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Published in final edited form as: Sci Total Environ. 2024 May 16;935:173223. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173223

Table 2:

Overview of different studies that employed hydrochemical parameters as dynamic population proxy

PB Daily per capita emission estimation Coefficient of determination [external validator] Reference
Wastewater flow 251 L/day/inhabitant Not applicable Zheng et al.2019 (30)
251 L/day/inhabitant Not applicable Wang et al.2021 (49)
300 L/day/inhabitant Not applicable Verhagen et al. 2023 (50)
300 L/day/inhabitant Not applicable Tscharke et al. 2019 (9)
167 L/day/inhabitant r2 = 0.93 [census data] Hou et al. 2021 (29)
Chemical oxygen demand (COD) 110 g/day/inhabitant (51) Not applicable Di Marcantonio et al. 2022 (35)
136 g/day/inhabitant (11,52,53) 640 000 +/− 98 000 people vs 600 000 from census location 1 and 1 700 000 +/− 1250 000 vs. 2 500 000 from census Bijlsma et al. 2016 (37)
120 g/day/inhabitant Not applicable Schenk et al. 2023 (54)
128 g/day/inhabitant No reliable correlation with BOD, TN, TP Rico et al. 2017 (19)
43.9 g/day/inhabitant r2COD = 0.87 [cotinine mass load] Zheng et al. 2019 (30)
43.9 g/day/inhabitant (55) Not Applicable Song et al. 2020 (42)
43.9 g/day/inhabitant (55) Not Applicable Zhang et al. 2019 (41)
Biological oxygen demand (BOD) 5.9 g/day/inhabitant RSD 37% (n=7) [census data] Croft et al. 2020 (38)
Not applicable r2BOD = 0.94 [census data], wet weather and r2TSS = 0.96 [census data], dry weather Hoar et al. 2014 (46)
60 g/day/inhabitant (11,52,53) 730 000 +/− 120 000 people vs 600 000 from census location 1 and 1 850 000 +/− 180 000 vs. 2 500 000 from census Bijlsma et al. 2016 (37)
Not applicable r2BOD = 0.96 [census data] Li et al. 2022 (45)
50.7 g/day/inhabitant Population estimates differed from other values (e.g., mobile phone data) and therefore assumed as high uncertainty Sim et al. 2023 (47)
60 g/day/inhabitant No reliable correlation with COD, TN, TP Rico et al. 2017 (19)
Ammonia (NH3) Not applicable r2NH3 = 0.91 [census data], both for wet and dry weather Hoar et al. 2014 (46)
Ammonium (NH4-N) Not applicable Not specified but strong correlation with BE and THC-COOH Been et al. 2014 (20)
Not applicable Not specified, but viral loads adjusted for ammonia were consistent with trends for 3 out of 4 pandemic waves Xie et al. 2022 (23)
9.5 g/day/inhabitant r2NH4N = 0.91 [census data] Zhang et al. 2019 (41)
8.1 g/day/inhabitant Not applicable Benaglia et al. 2020 (56)
6 g/day/inhabitant (55) Not applicable Shao et al. 2021 (57)
6 g/day/inhabitant (55) Not applicable Wang et al. 2019 (31)
6 g/day/inhabitant, considering daily variation and lower industry input surveyed from the WWTP operators r2NH4N = 0.99 [WWTP expert judgement population] Zheng et al. 2017 (55)
8.6 g/day/inhabitant, mean of 6.5 and 10.7 Not applicable Aberi et al. 2021 (58)
6 g/day/inhabitant (55) r2NH4N = 0.42 [census data of all WWTPs], r2NH4N = 0.68 [census data of all WWTPs with WWTPS that process industrial wastewater removed] Cong et al. 2021 (43)
6.9 g/day/inhabitant (20) not mentioned, but average population for both investigated catchment areas determined using ammoniacal nitrogen load were 16% lower and 3% higher. Bowers et al. 2021 (44)
6 g/day/inhabitant (55) Not applicable Saththasivam et al. 2021 (59)
6.9 g/day/inhabitant (20) Not specified O’Rourke et al. 2020 (60)
6.9 g/day/inhabitant (20) RSD 18% (n=7) [census data] Croft et al. 2020 (38)
8 g/day/inhabitant Not applicable Schenk et al. 2023 (54)
6 g/day/inhabitant Not applicable Zheng et al. 2019 (30)
6 g/day/inhabitant (55) r2Population model = 0.91 [census data], r2NH4N = 0.88 [cotinine mass load] Song et al. 2020 (42)
6 g/day/inhabitant (55) Not applicable Zhang et al. 2019 (41)
Total nitrogen (TN) and total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN) 12.6 – 13.4 g/day/inhabitant (TKN) r2TN = 0.89 [census data], wet weather and r2TN = 0.91 [census data], dry weather Hoar et al. 2014 (46)
12 g/day/inhabitant (TN) Not applicable Schenk et al. 2023 (54)
Not applicable (TKN) r2TN = 0.98 [census data] Li et al. 2022 (45)
10.6 g/day/inhabitant (TN) Population estimates differed from other values (e.g., mobile phone data) and therefore assumed as high uncertainty Sim et al. 2023 (47)
12.5 – 14 g/day/inhabitant (n=4) (TN) No improvement in the strength of the relationship between clinical case numbers and COVID-19 in IWW Isaksson et al. 2022 (15)
8.5 g/day/inhabitant (TN) r2 = 0.79 [census data] Yaniv et al. 2021 (48)
10 g/day/inhabitant (TN) No reliable correlation with BOD, COD,TP Rico et al. 2017 (19)
Total phosphorus (TP) 1.7 g/day/inhabitant (40) RSD 21% (n=7) [census data] Croft et al. 2020 (38)
1.2 g/day/inhabitant Population estimates differed from other values (e.g., mobile phone data) and therefore assumed as high uncertainty Sim et al. 2023 (47)
1.2–2.1 g/day/inhabitant (n=4) No improvement in the strength of the relationship between clinical case numbers and COVID-19 in IWW Isaksson et al. 2022 (15)
1.7 g/day/inhabitant No reliable correlation with BOD, COD, TN Rico et al. 2017 (19)
0.8 g/day/inhabitant (55) r2TP = 0.79 [cotinine mass load] Zheng et al. 2019 (30)
0.8 g/day/inhabitant (55) Not Applicable Song et al. 2020 (42)
0.8 g/day/inhabitant (55) Not Applicable Zhang et al. 2019 (41)
Total suspended solids (TSS) Not applicable r2TSS = 0.78 [census data], wet weather and r2TSS = 0.71 [census data], dry weather Hoar et al. 2014 (46)
Not applicable r2TSS = 0.83 [census data] Li et al. 2022 (45)
Volatile suspended solids (VSS) Not applicable r2VSS = 0.85 [census data] Li et al. 2022 (45)