Wastewater-Based Surveillance Does Not Belong in a Regulatory Framework Designed to Protect Waters That Receive Treated Wastewater. Comment on Wright, T.; Adhikari, A. Utilizing a National Wastewater Monitoring Program to Address the U.S. Opioid Epidemic: A Focus on Metro Atlanta, Georgia. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 5282

Anna Mehrotra; Naoko Munakata; Rasha Maal-Bared; Daniel Gerrity; Jennifer Sabater; Scott Bessler

doi:10.3390/ijerph20176636

Wastewater-Based Surveillance Does Not Belong in a Regulatory Framework Designed to Protect Waters That Receive Treated Wastewater. Comment on Wright, T.; Adhikari, A. Utilizing a National Wastewater Monitoring Program to Address the U.S. Opioid Epidemic: A Focus on Metro Atlanta, Georgia. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 5282

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Aug 24;20(17):6636. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20176636.

Authors

Anna Mehrotra¹, Naoko Munakata², Rasha Maal-Bared³, Daniel Gerrity⁴, Jennifer Sabater¹, Scott Bessler⁵

Affiliations

¹ Water Environment Federation, Alexandra, VA 22314, USA.
² Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts, Whittier, CA 90601, USA.
³ EPCOR Water Services Inc., Edmonton, AB T5J 3Y3, Canada.
⁴ Southern Nevada Water Authority, Las Vegas, NV 89193, USA.
⁵ Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45204, USA.

Abstract

We read with great interest the work by Wright and Adhikari on "Utilizing a National Wastewater Monitoring Program to Address the U.S. Opioid Epidemic: A Focus on Metro Atlanta, Georgia" [...].

Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid
Georgia / epidemiology
Opioid Epidemic
Public Health
Wastewater*
Wastewater-Based Epidemiological Monitoring*

Substances

Wastewater
Analgesics, Opioid