ReviewJournal of environmental chemical engineering2020
Occurrence, fates and potential treatment approaches for removal of viruses from wastewater: A review with emphasis on SARS-CoV-2.
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- Strategies for safe management of hospital wastewater during the COVID-19 pandemic.International journal of environmental science and technology : IJEST · 2023Review
- Municipal wastewater viral pollution in Saudi Arabia: effect of hot climate on COVID-19 disease spreading.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2023Article
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- A critical review on the existing wastewater treatment methods in the COVID-19 era: What is the potential of advanced oxidation processes in combatting viral especially SARS-CoV-2?Journal of water process engineering · 2022Review
- Recent advances in aqueous virus removal technologies.Chemosphere · 2022Review
- Sources, fates and treatment strategies of typical viruses in urban sewage collection/treatment systems: A review.Desalination · 2022Article
- Coronaviruses and SARS-CoV-2 in sewerage and their removal: Step by step in wastewater treatment plants.Environmental research · 2022Review
- A review of the potential of conventional and advanced membrane technology in the removal of pathogens from wastewater.Separation and purification technology · 2022Review
- Detection and identification of potentially infectious gastrointestinal and respiratory viruses at workplaces of wastewater treatment plants with viability qPCR/RT-qPCR.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Wastewater, waste, and water-based epidemiology (WWW-BE): A novel hypothesis and decision-support tool to unravel COVID-19 in low-income settings?The Science of the total environment · 2022Review
- Understanding COVID-19 Situation in Nepal and Implications for SARS-CoV-2 Transmission and Management.Environmental health insights · 2022Article
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Abstract
The world is combating the emergence of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by novel coronavirus; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Further, due to the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in sewage and stool samples, its transmission through water routes cannot be neglected. Thus, the efficient treatment of wastewater is a matter of utmost importance. The conventional wastewater treatment processes demonstrate a wide variability in absolute removal of viruses from wastewater, thereby posing a severe threat to human health and environment. The fate of SARS-CoV-2 in the wastewater treatment plants and its removal during various treatment stages remains unexplored and demands immediate attention; particularly, where treated effluent is utilised as reclaimed water. Consequently, understanding the prevalence of pathogenic viruses in untreated/treated waters and their removal techniques has become the topical issue of the scientific community. The key objective of the present study is to provide an insight into the distribution of viruses in wastewater, as well as the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2, and its possible transmission by the faecal-oral route. The review also gives a detailed account of the major waterborne and non-waterborne viruses, and environmental factors governing the survival of viruses. Furthermore, a comprehensive description of the potential methods (physical, chemical, and biological) for removal of viruses from wastewater has been presented. The present study also intends to analyse the research trends in microalgae-mediated virus removal and, inactivation. The review also addresses the UN SDG 'Clean Water and Sanitation' as it is aimed at providing pathogenically safe water for recycling purposes.
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