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

Bogler A, Packman A, Furman A, Gross A, Kushmaro A, Ronen A, Dagot C, Hill C, Vaizel-Ohayon D, Morgenroth E, Bertuzzo E, Wells G, Kiperwas HR, Horn H, Negev I, Zucker I, Bar-Or I, Moran-Gilad J, Balcazar JL, Bibby K, Elimelech M, Weisbrod N, Nir O, Sued O, Gillor O, Alvarez PJ, Crameri S, Arnon S, Walker S, Yaron S, Nguyen TH, Berchenko Y, Hu Y, Ronen Z & Bar-Zeev E
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Bogler, A., Packman, A., Furman, A., Gross, A., Kushmaro, A., Ronen, A., Dagot, C., Hill, C., Vaizel-Ohayon, D., Morgenroth, E., Bertuzzo, E., Wells, G., Kiperwas, H. R., Horn, H., Negev, I., Zucker, I., Bar-Or, I., Moran-Gilad, J., Balcazar, J. L., … Bar-Zeev, E. (2020). Rethinking wastewater risks and monitoring in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-00605-2
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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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Publication Type

Journal Article

Title

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

Author(s)

Bogler, Anne

Packman, Aaron

Furman, Alex

Gross, Amit

Kushmaro, Ariel

Ronen, Avner

Dagot, Christophe

Hill, Colin

Vaizel-Ohayon, Dalit

Morgenroth, Eberhard (Process Engineering ENG)

Bertuzzo, Enrico

Wells, George

Kiperwas, Hadas Raanan

Horn, Harald

Negev, Ido

Zucker, Ines

Bar-Or, Itay

Moran-Gilad, Jacob

Balcazar, Jose Luis

Bibby, Kyle

Elimelech, Menachem

Weisbrod, Noam

Nir, Oded

Sued, Oded

Gillor, Osnat

Alvarez, Pedro J.

Crameri, Sandra

Arnon, Shai

Walker, Sharon

Yaron, Sima

Nguyen, Thanh H.

Berchenko, Yakir

Hu, Yunxia

Ronen, Zeev

Bar-Zeev, Edo

Journal

Nature Sustainability

Publication Year

2020

Peer Review

Yes

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