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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.
Simple
- Date (Creation)
- 2021-02-15
- Date (Revision)
- 2026
- Citation identifier
- BE.Sciensano / 565d2b72-6e07-11f0-9333-d0ad08a01e25
- Status
- Planned
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Sciensano
Hadrien Maloux
Custodian
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Weekly
- Keywords
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Wastewater, Epidemiological surveillance, Epidemiology, Infectious diseases, PMMoV, Human faecal marker
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- 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
- Language
- English
- Character set
- 8859 Part 15
- Topic category
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- Inland waters
- Environment
- Health
- Description
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Belgium
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- Unique resource identifier
- EPSG:3812
- Distribution format
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Name Version GeoPackage 1.3.0
Esri Shapefile 10.2
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
https://www.sciensano.be/en/topics/wastewater-surveillance WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
https://ac.ngi.be/remoteclient-open/GeoBePartners-open/Sciensano/ProductSpecifications/Data_product_specifications_PMMVWWSurv_EN.pdf
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
https://ac.ngi.be/remoteclient-open/GeoBePartners-open/Sciensano/562ed264-6e07-11f0-abdb-d0ad08a01e25_geopackage_3812.zip
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
https://ac.ngi.be/remoteclient-open/GeoBePartners-open/Sciensano/562ed264-6e07-11f0-abdb-d0ad08a01e25_x-shapefile_3812.zip
Digital transfer options
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Domain consistency
- Name of measure
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INSPIRE Conformity
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
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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
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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.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 562ed264-6e07-11f0-abdb-d0ad08a01e25 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2026-09-09T11:46:24
- Metadata standard name
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ISO 19115:2003/19139
- Metadata standard version
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1.0
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Sciensano
Hadrien Maloux
Point of contact
- Other language
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Language Character encoding French Dutch; Flemish German English UTF8
