Q2 2026
West African Wastewater Surveillance
Costs

The cost of monitoring, per sample

Where the money goes when one wastewater sample is collected, transported, processed, and analysed.


Signature visualisation — cost ladder — to be implemented. Today this page shows the supporting per-country breakdown.

DR Congo

$145
  • Staff salaries & per diems (low-skilled) $43
  • Staff salaries & per diems (high-skilled) $36
  • Reagents $22
  • Consumable supplies $13
  • Transport (government) $3
  • Transport (private) $9
  • Lab equipment & other $5
  • Utilities & overheads $13
  • Non-consumable supplies $0
  • Direct recurrent costs $124
  • Capital costs $8
  • Indirect recurrent costs $13
  • Sample collection (government) $5
  • Sample transport (private) $41
  • Sample processing $23
  • Sample analysis $59
  • Outreach and communication $5
  • indirectc $13

Mozambique

$110
  • Staff salaries & per diems (low-skilled) $1
  • Staff salaries & per diems (high-skilled) $33
  • Reagents $33
  • Consumable supplies $18
  • Transport (government) $6
  • Lab equipment & other $7
  • Utilities & overheads $10
  • Non-consumable supplies $0
  • Direct recurrent costs $90
  • Capital costs $10
  • Indirect recurrent costs $10
  • Sample collection (government) $17
  • Sample transport (private)
  • Sample processing $29
  • Sample analysis $46
  • Outreach and communication $8
  • indirectc $10

South Africa

$99
  • Staff salaries & per diems (low-skilled) $4
  • Staff salaries & per diems (high-skilled) $44
  • Reagents $17
  • Consumable supplies $5
  • Transport (government) $2
  • Transport (private) $14
  • Lab equipment & other $4
  • Utilities & overheads $9
  • Non-consumable supplies $5
  • Direct recurrent costs $85
  • Capital costs $5
  • Indirect recurrent costs $9
  • Sample collection (government) $5
  • Sample transport (private) $12
  • Sample processing $14
  • Sample analysis $56
  • Outreach and communication $3
  • indirectc $9

Ghana

Cost breakdown to be confirmed.

Nigeria

Cost breakdown to be confirmed.