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Performance evaluation of wastewater treatment plants under the sewage variations imposed by COVID-19 spread prevention actions
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and its spread prevention actions (SPAs) have affected a large number of human activities globally in 2020-2021. Temporary lockdowns, stay-at-home policies, movement restrictions, and personal health care actions have relatively changed the daily life routine in u...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8436196/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34540236 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40201-021-00717-7 |
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author | Yazdian, Hamed Jamshidi, Shervin |
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description | Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and its spread prevention actions (SPAs) have affected a large number of human activities globally in 2020-2021. Temporary lockdowns, stay-at-home policies, movement restrictions, and personal health care actions have relatively changed the daily life routine in urban areas which can eventually affect the characteristics of municipal wastewater (MW). This study evaluates the performance of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) during COVID-19 pandemic and related SPAs. This evaluation also considers MW variations in quality and quantity and compares the performance of WWTPs (2020) with earlier data (2015–2019). For this purpose, 23 WWTPs located in Isfahan province, Iran, were chosen as the study area and classified based on their locations, biological treatment unit, and capacities. Results indicate that the inflow of WWTPs increased 20 % on average during SPAs, while the concentrations of COD and BOD in MW decreased 23 and 16 %, respectively. Nevertheless, the performance of WWTPs remained rather constant. It is concluded that increasing the dilute domestic proportion of MW, particularly in smaller communities, as a matter of COVID-19 SPAs could not impose adverse impacts on wastewater treatment operations and pollution removal. Different types of secondary treatment units, such as activated sludge, stabilization pond, and aerated lagoon showed stable performances. However, disinfection was enhanced in WWTPs in order to reduce the probability of viral transmission via wastewater for reuse. This study also recommends that the characteristics of MW, and not treated wastewater, can be used as an indicator for coordinating SPAs in similar epidemics. This notification can be helpful for the management of WWTPs and risk control in urban areas. |
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spelling | pubmed-84361962021-09-13 Performance evaluation of wastewater treatment plants under the sewage variations imposed by COVID-19 spread prevention actions Yazdian, Hamed Jamshidi, Shervin J Environ Health Sci Eng Research Article Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and its spread prevention actions (SPAs) have affected a large number of human activities globally in 2020-2021. Temporary lockdowns, stay-at-home policies, movement restrictions, and personal health care actions have relatively changed the daily life routine in urban areas which can eventually affect the characteristics of municipal wastewater (MW). This study evaluates the performance of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) during COVID-19 pandemic and related SPAs. This evaluation also considers MW variations in quality and quantity and compares the performance of WWTPs (2020) with earlier data (2015–2019). For this purpose, 23 WWTPs located in Isfahan province, Iran, were chosen as the study area and classified based on their locations, biological treatment unit, and capacities. Results indicate that the inflow of WWTPs increased 20 % on average during SPAs, while the concentrations of COD and BOD in MW decreased 23 and 16 %, respectively. Nevertheless, the performance of WWTPs remained rather constant. It is concluded that increasing the dilute domestic proportion of MW, particularly in smaller communities, as a matter of COVID-19 SPAs could not impose adverse impacts on wastewater treatment operations and pollution removal. Different types of secondary treatment units, such as activated sludge, stabilization pond, and aerated lagoon showed stable performances. However, disinfection was enhanced in WWTPs in order to reduce the probability of viral transmission via wastewater for reuse. This study also recommends that the characteristics of MW, and not treated wastewater, can be used as an indicator for coordinating SPAs in similar epidemics. This notification can be helpful for the management of WWTPs and risk control in urban areas. Springer International Publishing 2021-09-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8436196/ /pubmed/34540236 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40201-021-00717-7 Text en © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 |
spellingShingle | Research Article Yazdian, Hamed Jamshidi, Shervin Performance evaluation of wastewater treatment plants under the sewage variations imposed by COVID-19 spread prevention actions |
title | Performance evaluation of wastewater treatment plants under the sewage variations imposed by COVID-19 spread prevention actions |
title_full | Performance evaluation of wastewater treatment plants under the sewage variations imposed by COVID-19 spread prevention actions |
title_fullStr | Performance evaluation of wastewater treatment plants under the sewage variations imposed by COVID-19 spread prevention actions |
title_full_unstemmed | Performance evaluation of wastewater treatment plants under the sewage variations imposed by COVID-19 spread prevention actions |
title_short | Performance evaluation of wastewater treatment plants under the sewage variations imposed by COVID-19 spread prevention actions |
title_sort | performance evaluation of wastewater treatment plants under the sewage variations imposed by covid-19 spread prevention actions |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8436196/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34540236 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40201-021-00717-7 |
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