Project description

In recent years, wastewater surveillance has emerged as an indispensable tool for monitoring public health.

The escalating concerns surrounding the spread of pathogens, pollutants, and emerging contaminants underscore the need for robust surveillance systems capable of early detection and effective mitigation. Wastewater surveillance offers unparalleled advantages by facilitating rapid data collection through non-invasive, non-discriminating sampling methods, providing valuable insights into population-level health dynamics.

However, implementing such surveillance systems on a national or larger scale requires gathering and assessing experimented studies to define best practices. The current lack of standardization and harmonization of methodologies remains one of the major weaknesses of this approach.

The European ERASMUS+ project, OneHealthWatch, aims to address this issue by developing an innovative e-learning platform.

This platform will offer comprehensive training courses focusing specifically on wastewater surveillance.

Thanks to this platform, the project aims to define, explain, and standardize sampling and analysis methods at national and European levels to enable rapid implementation of safety measures and contingency procedures in the event of alarming detections such as the Covid-19 pandemic.

Designed for a diverse audience, from wastewater operators to health professionals and the general public, the platform confronts the challenge of disseminating scientific content in an engaging, accessible manner.

Who hasn't had to follow a monotonous and boring training course?

It is with this experience in mind that the platform is built to create clear, adaptable, and captivating materials for actors in wastewater surveillance as well as for curious people to raise awareness on the major role that wastewater monitoring will play in the future.