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WATER RESEARCH 卷:134
Impacts of virus processing on human norovirus GI and GII persistence during disinfection of municipal secondary wastewater effluent
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Dunkin, Nathan1  Weng, ShihChi2  Coulter, Caroline G.1  Jacangelo, Joseph G.1,2,3  Schwab, Kellogg J.1,2 
[1] Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Environm Hlth & Engn, Bloomberg Sch Publ Hlth, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
[2] Johns Hopkins Univ, JHU MWH Alliance, Baltimore, MD USA
[3] MWH Stantec, Pasadena, CA USA
关键词: Norovirus;    Wastewater;    Chlorination;    Stool purification;    Water treatment;   
DOI  :  10.1016/j.watres.2018.01.053
来源: Elsevier
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Noroviruses cause significant global health burdens and waterborne transmission is a known exposure pathway. Chlorination is the most common method of disinfection for water and wastewater worldwide. The purpose of this study was to investigate the underlying causes for discrepancies in human norovirus (hNoV) resistance to free chlorine that have been previously published, and to assess hNoV GI and GII persistence during disinfection of municipal secondary wastewater (WW) effluent. Our results reveal that choice of hNoV purification methodology prior to seeding the viruses in an experimental water matrix influences disinfection outcomes in treatment studies. Common hNoV purification processes such as solvent extraction and 0.45-mu m filtration were ineffective in removing high levels of organics introduced into water or wastewater samples when seeding norovirus positive stool. These methods resulted in experimental water matrices receiving an additional 190 mg/L as Cl-2 of 15-s chlorine demand and approximately 440 mg/L as Cl-2 of 30-min chlorine demand due to seeding norovirus positive stool at 1% w/v. These high Organic loads impact experimental water chemistry and bias estimations of hNoV persistence. Advanced purification of norovirus positive stool using sucrose cushion ultracentrifugation and ultrafiltration reduced 15-s chlorine demands by 99% and TOC by 93% for loose (i.e. unformed diarrhea) stools. Using these methods, hNoV GI and GII persistence was investigated during free chlorination of municipal WW. A suite five of kinetic inactivation models was fit to viral reverse transcription-qPCR reduction data, and model predicted CT values for 1, 2, and 3 log(10) reduction of hNoV GI in municipal WW by free chlorine were 0.3, 2.1, and 7.8 mg-min/L, respectively. Model predicted CT values for reduction of hNoV GII in WW were 0.4, 2.0, and 7.0 mg-min/L, respectively. These results indicate that current WW treatment plant disinfection practices employing free chlorine are likely protective for public health with regards to noroviruses, and will achieve at least 3-log reduction of hNoV GI and GII RNA despite previous reports of high hNoV resistance. (C) 2018 Elsevier. Ltd. All rights reserved.

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