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Metadata: Norovirus, ammonia and orthophosphate in wastewater samples collected from across England 2021 - 2022
Abstract:
The sewage treatment worksdataset includes norovirus levels, ammonia concentrations and orthophosphate concentrations in wastewater from 3,232 samples and their associated metadata collected for the Environmental Monitoring for Health Protection (EMHP) programme between May 2021 and March 2022 from the untreated influent of 152 sewage treatment works across England. The samples are a subset of samples that were originally collected and analysed for SARS-CoV-2. The network dataset includes all of the norovirus levels, ammonia concentrations and orthophosphate concentrations in wastewater from 220 samples and their associated metadata collected for the Environmental Monitoring for Health Protection (EMHP) programme between May 2021 and March 2022 from 11 sewerage network sites across England. "NETWORK" sites were located further upstream of the sewershed than the sewage treatment works (STWs). Network sites were typically used during the COVID-19 pandemic to get better spatially resolved data than was possible using sewage works alone.
Data holder:
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS)
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 10558 |
| Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | Norovirus, ammonia and orthophosphate in wastewater samples collected from across England 2021 - 2022 |
| File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | CEFASb721a5bb-edaa-4754-b8a5-d7c9f1a350bd |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | CEFAS21753 |
| Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | dataset |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2021-05-27 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2022-03-31 |
| Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | notPlanned |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | The sewage treatment worksdataset includes norovirus levels, ammonia concentrations and orthophosphate concentrations in wastewater from 3,232 samples and their associated metadata collected for the Environmental Monitoring for Health Protection (EMHP) programme between May 2021 and March 2022 from the untreated influent of 152 sewage treatment works across England. The samples are a subset of samples that were originally collected and analysed for SARS-CoV-2. The network dataset includes all of the norovirus levels, ammonia concentrations and orthophosphate concentrations in wastewater from 220 samples and their associated metadata collected for the Environmental Monitoring for Health Protection (EMHP) programme between May 2021 and March 2022 from 11 sewerage network sites across England. "NETWORK" sites were located further upstream of the sewershed than the sewage treatment works (STWs). Network sites were typically used during the COVID-19 pandemic to get better spatially resolved data than was possible using sewage works alone. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | The samples were originally received by Environment Agency, and were taken by the companies who owned the assets. The samples were spiked with an extraneous control virus (phi6) to act as a quality control before the viruses were concentrated by ammonium sulphate precipitation and nucleic acid extraction using the NucliSENS reagents with Kingfisher robot. The nucleic acids were first used to quantify SARS-CoV-2 in the samples before being stored at -80°C. The norovirus data were generated from the nucleic acid extracts by the Environment Agency at Starcross laboratory based in Exeter on behalf of Cefas. Norovirus concentrations were measured using a duplex RT-qPCR duplex assay. The duplex assay measures norovirus genogroup I (GI) and genogroup II (GII) separately. Norovirus data were converted from genome copies per reaction to genome copies per litre, and then further normalised for flow and population size for the sewershed. Flow was estimated using ammonia and orthophosphate concentrations for each sample. Human population was estimated using ONS (Office of National Statistics) mid-2019 estimates based on data from the 2011 census. Ammonia and orthophosphate concentrations (mg/l) were measured in the samples according to the Environment Agency’s in-house methods. These methods were based on the relevant Standing Committee of Analysts methods (SCA). |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Virus abundance in water bodies |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Chemical in the environment | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Habitats and biotopes | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Inapplicable | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | data.gov.uk | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 56.25 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 2.5 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 49.5 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -6.5 |
| Responsible organisations | ||
| Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
| Organisation name | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) | |
| Delivery point | Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory, Pakefield Road | |
| Postal code | NR33 0HT | |
| City | Lowestoft | |
| Administrative area | Suffolk | |
| Country | UK | |
| data.manager@cefas.co.uk | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) | |
| Delivery point | Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory, Pakefield Road | |
| Postal code | NR33 0HT | |
| City | Lowestoft | |
| Administrative area | Suffolk | |
| Country | UK | |
| data.manager@cefas.co.uk | ||
| Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
| Organisation name | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) | |
| Delivery point | Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory, Pakefield Road | |
| Postal code | NR33 0HT | |
| City | Lowestoft | |
| Administrative area | Suffolk | |
| Country | UK | |
| data.manager@cefas.co.uk | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) | |
| Delivery point | Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory, Pakefield Road | |
| Postal code | NR33 0HT | |
| City | Lowestoft | |
| Administrative area | Suffolk | |
| Country | UK | |
| data.manager@cefas.co.uk | ||
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) | |
| defra.helpline@defra.gov.uk | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/21753 |
| Locator name | Name of the web resource | Cefas Data Portal |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20.1 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 20.2 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | noLimitations | |
| 21.1 Conditions for Access and Use - Use constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 21.2 Conditions for Access and Use - Other constraints | http://standards.iso.org/iso/19139/resources/gmxCodelists.xml#MD_RestrictionCode | |
| Version info | ||
| Date of publication | The publication date of the resource or if previously unpublished the date that the resource was made publicly available via the MEDIN network. | 2024-01-26 |
| Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2025-04-11 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2023-12-06 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-19 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2025-04-11 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 3.1.1 |