Assessment of seasonality and normalization techniques for wastewater-based surveillance in Ontario, Canada

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Overview Research Site Status and Provenance Access and Downloads

Section 1: Overview

Name of Research Project

Related Project	Part
WSPT: Winter Soil Processes in Transition

Program Affiliations

GWF: Global Water Futures

Related Research Project(s)

Related Project	Part
GWF-WSPT: Winter Soil Processes in Transition

Dataset Title

Assessment of seasonality and normalization techniques for wastewater-based surveillance in Ontario, Canada

Additional Information

Creators and Contributors

Name	Role	Institution
Dhiyebi, Hadi A.	Principal Investigator	University of Waterloo
Srikanthan, Nivetha		University of Waterloo
Hayat, Samina		University of Waterloo
Ikert, Heather		University of Waterloo
Servos, Mark R.		University of Waterloo

Abstract

This dataset contains wastewater surveillance data (SARS-CoV-2) and common fecal indicators for three sites in Ontario. It also contains clinical cases by episode date provided by Ontario Ministry of Health.This dataset was used for the publication "Assessment of seasonality and normalization techniques for wastewater-based surveillance in Ontario, Canada".

Purpose

Plain Language Summary

Keywords

Keyword
fecal indicators
crAssphage
PMMoV
SARS-CoV-2
seasonality
normalization

Citations

https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1186525

Description of Specific Location	Latitude	Longitude
Kitchener Wastewater Treatment plant, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada	43.39914766	-80.42177946
Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada Warden main sewer line	43.84560187	-79.33503011
Humber Air Management Facility (AMF) pumping station	43.74991	-79.639316

Section 3: Status and Provenance

Dataset Version

Dataset Creation Date

Status of data collection/production

○ Planned

○ In Progress

○ Abandoned

◉ Complete

Dataset Completion or Abandonment Date

Data Update Frequency

○ Continually

○ Daily

○ Weekly

○ Biweekly

○ Monthly

○ Anually

○ As needed

○ Irregular

◉ None planned

○ Unknown

Creation Software

Software	Version	File Formats

Primary Source of Data

◻ Unknown/Unspecified

◻ Census

◻ Field collected samples

◻ Field experiment

◻ Field observation

◻ Field survey

◻ Human biological samples

◻ Lab experiment

◻ Model simulation

◻ Previously collected

◻ Qualitative (from observations or interviews)

◻ Social survey

◻ Traditional knowledge

◻ Other Source of Data (Please specify in field below)

Other Source of Data (if applicable)

Data Lineage (if applicable). Please include versions (e.g., input and forcing data, models, and coupling modules; instrument measurements; surveys; sample collections; etc.)

Section 4: Access and Downloads

Access to the Dataset

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Does the data have access restrictions?

◻ No restriction (data is currently open to public)

◻ Limited (data is currently under embargo until publication)

◻ Limited (data involves intellectual property issues related to local or traditional knowledge)

◻ Limited (release of data may cause harm to the environment or to the public)

◻ Limited (pre-existing data has been used and is subject to access restrictions)

◻ Limited (data involves human subjects)

◻ Limited (data is supported by industry partnerships)

◻ Limited (data is supported by government partnerships)

Downloading and Characteristics of the Dataset

Download Links and Instructions

FRDR link;
https://www.frdr-dfdr.ca/repo/dataset/9f22246e-af1b-4314-976c-f6e8ccc2d4df
Globus download link:
https://globus.frdr.ca/file-manager?locale=en-us&origin_id=f163c1b3-9c88-42f6-a7bb-5839ed6c4063&origin_path=/2/published/publication_697/submitted_data

Total Size of all Dataset Files (GB)

283.59 KB

File formats and online databases

◻ Link to online database or web services (e.g., WISKI, ECCC)

◻ Archive files (.zip, .rar, .7z, .tar, .tgz, .tar.gz, etc.)

◻ CSV files (.csv - comma or tab separated value files)

▣ Excel document files (.xlsx, .xls)

◻ Image files (e.g., .tiff, .jpeg, .png, .gif, etc.)

◻ NetCDF files (.netcdf, .nc)

▣ Text files (.txt)

◻ Word document files (.docx, .doc)

▣ Other (Please specify in field below)

Other Data Formats (if applicable)

.md - markdown

List of Parameters and Variables

Parameter/Variable	Unit	Frequency	Source

Begin Date	End Date
2021-01-15	2023-02-06

West Boundary Longitude	-80.42177946
East Boundary Longitude	-79.33503011
North Boundary Latitude	43.84560187
South Boundary Latitude	43.39914766