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. 2020 Jun 2;10:8952. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-65635-4

Table 2.

List of wastewater treatment plants under investigation.

WWTP cluster WWTP Acronym Population equivalents sampling catchment area
communal (C) C1 11,000 grab samples with wastewater from regeneration hospitals
C2 13,500 grab samples communal/housing wastewater
C3 14,000 grab samples communal/housing wastewater
C4 17,000 grab samples communal/housing wastewater
C5 16,600 grab samples communal/housing wastewater
C6 16,150 grab samples communal/housing wastewater
C7 16,000 grab samples communal/housing wastewater
C8 26,300 grab samples communal/housing wastewater
C9 10,000 grab samples communal/housing wastewater
C10 7,200 grab samples communal/housing wastewater
C11 8,000 24 h composite communal/housing wastewater
food (F) F1 26,000 grab samples with dairy wastewater
F2 23,500 24 h composite with slaughter house wastewater (cattle)
F3 46,000 24 h composite with slaughter house wastewater (pork)
F4 45,000 24 h composite with slaughter house wastewater (chicken)
hospital (H) H1 34,000 grab samples with 0.71 vol% hospital wastewater
H2 21,500 grab samples with 1.16 vol% hospital wastewater
H3 58,000 grab samples with 0.63 vol% hospital wastewater
H4 27,000 grab samples with 1.73 vol% hospital wastewater
H5 43,000 grab samples with 1.64 vol% hospital wastewater
H6 15,000 grab samples with 0.43 vol% hospital wastewater
H7 13,000 grab samples with 0.56 vol% surgery wastewater
H8 210,000 24 h composite with 1.16 vol% hospital wastewater

The sizes of the WWTPs correspond with the population equivalent values. The different WWTPs possess different catchment areas including hospitals, food processing companies, or housing areas only.