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The Coronavirus Transmission by Wastewater and Biosolids Reuse for Agricultural Usages: A Literature Review

Ahmad Sabzali

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One of the important alternative water source of water is treated effluent from wastewater treatment plant that may be used in the agricultural sectors. Reused wastewater depending on the treatment method may contain various contaminants, including microbial contaminants. In most countries, fecal coliforms are used as a good indicator of microbial contamination control and viral contamination is not analyzed. In this study, the probability of COVID-19 outbreaks with reusing treated effluent from wastewater treatment plant was evaluated. According to this study, irrigation of the agricultural products with treated effluents or spreading biosolids on farm lands may be one of the ways of transmission of the COVID-19 disease.

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One of the important alternative water source of water is treated effluent from wastewater treatment plant that may be used in the agricultural sectors. Reused wastewater depending on the treatment method may contain various contaminants, including microbial contaminants. In most countries, fecal coliforms are used as a good indicator of microbial contamination control and viral contamination is not analyzed. In this study, the probability of COVID-19 outbreaks with reusing treated effluent from wastewater treatment plant was evaluated. According to this study, irrigation of the agricultural products with treated effluents or spreading biosolids on farm lands may be one of the ways of transmission of the COVID-19 disease.

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One of the important alternative water source of water is treated effluent from wastewater treatment plant that may be used in the agricultural sectors. Reused wastewater depending on the treatment method may contain various contaminants, including microbial contaminants. In most countries, fecal coliforms are used as a good indicator of microbial contamination control and viral contamination is not analyzed. In this study, the probability of COVID-19 outbreaks with reusing treated effluent from wastewater treatment plant was evaluated. According to this study, irrigation of the agricultural products with treated effluents or spreading biosolids on farm lands may be one of the ways of transmission of the COVID-19 disease.

Key concepts: Biosolids, Wastewater, Effluent, Sewage treatment, Contamination, Environmental science, Fecal coliform, Irrigation

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