Determining the connectivity of tribal communities to wastewater treatment facilities for use in environmental contamination and exposure assessments by wastewater-based surveillance.
María Menchú-MaldonadoDiego E NovoaCarrie N JosephErin M DriverRebecca L MuenichOtakuye Conroy-BenPublished in: Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology (2024)
Here, multiple data sources including permit information from the Environmental Protection Agency's National Pollution Discharge Elimination System and US Census Bureau data were used to determine the number of wastewater treatment facilities on or adjacent to Tribal lands and how many community members were connected to those municipal systems. This information was used to assess which Tribal communities may be a viable option for wastewater public health surveillance techniques and were used to answer supplemental questions related to basic sanitation and environmental justice concerns.
Keyphrases
- wastewater treatment
- public health
- human health
- antibiotic resistance genes
- risk assessment
- drinking water
- electronic health record
- life cycle
- heavy metals
- big data
- healthcare
- mental health
- climate change
- health information
- quality improvement
- global health
- resting state
- functional connectivity
- health risk assessment
- health risk
- machine learning
- mental illness
- social media
- drug induced
- artificial intelligence
- water quality