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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 20.
Published in final edited form as: Sci Total Environ. 2022 Mar 28;831:154861. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154861

Table 3.

Summary of concentration ranges for each analyte in primary influent and tertiary effluents.

Target Source1 Concentration range2 WWTP #1 Concentration range2 WWTP #2
UV active UV inactive

Fecal indicator bacteria culture
Influent 5.48 to 6.53 6.40 to 6.95 6.26 to 6.65
E.coli Effluent 0.70 to 2.78 0.35 to 1.90 2.90 to 3.94
Influent 4.70 to 5.95 5.47 to 6.19 5.35 to 5.98
Enterococci Effluent 0.18 to 1.51 0.18 to 1.53 2.10 to 3.38
Bacteriophage culture
Influent 3.61 to 5.13 4.38 to 5.53 4.46 to 5.83
Somatic Effluent 0.06 to 1.57 0.004 to 0.74 1.72 to 2.75
Influent 1.62 to 6.30 3.11 to 5.35 3.60 to 5.22
F + Effluent 0.002 to 1.35 0.002 to 1.16 0.47 to 1.99
Influent 3.84 to 5.59 2.90 to 5.68 4.34 to 5.83
CB-390 Effluent 0.21 to 1.39 0.05 to 0.96 2.02 to 2.90
Influent 2.30 to 4.66 3.03 to 5.08 2.69 to 4.39
Bacteroides GB-124 Effluent 0.25 to 0.79 0.021 to 0.50 0.70 to 1.83
MST markers qPCR
Influent 4.30 to 4.90 4.65 to 5.22 4.42 to 5.45
HPyV Effluent 1.85 to 3.88* 1.76 to 2.03* 1.93 to 2.07*
Influent 4.07 to 7.16 4.10 to 7.17 4.37 to 7.03
crAssphage Effluent 2.44 to 6.30 2.12 to 4.22 2.71 to 4.31
Viral pathogens qPCR
Influent 3.30 to 5.12 3.43 to 5.79 3.79 to 5.42
Adenovirus Effluent 2.05 to 2.80 1.82 to 2.12* 1.91 to 2.80*
Influent 2.96 to 5.18 3.06 to 4.21 2.93 to 4.94
Norovirus GI Effluent 1.99 to 2.92* N/A 1.96 to 2.61*
Influent 2.95 to 4.81 2.70 to 4.03 3.56 to 4.69
Norovirus GII Effluent 2.13 to 3.66* N/A 1.76 to 2.97
Infectious enteric viruses
Influent 0.03 to 1.81 0.05 to 2.00 0.005 to 1.44
Total infectious enteric virus Effluent 0.0007 to 0.014 0.0003 to 0.006* 0.0007 to 0.0083

N/A: insufficient data available to report concentration ranges.

1

Sample collection location within the WWTP treatment system; influent (Primary Influent) and effluent (Final effluent).

2

Concentrations reported as log10 CFU/PFU/genomic copies per 100 mL volumes of wastewater.

*

Represents data sets with n < 5 data points present.