| dc.creator |
Manoiu, Valentina-Mariana |
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| dc.creator |
Craciun, Alexandru-Ioan |
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| dc.creator |
Kubiak-Wojcicka, Katarzyna |
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| dc.creator |
AKMAN, Elvettin |
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| dc.creator |
AKMAN, Çiğdem |
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| dc.date |
2022-04-01T00:00:00Z |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2022-05-10T11:18:21Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2022-05-10T11:18:21Z |
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| dc.identifier |
5ce8448f-b9ec-4a17-b8bf-96a630f07a5a |
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| dc.identifier |
10.3390/w14071124 |
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| dc.identifier |
https://avesis.sdu.edu.tr/publication/details/5ce8448f-b9ec-4a17-b8bf-96a630f07a5a/oai |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://acikerisim.sdu.edu.tr/xmlui/handle/123456789/96654 |
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| dc.description |
On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the new COVID-19 disease a pandemic. Most countries responded with a lockdown to reduce its effects, which brought beneficial consequences to the environment in many regions, but the pandemic also raised a series of challenges. This review proposes an assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic positive and negative impacts on water bodies on different continents. By applying a search protocol on the Web of Science platform, a scientific bank of 35 compatible studies was obtained out of the 62 open-access articles that were initially accessible. Regarding the positive impacts, the SARS-CoV-2 monitoring in sewage waters is a useful mechanism in the promptly exposure of community infections and, during the pandemic, many water bodies all over the world had lower pollution levels. The negative impacts are as follows: SARS-CoV-2 presence in untreated sewage water amplifies the risk to human health; there is a lack of adequate elimination processes of plastics, drugs, and biological pollution in wastewater treatment plants; the amount of municipal and medical waste that pollutes water bodies increased; and waste recycling decreased. Urgent preventive measures need to be taken to implement effective solutions for water protection. |
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| dc.language |
eng |
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| dc.rights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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| dc.title |
Water Quality and Water Pollution in Time of COVID-19: Positive and Negative Repercussions |
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| dc.type |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
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