What is the functional reach of wastewater surveillance for respiratory viruses, pathogenic viruses of concern, and bacterial antibiotic resistance genes of interest?

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe University of Louisville, Institutional Review Board, classified the wastewater project as non-human subject research (reference #759587). Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding This work was supported by a contract from the Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government as a component of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act and the American Rescue Plan, as well as grants from The Rockefeller Foundation, the Owsley Brown II Family Foundation and a Jon Rieger Seed Grant. The funders had no role in the study design, data collection, analysis, decision to publish, or manuscript preparation."