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While environmental surveillance (ES) is promising for enhancing early pathogen detection, the influence of spatial arrangement of ES sites on early detection remains unclear. Here, we aim to assess the early detection ability of ES by varying the number and location of ES sites using the simulation-based approach utilising geographic and demographic characteristics of South Africa as a case study of a non-endemic country. We developed a stochastic meta-population model among unimmunised children aged under 5 years old, assuming a single introduction of wild poliovirus serotype 1. We constructed six scenarios by combining three importation risk distributions (predicated on population size, approximations of international inbound travel volume and border crossing volume) with two ES site layout strategies (proportionate to population size and importation risks via land border crossings). 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