coronaviruses in wastewater.According to the review research, conventional wastewater treatment provides only partial removal of coronaviruses, with safe disposal or reuse depending on the effectiveness of final disinfection."There is ample reason to be concerned about how long coronaviruses survive in wastewater and how it impacts natural water sources," said study lead author Edo Bar-Zeev from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel."Can wastewater contain enough coronaviruses to infect people?
The simple truth is that we do not know enough and that needs to be rectified as soon as possible," Bar-Zeev said.According to the scientists, sewage leaking into natural watercourses might lead to infection with the novel.