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

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, Hadas Raanan Kiperwas, Harald Horn, Ido Negev, Ines Zucker, Itay Bar-Or, Jacob Moran-Gilad, Jose Luis Balcazar, Kyle Bibby, Menachem Elimelech, Noam Weisbrod, Oded Nir, Oded Sued, Osnat Gillor, Pedro J. Alvarez, Sandra Crameri, Shai Arnon, Sharon Walker, Sima Yaron, Thanh H. Nguyen, Yakir Berchenko, Yunxia Hu, Zeev Ronen and Edo Bar-Zeev ()
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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
Avner Ronen: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
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
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
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)
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
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

Nature Sustainability, 2020, vol. 3, issue 12, 981-990

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2020
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