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COVID-19 and Surface Water Quality

A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Quality and Contamination".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2022) | Viewed by 5595

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Ali P. Yunus

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Center for Climate Change Adaptation, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan
Interests: watercolor radiometry; natural hazards; geomorphology; sediment budget

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

During the spread of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) in many parts of the world, normal life came to a standstill. This resulted in partial or complete lockdown for all types of industries, vehicle movement, and people’s activity, perhaps for the first time in modern history. For a long time, it has been stated in the literature that increased industrialization and anthropogenic activities has been polluting the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. Because the industries and people’s activities were shut off for long periods at many places, there was some improvement in the water quality of many polluted lakes, rivers, and other aquatic systems.

This Special Issue will look at the impact of COVID-19 lockdown and improvements in surface water quality in different systems. Topics highlighting the link between pollution level in surface water resources and COVID-19 by means of measurements in physicochemical variables or using remote sensing technologies are welcome.

Dr. Ali P. Yunus
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • COVID-19 and water quality
  • suspended particulate matter
  • heavy metal pollution
  • Chlorophyll-a
  • satellite remote sensing
  • wastewater pollution
  • river and lake water pollution
  • dissolved oxygen

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Detection of SARS-CoV-2 and Variants in Hospital Wastewater in a Developing Country
by Vichapon Tiacharoen, Thammanitchpol Denpetkul, Nathamon Kosoltanapiwat, Pannamas Maneekan, Narin Thippornchai, Anon Saeoueng, Akanitt Jittmittraphap, Jetsumon Sattabongkot and Pornsawan Leaungwutiwong
Water 2022, 14(23), 3798; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/w14233798 - 22 Nov 2022
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Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is a beneficial tool for comprehensive health information on communities, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. In developing countries, including Thailand, the application of WBE is limited. Few SARS-CoV-2 detections and variants have been monitored in wastewater in these countries. This [...] Read more.
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is a beneficial tool for comprehensive health information on communities, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. In developing countries, including Thailand, the application of WBE is limited. Few SARS-CoV-2 detections and variants have been monitored in wastewater in these countries. This is because of the time-consuming, low recovery of viruses in the concentration techniques and difficulties in finding the proper primers and amplification kits. Therefore, this study aimed to quantify SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentration using a commercial clinical kit. We identified the SARS-CoV-2 variants and estimated the detection costs in the wastewater samples. One hundred and fifty hospital wastewater samples were filtered with commercial ultrafiltration (UF) and then detected for the SARS-CoV-2 concentration using a Sansure Biotech SARS-CoV-2 kit. The recovery of the virus concentration technique in UF was studied using a surrogate (porcine epidemic diarrhea virus). The virus detection in wastewater was quantified by RT-qPCR. In addition, the mutation sites in the partial spike glycoprotein (S) gene of SARS-CoV-2 were verified using short nested RT-PCR. The results showed a high recovery of the commercial UF (80.53%), and 24.6% of hospital wastewater contained SARS-CoV-2. The detection of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater cost USD 35.43 per sample. The virus variants revealed V70del, H69del, and V144del mutations in the partial S gene of SARS-CoV-2 in B.1.1.7 (SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant), and T95I and G142D mutations in B.1.617.2 (Delta variant). Full article
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Possibility of Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) through Wastewater in Developing Countries
by Sarmila Tandukar, Rajendra Khanal, Rija Manandhar, Ashok Pandey, Niva Sthapit, Samendra P. Sherchan and Eiji Haramoto
Water 2021, 13(23), 3412; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/w13233412 - 02 Dec 2021
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) was detected in Wuhan, China. The clinical manifestation of COVID-19 varies from asymptomatic to severe infection. The World Health Organization has reported over 248 million cases and more than 5 million deaths worldwide due to COVID-19. Additionally, [...] Read more.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) was detected in Wuhan, China. The clinical manifestation of COVID-19 varies from asymptomatic to severe infection. The World Health Organization has reported over 248 million cases and more than 5 million deaths worldwide due to COVID-19. Additionally, developing countries are still struggling to achieve the rapid diagnosis of suspected cases to break the chain of transmission of COVID-19. There may be undiagnosed or missing cases in these countries. Various studies have reported that the SARS-CoV-2 can be discharged in the stool and other bodily fluids. Moreover, it is possible that SARS-CoV-2 can be transmitted in the environment via municipal wastewater. In developing countries, such as Nepal, the molecular-based diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 for the entire population is not practical owing to insufficient diagnostic material and budgetary constraints. Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is a promising public health surveillance tool for the early warning of disease outbreaks and the understanding the prevalence of viruses for the development of intervention measures. This study highlights the importance of the utilization of WBE as an alternative tool for the mass detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater. Full article
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