The SF-RAD group developed metadata and data standard specifications to describe the wastewater samples and the analysis data. The standards specification include the RADx-RAD DCC data dictionaries as adopted from the CDC NWSS data. The data categories are organized as follows:
Field-Related Information
Wastewater Pre-Processing
Wastewater Analysis
Human Health Data Standards
In addition to the minimum CDEs, as required by the NIH to describe the prospective human health studies, the SF-RAD group has established standards specification related to the COVID-19 relevant information.
All the SF-RAD standards are curated into 
