Wastewater analysis: current tools for characterisation and what analysis can reveal

Kevin Thomas

doi:10.1117/12.2582477

5 March 2021 Wastewater analysis: current tools for characterisation and what analysis can reveal

Kevin Thomas

Proceedings Volume 11635, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics, Treatment and Environmental Applications XXI; 1163517 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2582477
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2021, Online Only

Abstract

Wastewater is a complex matrix containing a wide range of chemical and biological markers of human activity. Relating concentrations of these “waste” materials in wastewater influent streams to population-scale use, consumption, or rates of exposure, can provide important qualitative and/or quantitative information on the combined activity of inhabitants within a given wastewater catchment. This approach has become known as wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) and is widely applied for monitoring community use of selected pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs, tobacco and alcohol. However, many other potential applications are emerging that can contribute useful knowledge on human health, exposure to industrial chemicals, infectious diseases or pathogens, antibiotic resistance and other catchment-based activities.This presentation will discuss the role pf sensor-based approaches for the field’s future development.

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Kevin Thomas "Wastewater analysis: current tools for characterisation and what analysis can reveal", Proc. SPIE 11635, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics, Treatment and Environmental Applications XXI, 1163517 (5 March 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2582477

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