Table 1.

Input parameters used in the modeling study.

	Symbol	Unit	Probability distribution	Mean	Other details	Ref
Flow rate of the wastewater plant	F	L/day	Normal	Table S1	$\sigma =5\text{\%}$ of the reading
RNA copies at the inlet of the wastewater plant	${\mathrm{C}}_{\text{RNA}}$	copies/L	–	Table S1
Estimated Fecal Load	$\alpha$	g/day/capita	Lognormal	149	Min $=$ 51 g Max $=$ 796 g $\sigma =95.0$	Rose et al. (2015)
Estimated RNA Fecal shedding	$\beta$	copies/g	Lognormal	1.02*107	$\sigma =2$.78 × 107a Range: 103–109	Zheng et al. (2020)
Sewer residence time	$t_{transit}$	h	Lognormal	6	$\sigma =2$
Wastewater temperature	$T_{WWTP}$	°C	Normal	Table S1	$\sigma =1$

^aRecalculated based on the data reported by Zheng et al. (2020).