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Transport and risk of airborne pathogenic microorganisms in the process of decentralized sewage discharge and treatment
Water Research ( IF 12.8 ) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 , DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121646 Yunping Han , Xuezheng Yu , Yingnan Cao , Jianguo Liu , Ying Wang , Zipeng Liu , Chenlei Lyu , Yilin Li , Xu Jin , Yuxiang Zhang , Yu Zhang
Water Research ( IF 12.8 ) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 , DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121646 Yunping Han , Xuezheng Yu , Yingnan Cao , Jianguo Liu , Ying Wang , Zipeng Liu , Chenlei Lyu , Yilin Li , Xu Jin , Yuxiang Zhang , Yu Zhang
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Sewage treatment processes are a critical anthropogenic source of bioaerosols and may present significant health risks to plant workers. Compared with the specialization and scale of urban sewage treatment, many decentralized treatment models are flexible and extensive. These treatment facilities are usually close to residential areas owing to the pipe network layout and other restrictions. Bioaerosols generated by these facilities may present a serious and widespread occupational and non-occupational exposure risk to nearby residents, particularly the elderly and children. An understanding of the characteristics and exposure risks of bioaerosols produced during decentralized sewage treatment is lacking. We compared bioaerosol emission characteristics and potential exposure risks under four decentralized sewage discharge methods and treatment models: small container collection (SCC), open-channel discharge (OCD), single household/combined treatment (SHCT), and centralized treatment (CT) in northwest China. The OCD mode had the highest bioaerosol production, whereas the CT mode had the lowest. The OCD model contained the most pathogenic bacterial species, up to 43 species, including and . Risk assessments indicated bioaerosol exposure was lower in the models with sewage treatment (SHCT and CT) than in those without (SCC and OCD). Different populations exhibited large variations in potential risks owing to differences in time spent indoors and outdoors. The highest risk was observed in males exposed to the SCC model. This study provides a theoretical basis and theories for the future joint prevention and control of the bioaerosol exposure risk from decentralized sewage treatment.
更新日期：2024-04-19
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