Wastewater-based epidemiology biomarkers: past, present and future

PM Choi, BJ Tscharke, E Donner, JW O'Brien… - TrAC Trends in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Wastewater is a complex matrix containing a wide range of chemical and biological markers
of human activity. Relating concentrations of these “waste” materials in wastewater influent …

[HTML][HTML] Wastewater-based epidemiology for illicit drugs: a critical review on global data

M Huizer, TL Ter Laak, P de Voogt, AP van Wezel - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Illicit drug use is complex, hidden and often highly stigmatized behaviour, which brings a
vast challenge for drug surveillance systems. Drug consumption can be estimated by …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 surveillance in Southeastern Virginia using wastewater-based epidemiology

R Gonzalez, K Curtis, A Bivins, K Bibby, MH Weir… - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has been used to analyze markers in wastewater
treatment plant (WWTP) influent to characterize emerging chemicals, drug use patterns, or …

Artificial neural network-based estimation of COVID-19 case numbers and effective reproduction rate using wastewater-based epidemiology

G Jiang, J Wu, J Weidhaas, X Li, Y Chen, J Mueller, J Li… - Water research, 2022 - Elsevier
As a cost-effective and objective population-wide surveillance tool, wastewater-based
epidemiology (WBE) has been widely implemented worldwide to monitor the severe acute …

Wastewater-based epidemiology for early detection of viral outbreaks

I Xagoraraki, E O'Brien - Women in water quality: Investigations by …, 2020 - Springer
The immense global burden of infectious disease outbreaks and the need to establish
prediction and prevention systems have been recognized by the World Health Organization …

Occurrence and removal of transformation products of PPCPs and illicit drugs in wastewaters: a review

EN Evgenidou, IK Konstantinou… - Science of the Total …, 2015 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) along with illicit drugs (IDs) are newly
recognized classes of environmental pollutants and are receiving considerable attention …

Emerging environmental contaminants: Challenges facing our next generation and potential engineering solutions

SD Richardson, SY Kimura - Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2017 - Elsevier
While our current generation continues to make efforts to remediate and minimize traditional
pollutants in the environment, other “emerging” environmental contaminants are now …

Evaluating the public health impacts of legalizing recreational cannabis use in the United States

W Hall, M Lynskey - Addiction, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background and aims Since 2012 four US states have legalized the retail sale of cannabis
for recreational use by adults, and more are likely to follow. This report aimed to (1) briefly …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring drug consumption in Innsbruck during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown by wastewater analysis

V Reinstadler, V Ausweger, AL Grabher… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has developed into a serious pandemic
with millions of cases diagnosed worldwide. To fight COVID-19 pandemic, over 100 …

The potential of knowing more: A review of data-driven urban water management

S Eggimann, L Mutzner, O Wani… - … science & technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
The promise of collecting and utilizing large amounts of data has never been greater in the
history of urban water management (UWM). This paper reviews several data-driven …