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. 2021 Mar 3;195:117002. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117002

Table 4.

Best fitting models and T90 estimates for SARS-CoV-2, other coronaviruses, surrogate coronaviruses and other viruses in water matrices.

Reference Virus Matrix Temp Best-fitting model RMSE T90 (days)
This work SARS-CoV-2 RW* 24 °C Weibull 0.0486 1.9
RW* 4 °C Weibull 0.0636 7.7
RWF* 24 °C Weibull 0.0665 3.3
WW* 24 °C Weibull 0.0224 1.2
WW* 4 °C Weibull 0.0619 5.5
WWF* 24 °C Weibull 0.0520 1.5
Ahmed et al. (2020b) SARS-CoV-2 RNA WW 37 °C First-order 1.10 0.74
WW 25 °C First-order 0.67 12.6
WW 15 °C First-order 0.59 20.4
WW 4 °C First-order 0.37 27.8
WW* 37 °C First-order 0.59 5.71
WW* 25 °C First-order 0.48 13.5
WW* 15 °C First-order 0.32 29.9
WW* 4 °C First-order 0.14 43.2
TW-D 37 °C First-order 0.86 9.40
TW-D 25 °C First-order 0.68 15.2
TW-D 15 °C First-order 0.33 51.2
TW-D 4 °C First-order 0.17 58.6
Bivins et al. (2020) SARS-CoV-2 WW 20 °C Log-linear 1.8 1.6
TW 20 °C Log-linear 1.2 2.0
WW 50 °C Log-linear 1.4 15 min
WW 70 °C Log-linear 1.9 2.2 min
Kauppinen and Miettinen (2017) Norovirus GII_A RNA WW 3 °C Double Weibull 0.11 38
WW 21 °C Log-linear 0.03 58
WW 36 °C Log-linear 0.11 58
DW 21 °C Weibull 0.09 230
DW 36 °C Log-linear 0.31 58
Gundy et al. (2009) HCoV TP 23 °C Log-linear N/D 8.1
TP-F 23 °C Log-linear N/D 6.8
TP-F 4 °C Log-linear N/D 392
WW 23 °C Log-linear N/D 2.4
WW-F 23 °C Log-linear N/D 1.6
SE 23 °C Log-linear N/D 1.9
FIPV TW 23 °C Log-linear N/D 8.3
TW-F 23 °C Log-linear N/D 6.8
TW-F 4 °C Log-linear N/D 87.0
WW 23 °C Log-linear N/D 1.7
WW-F 23 °C Log-linear N/D 1.6
SE 23 °C Log-linear N/D 1.8
PV-1 TW 23 °C Log-linear N/D 47.5
TW-F 23 °C Log-linear N/D 43.3
TW-F 4 °C Log-linear N/D 135
WW 23 °C Log-linear N/D 7.3
WW-F 23 °C Log-linear N/D 23.6
SE 23 °C Log-linear N/D 3.8
Casanova et al. (2009)* TGEV W 4 °C Log-linear N/D 110
W 25 °C Log-linear N/D 11
WW* 4 °C Log-linear N/D 24
WW* 25 °C Log-linear N/D 4
MVH W 4 °C Log-linear N/D >365
W 25 °C Log-linear N/D 9
WW* 4 °C Log-linear N/D 35
WW* 25 °C Log-linear N/D 3
Bibby et al. 2015* Ebola WW* 20 °C Log-linear N/D < 1 d

Matrices abbreviations- TP-D: Dechlorinated Tap Water; AWW; Autoclaved Wastewater; DW: Drinking Water; RW: River Water, RW-F: River Water-Filtered; SE: secondary effluent (treated wastewater); TW: Tap Water; TW-F: Tap Water-Filtered WW: Wastewater; WW-F: Wastewater – Filtered; Viruses abbreviations- FIPV: Feline infectious peritonitis virus. HCoV: Human coronavirus 229E; MHV: mouse hepatitis; PV-1: Poliovirus 1 LSc-2ab. TGEV: transmissible gastroenteritis. (*) Autoclaved or pasteurized samples.