wastewateR Package

Welcome to the documentation for the new wastewateR project, created by the Michigan Public Health Integrated Center for Outbreak Analytics and Modeling (MICOM) in partnership with:

Getting Started

To install the wastewateR package, run:

devtools::install_github("micom-hub/wastewateR")

Note: the github repository housing this package is currently not publicly available. If you would like access, or if you have other feedback, please reach out to wastewateR-help@umich.edu

To use the wastewateR package, use:

library(tidyverse)
library(wastewateR)

Visit the Vignettes tab for examples of how to use different functions, the Main Functions tab for detailed explanations of the wrapper and standalone functions available, and the Minor Functions tab for detailed explanations of the minor functions that are the modular components of the wrapper functions.

Purpose

The intention of this R package is to provide a standardized, reproducible, but still flexible method for processing wastewater-based epidemiological data. This includes aspects of:

  • Quality Assurance, Quality Control (QAQC) after laboratory methods

  • Data Display and Interpretation

  • Geographic/Jurisdictional Roll-up and Summary (e.g. wVal Methods)

  • Communications & Positives Alerting

This work was made possible by cooperative agreement CDC-RFA-FT-23-0069 from the CDC’s Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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