A. Bogler, A. Packman, A. Furman, A. Gross, A. Kushmaro, Avner Ronen, C. Dagot, C. Hill, D. Vaizel-Ohayon, E. Morgenroth, E. Bertuzzo, G. Wells, Hadas Raanan Kiperwas, H. Horn, I. Negev, I. Zucker, I. Bar-Or, J. Moran-Gilad, J. Balcázar, K. Bibby, M. Elimelech, N. Weisbrod, Oded Nir, O. Sued, O. Gillor, P. Alvarez, S. Crameri, S. Arnon, Sharon Walker, S. Yaron, Thanh H. Nguyen, Y. Berchenko, Yunxia Hu, Z. Ronen, E. Bar-Zeev
Nature Sustainability, 2020
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. Converging evidence indicates that SARS-CoVs are present in wastewater for several days with potential health risks. This Review analyses knowledge about such risks as well as the potential spread of SARS-CoVs in waterborne, waterborne–aerosolized and waterborne–foodborne pathways during a pandemic.
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