University of Wisconsin–Madison

Advisory Board

The goal of the Wisconsin Wastewater Monitoring Program (WWMP) Advisory Board is to inform and guide programmatic decision-making through engagement of stakeholder representatives. Key responsibilities include establishing and prioritizing program goals and aligning them with Wisconsin’s public health mission to protect and promote the health of all Wisconsinites. The WWMP Advisory Board includes public health, utility, community and academic expertise and strives to promote the effective, ethical, and equitable use of wastewater surveillance in alignment with the priorities established by the National Wastewater Surveillance System and its network of Centers of Excellence.

Stakeholder Representatives

  • Healthcare Facility
  • Utility (urban)
  • Utility (rural)
  • Utility (sampling)
  • WSLH Clinical Lab
  • State public health
  • Local public health
  • Scientific/Academic
  • ID Clinician
  • DNR
  • Community/School
  • Tribal
  • Bioethics
Graphic representation of the advisory board composition depicted with central 'Advisory Board' hexagon linked to six hexagons labeled Utilities (Urban & Rural), Healthcare Facilities & Clinicians, WDNR, State & Local Public Health, Academia & Laboratories, and Communities & Schools.

Objectives

  • Gain feedback and insight from a diverse set of stakeholders
  • Foster connections among stakeholders and their communities
  • Promote discussion on the evolving role of wastewater surveillance
  • Provide guidance on priorities and goals of the WWMP
  • Elevate voices of under-represented stakeholders
  • Promote and safeguard the effective and ethical use of wastewater surveillance by WWMP

Key Topics

  • Engage all wastewater utility partners through surveys of their partnership experiences
  • Effective communication of wastewater data to groups represented on the board
  • Ways to improve community engagement and address their needs or concerns (i.e., identifying existing and potential stakeholders of wastewater data that haven’t yet been engaged)
  • Identification and prioritization of new disease targets for wastewater surveillance (including discussion of potential impacts for a variety of stakeholders)
  • Promoting ethical guidelines for conducting wastewater surveillance through the interpretation and application of national standards.
  • Navigating effective collaborations with academic, private and government partners while balancing public health and ethical considerations
  • Establishing best practices for responsible data and sample sharing
  • New or emerging issues – what’s next for wastewater surveillance?