hour volume proportional or time proportional auto-samplers. Samples are stored at 4°C and analyzed within 24 hours. The samples from Wallonia were analyzed by E-BIOM until December 2023, after which the Foodborne Pathogens Unit of Sciensano took over the analyses. Samples from the Brussels-Capital Region and the provinces of West-Vlanderen, Oost-Vlanderen and Vlaams-Brabant are analyzed by the Foodborne pathogens unit of Sciensano while samples from the provinces of Antwerpen and Limburg are analyzed by the Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene Laboratory of the University of Antwerp. PMMoV is measured since mid-February 2021. The three laboratories use a harmonized protocol. After concentration and RNA extraction, the samples were analyzed by RT-qPCR until June 2023 and later on by RT-dPCR. One target sequence is analyzed. Until June 2023, analyses were performed in duplicates (in triplicates until mid-September 2022 in Wallonia, then in duplicates) but since June 2023, each analysis is conducted only once. There is no result in Wallonia for the period from January to August 2023.

The quality of the results is checked and validated at the laboratory level. If the quality is insufficient, additional analyzes are performed. Once received by the data manager, the laboratory results undergo a second validation before being integrated in the database.

The 24 hours-representative flow rates of each WWTP are collected using flowmeters and are provided by the wastewater agencies (Hydria and Aquiris for the WWTPs of Brussels, Société Publique de Gestion de l'Eau (SPGE) for the WWTPs of Wallonia and Aquafin for the WWTPs of Flanders). Domestic inhabitant equivalents (IE) are used to estimate the population coverage of each WWTP. IE are based on several data sources (population data, building type data, connection to the network and WWTPs geographical coverage data). IE are provided by SPGE in Wallonia and by the Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij (VMM) in Flanders. In Brussels the population is estimated based on the data provided by Statbel. The data provided by the wastewater agencies and VMM are validated by the data manager before being integrated in the database.

File identifier
562ed264-6e07-11f0-abdb-d0ad08a01e25 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-09-24T13:45:14
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
  Sciensano - Hadrien Maloux
Juliette Wytsmanstraat 14 , Brussels , 1050 , Belgium
https://www.sciensano.be/en
 
 

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Keywords

Belgian Federal Thesaurus
Environmental data Federal catalog Federal viewer Health
Data.gov.be themes
Environment Health
GEMET - Concept themes, version 4.01
applied science calibration disease environment epidemic epidemiology federal government health human disease human health infection infectious disease public health virus waste water
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Environmental monitoring facilities Human health and safety
INSPIRE feature concept dictionary
Environmental Health Determinant Measure Environmental Monitoring Facility
Spatial scope
National

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