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Rethinking wastewater risks and monitoring in light of the COVID-19 pandemic

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  • Anne Bogler

    (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

  • Aaron Packman

    (Northwestern University)

  • Alex Furman

    (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology)

  • Amit Gross

    (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

  • Ariel Kushmaro

    (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

  • Avner Ronen

    (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
    Temple University)

  • Christophe Dagot

    (University Limoges, INSERM, CHU Limoges, RESINFIT, U1092)

  • Colin Hill

    (APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork)

  • Dalit Vaizel-Ohayon

    (Mekorot, Israel National Water Co.)

  • Eberhard Morgenroth

    (Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zürich
    Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology)

  • Enrico Bertuzzo

    (University of Venice Ca’ Foscari)

  • George Wells

    (Northwestern University)

  • Hadas Raanan Kiperwas

    (Mekorot, Israel National Water Co.)

  • Harald Horn

    (Engler-Bunte-Institut, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

  • Ido Negev

    (Mekorot, Israel National Water Co.)

  • Ines Zucker

    (Tel Aviv University
    Tel Aviv University)

  • Itay Bar-Or

    (Chaim Sheba Medical Center)

  • Jacob Moran-Gilad

    (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

  • Jose Luis Balcazar

    (Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA)
    University of Girona)

  • Kyle Bibby

    (University of Notre Dame)

  • Menachem Elimelech

    (Yale University)

  • Noam Weisbrod

    (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

  • Oded Nir

    (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

  • Oded Sued

    (Mekorot, Israel National Water Co.)

  • Osnat Gillor

    (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

  • Pedro J. Alvarez

    (Rice University)

  • Sandra Crameri

    (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)

  • Shai Arnon

    (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

  • Sharon Walker

    (Drexel University)

  • Sima Yaron

    (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
    Guangdong Technion Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT))

  • Thanh H. Nguyen

    (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

  • Yakir Berchenko

    (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

  • Yunxia Hu

    (Tianjin Polytechnic University)

  • Zeev Ronen

    (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

  • Edo Bar-Zeev

    (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted public health and the worldwide economy. Converging evidence from the current pandemic, previous outbreaks and controlled experiments indicates that SARS-CoVs are present in wastewater for several days, leading to potential health risks via waterborne and aerosolized wastewater pathways. Conventional wastewater treatment provides only partial removal of SARS-CoVs, thus safe disposal or reuse will depend on the efficacy of final disinfection. This underscores the need for a risk assessment and management framework tailored to SARS-CoV-2 transmission via wastewater, including new tools for environmental surveillance, ensuring adequate disinfection as a component of overall COVID-19 pandemic containment.

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  • Anne Bogler & Aaron Packman & Alex Furman & Amit Gross & Ariel Kushmaro & Avner Ronen & Christophe Dagot & Colin Hill & Dalit Vaizel-Ohayon & Eberhard Morgenroth & Enrico Bertuzzo & George Wells & Had, 2020. "Rethinking wastewater risks and monitoring in light of the COVID-19 pandemic," Nature Sustainability, Nature, vol. 3(12), pages 981-990, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natsus:v:3:y:2020:i:12:d:10.1038_s41893-020-00605-2
    DOI: 10.1038/s41893-020-00605-2
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