Table 1.
Recent work of detection of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater.
| Sampling site | Sampling time | Sample | Positive/total samples | Concentration range for positive samples (gene copies/L) | Availiable online | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane, Australia | 24/02/2020–01/04/2020 | Untreated wastewater (M) | 2/9 | 1.9 × 101–1.2 × 102 | 18/04/2020 (Pub) | Ahmed et al. (2020) |
| Zhejiang, China | 19/02/2020–24/02/2020 | Untreated wastewater (H) | 3/3 | / | 24/04/2020 (Pub) | Wang et al. (2020b) |
| Treated by preprocessing disinfection (H) | 1/1 | / | ||||
| Final effluent (H) | 0/1 | / | ||||
| Valencia, Spain | 12/03/2020–14/04/2020 | Untreated wastewater (M) | 35/42 | 1.4 × 105–3.4 × 105 | 16/05/2020 (Pub) | Randazzo et al. (2020) |
| Secondary Treated (M) | 2/18 | <2.5 × 105 | ||||
| Tertiary Treated (M) | 0/12 | / | ||||
| Milan and Rome, Italy | 03/02/2020–02/04/2020 | Untreated wastewater (M) | 6/12 | / | 23/05/2020 (Pub) | La Rosa et al. (2020b) |
| Amersfoort, Tilburg, Utrecht, etc., Netherlands | 05/02/2020–25/03/2020 | Untreated wastewater (M) | 20/29 | 2.6 × 103–2.2 × 106 | 20/05/2020 (Pub) | Medema et al. (2020) |
| Yamanashi, Japan | 17/03/2020–07/05/2020 | Untreated wastewater (M) | 0/5 | / | 20/06/2020 (Pub) | Haramoto et al. (2020) |
| Secondary Treated (M) | 1/5 | 2.4 × 103 | ||||
| River water | 0/3 | / | ||||
| Wuhan, China | 26/02/2020–10/03/2020 | Influent of septic tank (H) | 0/4 | / | 23/06/2020 (Pub) | Zhang et al. (2020) |
| Effluent of septic tank (H) | 7/9 | 4.7 × 103–1.7 × 104 | ||||
| Louisiana, USA | 13/01/2020–08/04/2020 | Untreated wastewater (M) | 2/7 | 3.1 × 103–7.5 × 103 | 30/06/2020 (Pub) | Sherchan et al. (2020) |
| Secondary Treated (M) | 0/4 | / | ||||
| Final effluent (M) | 0/4 | / | ||||
| Milano, Italy | 14/04/2020, 22/04/2020 | Untreated wastewater (M) | 4/8 | / | 14/07/2020 (Pub) | Rimoldi et al. (2020) |
| Final effluent (M) | 0/4 | / | ||||
| River water | 4/6 | / | ||||
| Massachusetts, USA | 18/03/2020–25/03/2020 | Untreated wastewater (M) | 10/10 | / | 07/04/2020 (Pre) | Wu et al. (2020) |
| Paris, France | 05/03/2020–23/04/2020 | Untreated wastewater (M) | / | 5.0 × 104–3.0 × 106 | 17/04/2020 (Pre) | Wurtzer et al. (2020) |
| Bozeman, USA | 23/03/2020–13/05/2020 | Untreated wastewater (M) | 10/12 | / | 20/04/2020 (Pre) | Nemudryi et al. (2020) |
| Haifa, Shafdan et c, Israel | 10/03/2020–21/04/2020 | Untreated wastewater (M) | 3/17 | / | 01/05/2020 (Pre) | Bar-Or et al. (2020) |
| Sewer network (H) | 7/9 | |||||
| Istanbul, Turkey | 21/04/2020, 25/04/2020 | Untreated wastewater (M) | 5/7 | 2.9 × 103–1.8 × 104 | 06/05/2020 (Pre) | Kocamemi et al. (2020a) |
| Istanbul, Turkey | 07/05/2020 | Primary sludge (M) | 2/2 | 1.3 × 104–2.3 × 104 | 16/05/2020 (Pre) | Kocamemi et al. (2020b) |
| Waste activated sludge (M) | 7/7 | 1.2 × 104–4.0 × 104 |
M: municipal wastewater; H: hospital wastewater; Pub: published, Pre: preprint.