Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program, Global Affairs, University of California, Davis, 10 College Park, 95616 Davis, CA, USA.
Office of Sustainability, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
Sci Total Environ. 2022 Mar 1;810:152255. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152255. Epub 2021 Dec 10.
Although the World Health Organization (WHO) announcement released in early March 2020 stated there is no proven evidence that the COVID-19 virus can survive in drinking water or sewage, there has been some recent evidence that coronaviruses can survive in low-temperature environments and in groundwater for more than a week. Some studies have also found SARS-CoV-2 genetic materials in raw municipal wastewater, which highlights a potential avenue for viral spread. A lack of information about the presence and spread of COVID-19 in the environment may lead to decisions based on local concerns and prevent the integration of the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 into the global water cycle. Several studies have optimistically assumed that coronavirus has not yet affected water ecosystems, but this assumption may increase the possibility of subsequent global water issues. More studies are needed to provide a comprehensive picture of COVID-19 occurrence and outbreak in aquatic environments and more specifically in water resources. As scientific efforts to report reliable news, conduct rapid and precise research on COVID-19, and advocate for scientists worldwide to overcome this crisis increase, more information is required to assess the extent of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the environment. The goals of this study are to estimate the extent of the environmental effects of the pandemic, as well as identify related knowledge gaps and avenues for future research.
尽管世界卫生组织（WHO）在 2020 年 3 月初发布的声明指出，没有证据表明 COVID-19 病毒可以在饮用水或污水中存活，但最近有一些证据表明，冠状病毒可以在低温环境和地下水中存活超过一周。一些研究还在未经处理的城市废水中发现了 SARS-CoV-2 的遗传物质，这突出了病毒传播的一个潜在途径。由于缺乏有关 COVID-19 在环境中存在和传播的信息，可能会导致基于当地关注的决策，并阻止将 SARS-CoV-2 的流行纳入全球水循环。一些研究乐观地假设冠状病毒尚未影响水生态系统，但这种假设可能会增加随后出现全球水问题的可能性。需要更多的研究来提供有关 COVID-19 在水生环境中发生和爆发的全面情况，更具体地说是在水资源方面的情况。随着全球范围内科学努力报告可靠新闻、对 COVID-19 进行快速和精确研究以及倡导全世界科学家克服这一危机的努力不断增加，需要更多的信息来评估 COVID-19 大流行对环境的影响程度。本研究的目的是估计大流行对环境的影响程度，并确定相关的知识差距和未来研究的途径。
