Detection and characterization of bioaerosol emissions from wastewater treatment plants: Challenges and opportunities

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dc.contributor.authorTian, Jianghan
dc.contributor.authorYan, Cheng
dc.contributor.authorGarcia Alcega, Sonia
dc.contributor.authorHassard, Francis
dc.contributor.authorTyrrel, Sean
dc.contributor.authorCoulon, Frederic
dc.contributor.authorAhmad Nasir, Zaheer
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-15T10:29:21Z
dc.date.available2022-11-15T10:29:21Z
dc.date.issued2022-11-10
dc.description.abstractRapid population growth and urbanization process have led to increasing demand for wastewater treatment capacity resulting in a non-negligible increase of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in several cities around the world. Bioaerosol emissions from WWTPs may pose adverse health risks to the sewage workers and nearby residents, which raises increasing public health concerns. However, there are still significant knowledge gaps on the interplay between process-based bioaerosol characteristics and exposures and the quantification of health risk which limit our ability to design effective risk assessment and management strategies. This review provides a critical overview of the existing knowledge of bioaerosol emissions from WWTPs including their nature, magnitude and size distribution, and highlights the shortcoming associated with existing sampling and analysis methods. The recent advancements made for rapid detection of bioaerosols are then discussed, especially the emerging real time detection methods to highlight the directions for future research needs to advance the knowledge on bioaerosol emissions from WWTPs.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationTian J, Yan C, Alcega SG, et al., (2022) Detection and characterization of bioaerosol emissions from wastewater treatment plants: challenges and opportunities. Frontiers in Microbiology, Volume 13, November 2022, Article number 958514en_UK
dc.identifier.issn1664-302X
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.958514
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/18710
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherFrontiersen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectbioaerosolen_UK
dc.subjectwastewater treatment planten_UK
dc.subjectreal time detectionen_UK
dc.subjectemission characteristicsen_UK
dc.subjectin situ measurementen_UK
dc.titleDetection and characterization of bioaerosol emissions from wastewater treatment plants: Challenges and opportunitiesen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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