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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2024

Identifying spatiotemporal trends of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater: from the perspective of upstream and downstream wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE).

Duyen Phuc-Hanh Tran, Bo-Cheng You, Chen-Wuing Liu, Yi-Ning Chen, Ya-Fen Wang, Shu-Nu Chung, Jin-Jing Lee, Sheng-Jie You

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Duyen Phuc-Hanh TranDepartment of Civil Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan City, 320, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Bo-Cheng YouCenter for Environmental Risk Management, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan City, 320, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Chen-Wuing LiuDepartment of Water Resource, Taoyuan City Government, Taoyuan City, 320, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Yi-Ning ChenDepartment of Bioscience Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan City, 320, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Ya-Fen WangCenter for Environmental Risk Management, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan City, 320, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Shu-Nu ChungDepartment of Water Resource, Taoyuan City Government, Taoyuan City, 320, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Jin-Jing LeeDepartment of Water Resource, Taoyuan City Government, Taoyuan City, 320, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Sheng-Jie YouCenter for Environmental Risk Management, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan City, 320, Taiwan, Republic of China. sjyou@cycu.edu.tw.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0532-9916

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Taoyuan City Government (TW) 1101124-P1
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Abstract

Recently, many efforts have been made to address the rapid spread of newly identified COVID-19 virus variants. Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is considered a potential early warning tool for identifying the rapid spread of this virus. This study investigated the occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 in eight wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and their sewerage systems which serve most of the population in Taoyuan City, Taiwan. Across the entire study period, the wastewater viral concentrations were correlated with the number of COVID-19 cases in each WWTP (Spearman's r = 0.23-0.76). In addition, it is confirmed that several treatment technologies could effectively eliminate the virus RNA from WWTP influent (> 90%). On the other hand, further results revealed that an inverse distance weighted (IDW) interpolation and hotspot model combined with the geographic information system (GIS) method could be applied to analyze the spatiotemporal variations of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater from the sewer system. In addition, socio-economic factors, namely, population density, land use, and income tax were successfully identified as the potential drivers which substantially affected the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak in Taiwan. Finally, the data obtained from this study can provide a powerful tool in public health decision-making not only in response to the current epidemic situation but also to other epidemic issues in the future.

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COVID-19RNA, ViralHumansSARS-CoV-2WastewaterWastewater-Based Epidemiological MonitoringRNA, ViralWastewaterCOVID-19GISSocio-economicSpatiotemporalWastewaterWBE

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