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Effectiveness of two wastewater disinfection strategies for the removal of fecal indicator bacteria, bacteriophage, and enteric viral pathogens concentrated using dead-end hollow fiber ultrafiltration (D-HFUF).
Korajkic, Asja; Kelleher, Julie; Shanks, Orin C; Herrmann, Michael P; McMinn, Brian R.
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  • Korajkic A; Office of Research and Development, United States Environmental Protection Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH 45268, United States.
  • Kelleher J; Office of Research and Development, United States Environmental Protection Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH 45268, United States.
  • Shanks OC; Office of Research and Development, United States Environmental Protection Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH 45268, United States.
  • Herrmann MP; Office of Research and Development, United States Environmental Protection Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH 45268, United States.
  • McMinn BR; Office of Research and Development, United States Environmental Protection Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH 45268, United States. Electronic address: mcminn.brian@epa.gov.
Sci Total Environ ; 831: 154861, 2022 Jul 20.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35358531
Primary influent and final effluent samples were collected from wastewater treatment plants using either chlorination or ultraviolet (UV) disinfection biweekly for one year. Paired measurements were determined for fecal indicator bacteria (Escherichia coli and enterococci), cultivated bacteriophages (somatic, F+, and CB-390 coliphage and GB-124 Bacteroides phage), human-associated viral markers (human polyomavirus [HPyV] and crAssphage), enteric pathogens (adenovirus, noroviruses genogroups I and II) as well as total infectious enteric virus. To increase the probability of detecting low concentration targets, both primary (10L) and final effluent wastewater samples (40-100 L) were concentrated using a dead-end hollow-fiber ultrafilter (D-HFUF). Despite seasonal temperature fluctuations, concentration shifts of FIB, bacteriophages, human-associated viruses, and viral pathogens measured in primary influent samples were minimal, while levels of infectious enteric virus were significantly higher in the spring and fall (P range: 0.0003-0.0409). FIB levels measured in primary influents were 1-2 log10 higher than bacteriophage, human-associated viral markers (except crAssphage) and viral pathogens measured. FIB displayed the greatest sensitivity to chlorine disinfection, while crAssphage, adenoviruses and infectious enteric viruses were significantly less sensitive (P ≤ 0.0096). During UV treatment, bacteriophages F+ and GB-124 were the most resistant of the culturable viruses measured (P ≤ 0.001), while crAssphage were the most resistant (P ≤ 0.0124) overall. When UV lamps were inactive, infectious enteric viruses were significantly more resilient to upstream treatment processes than all other targets measured (P ≤ 0.0257). Similar to infectious enteric viruses and adenoviruses; GB-124, F+, and crAssphages displayed the highest resistance to UV irradiation, signaling a potential applicability as pathogen surrogates in these systems. The use of D-HFUF enhanced the ability to estimate removal of viruses through wastewater treatment, with the expectation that future applications of this method will be used to better elucidate viral behavior within these systems.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Bacteriófagos / Virus Límite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Sci Total Environ Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Países Bajos

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Bacteriófagos / Virus Límite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Sci Total Environ Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Países Bajos