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The role of wastewater treatment plants as tools for SARS-CoV-2 early detection and removal
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Nidal Hilal
Journal of Water Process Engineering, Volume: 38, Start page: 101544
Swansea University Authors:
Daniel Johnson , Nidal Hilal
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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.jwpe.2020.101544
Abstract
The world is facing the third coronavirus caused pandemic in less than twenty years. The SARS-CoV-2 virus not only affects the human respiratory system, but also the gastrointestinal tract. The virus has been found in human feces, in sewage and in wastewater treatment plants. It has the potential to...
| Published in: | Journal of Water Process Engineering |
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| ISSN: | 2214-7144 |
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Elsevier BV
2020
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54868 |
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The world is facing the third coronavirus caused pandemic in less than twenty years. The SARS-CoV-2 virus not only affects the human respiratory system, but also the gastrointestinal tract. The virus has been found in human feces, in sewage and in wastewater treatment plants. It has the potential to become a panzootic disease, as it is now proven that several mammalian species become infected. Since it has been shown that the virus can be detected in sewage even before the onset of symptoms in the local population, Wastewater Based Epidemiology should be developed not only to localize infection clusters of the primary wave but also to detect a potential second, or subsequent, wave. To prevent a panzootic, virus removal techniques from wastewater need to be implemented to prevent the virus dissemination into the environment. In that context, this review presents recent improvements in all the fields of wastewater treatment from treatment ponds to the use of algae or nanomaterials with a particular emphasis on membrane-based techniques. |
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| Keywords: |
Wastewater, SARS-CoV-2, Virus, COVID-19, Membranes, Wastewater-based epidemiology |
| College: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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101544 |