TY - JOUR
T1 - Emerging contaminants, SARS-COV-2 and wastewater treatment plants, new challenges to confront
T2 - A short review
AU - Revilla Pacheco, Claudia
AU - Terán Hilares, Ruly
AU - Colina Andrade, Gilberto
AU - Mogrovejo-Valdivia, Alejandra
AU - Pacheco Tanaka, David Alfredo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - The current pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has put public health at risk, being wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) a potential tool in the detection, prevention, and treatment of present and possible future outbreaks, since this virus enters wastewater through various sources such as feces, vomit, and sputum. Thus, advanced technologies such as advanced oxidation processes (AOP), membrane technology (MT) are identified through a systematic literature review as an alternative option for the destruction and removal of emerging contaminants (drugs and personal care products) released mainly by infected patients. The objectives of this review are to know the implications that the new COVID-19 outbreak is generating and will generate in water compartments, as well as the new challenges faced by wastewater treatment plants due to the change in a load of contaminants and the solutions proposed based on the aforementioned technologies to be applied to preserve public health and the environment.
AB - The current pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has put public health at risk, being wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) a potential tool in the detection, prevention, and treatment of present and possible future outbreaks, since this virus enters wastewater through various sources such as feces, vomit, and sputum. Thus, advanced technologies such as advanced oxidation processes (AOP), membrane technology (MT) are identified through a systematic literature review as an alternative option for the destruction and removal of emerging contaminants (drugs and personal care products) released mainly by infected patients. The objectives of this review are to know the implications that the new COVID-19 outbreak is generating and will generate in water compartments, as well as the new challenges faced by wastewater treatment plants due to the change in a load of contaminants and the solutions proposed based on the aforementioned technologies to be applied to preserve public health and the environment.
KW - Advanced oxidation process
KW - Polymerase chain reaction
KW - Public health
KW - SARS-CoV-2
KW - Technology of membranes
KW - UV radiation
KW - Wastewater-based epidemiology
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85107974637
U2 - 10.1016/j.biteb.2021.100731
DO - 10.1016/j.biteb.2021.100731
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85107974637
SN - 2589-014X
VL - 15
JO - Bioresource Technology Reports
JF - Bioresource Technology Reports
M1 - 100731
ER -
