OMB control number

[NCEZID] National Wastewater Surveillance System for COVID-19 and other Infectious Disease Targets of Public Health Concern

OMB 0920-1422 · HHS/CDC.

OMB 0920-1422

The goal of the National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) data collection is to provide community-level trends of COVID-19 and data on other infectious disease targets of concern. Data from wastewater will be used to track infection trends or disease presence in the US communities in which samples are collected. Wastewater utilities or public health partners will collect wastewater samples and metadata, and work with state, tribal, local or territorial health departments for processing and testing. Data will be submitted to CDC along with de-identified case linking data, and then analyzed and presented to make the public aware of changes in wastewater target levels and to better inform public health action.

The latest form for [NCEZID] National Wastewater Surveillance System for COVID-19 and other Infectious Disease Targets of Public Health Concern expires 2026-12-31 and can be found here.

Latest Forms, Documents, and Supporting Material

Document Name
Attachment-16_Privacy Impact Assessment.pdf Supplementary Document
Attachment-13-Human Subjects Determination.pdf Supplementary Document
Attachment-12_Component-1_ref-NWSS Data Dictionary_v5.0.0.xlsx Supplementary Document
Attachment-08_Component-3_ref-NWSS COVID Case Data Dictionary_v1_0_0.xlsx Supplementary Document
Attachment-07_Component-1-2-3_ref-NWSS_DCIPHER_BulkUploadTool_screenshot.pdf Supplementary Document
Attachment-06_Component-1_ref-NCBI_DCIPHER_Crosswalk_DataDictionary.xlsx Supplementary Document
Attachment-03_Component-1_ref-CDC_seq_manifest_data_dict.xlsx Supplementary Document
Attachment-02_Published 60-Day FRN_NWSS.pdf Supplementary Document
Attachment-01_Authorizing Legislation_Section 301 of the Public Health Service Act (42 USC 241).pdf Supplementary Document
2. Supporting Statement B_NWSS_v_final.docx Supporting Statement B
1. Supporting Statement A_NWSS_v_final_3_final.docx Supporting Statement A
Component 3 - STLT Health Dept Case Data Other-Template
Component 2 - Wastewater Utility Staff Other-Web Upload Screenshot
Component 2 - STLT Health Dept Sewershed Other-Web Upload Screenshot
Component 1 - Contract Laboratory Other-Template
Component 1 - Wastewaters Utilities Staff Other-Template
Component 1 - STLT Health Depts Other-Template

All Historical Document Collections

202310-0920-009

Approved without change

New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)

2023-10-31

OMB Details

Component 1 - STLT Health Depts

Federal Enterprise Architecture: Health - Public Health Monitoring