Tempe Wastewater BioIntel Program: Community Health Biomarkers

The Tempe Wastewater BioIntel Program from the City of Tempe provides data-driven insights from wastewater monitoring. The dataset, last updated on March 7, 2026, is organized into six core biomarker groups including opioids, COVID-19, and respiratory viruses. It is delivered via an ArcGIS Hub site with dashboards for community members and city leadership.

Use Cases

• Tracking opioid usage trends in a community based on wastewater biomarker data.
• Monitoring the prevalence of COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses through wastewater surveillance.
• Analyzing seasonal patterns of gastrointestinal viruses from the described biomarker group.
• Assessing public health risks from vector-borne viruses based on the described data categories.
• Providing community health dashboards for public communication based on the described data-driven insights.

Strengths

• Data is organized into six specific biomarker groups: opioids, COVID-19, respiratory, gastrointestinal, vector-borne, and other viruses.
• Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-03-07 23:44:19.992196.
• Data is presented via dashboards designed for both community members and city leadership.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the City of Tempe's collection area.

Provenance

Source

City of Tempe

Collection Method

Wastewater surveillance and biomarker analysis, likely from municipal treatment facilities.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-07 23:44:19.992196; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Tempe, Arizona, United States