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.
【초록키워드】 Treatment, public health, Efficacy, pandemic, SARS-CoV, COVID-19 pandemic, risk, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, Health, Surveillance, outbreak, management, experiment, Evidence, Pathways, Safe, Final, reuse, provide, indicate, impacted, Conventional, 【제목키워드】 COVID-19 pandemic, risk, Rethinking,