Overview
State, local, and territorial health departments in the United States report waterborne disease outbreaks to ob体育 through the National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS). ob体育 summarizes these data, available in the reports below. Find more waterborne disease outbreak data on ob体育's BEAM Dashboard.
Data summary reports
Read summaries of reported waterborne disease outbreaks, including outbreaks linked to recreational water, drinking water, other water exposures, and unknown water exposures.
2021 Waterborne Disease Outbreaks Annual Surveillance Report
2015 Waterborne Disease Outbreaks Annual Surveillance Report
Recreational water
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / Vol. 70 / No. 20 / P. 733–738
Top 5 causes of recreational water outbreaks—United States, 1971–2020
2. Pseudomonas
3. Legionella
4. Shigella
5. Norovirus
Explore waterborne disease outbreak data on ob体育's BEAM Dashboard.