Fate-and-transport modeling of SARS-CoV-2 for rural wastewater-based epidemiology application benefit.

ABSTRACT: Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) for the detection of agents of concern such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been prevalent in literature since 2020. The majority of reported research focuses on large urban centers with few references to rural communities. In this research the EPA-Storm Water Management Model (EPA-SWMM) software was used to describe a small sewershed and identify the effects of temperature, temperature-affected decay rate, flow rate, flush time, fecal shedding rate, and historical infection rates during the spread of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus within the sewershed. Due to the sewershed's relative isolation from the rest of the city, its wastewater quality behavior is similar to a rural sewershed. The model was used to

SUBMITTER: Bognich G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10904236 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature