Data to intelligence: The role of data-driven models in wastewater treatment

M Bahramian, RK Dereli, W Zhao, M Giberti… - Expert Systems with …, 2023 - Elsevier
Increasing energy efficiency in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) is becoming more
important. An emerging approach to addressing this issue is to exploit development in data …

A review of synthetic cathinones emerging in recent years (2019–2022)

P Kuropka, M Zawadzki, P Szpot - Forensic toxicology, 2023 - Springer
Purpose The emergence of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) has been being a
continuous and evolving problem for more than a decade. Every year, dozens of new …

[HTML][HTML] Festivals following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions: Prevalence of new psychoactive substances and illicit drugs

N Rousis, R Bade, I Romero-Sánchez, JF Mueller… - Environment …, 2023 - Elsevier
The market for illicit drugs and new psychoactive substances (NPS) has grown significantly
and people attending festivals have been identified as being at high risk (high extent and …

[HTML][HTML] Use of illicit drugs, alcohol and tobacco in Spain and Portugal during the COVID-19 crisis in 2020 as measured by wastewater-based epidemiology

A Estévez-Danta, L Bijlsma, R Capela, R Cela… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic spread rapidly worldwide in the year 2020, which was initially
restrained by drastic mobility restrictions. In this work, we investigated the use of illicit drugs …

[HTML][HTML] Wastewater-based epidemiology methodology to investigate human exposure to bisphenol A, bisphenol F and bisphenol S.

A Estévez-Danta, R Montes, A Prieto, MM Santos… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has become an invaluable tool for tracking the
evolution of use or exposure of/to numerous substances. Bisphenols, commonly utilized in …

Tracking methamphetamine and amphetamine consumption patterns in South Korea via enantiomeric analysis of wastewater

YA Sharfudeen, HJ Cha, JE Oh - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has emerged as an effective method for monitoring
a community's health status and lifestyle. In recent years, enantiomeric profiling has shown …

[HTML][HTML] A new analytical method to determine trace level concentrations of pharmaceuticals in influent wastewater: A tool to monitor human use patterns

N Fontanals, E Pocurull, R Montes… - Microchemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
The occurrence of pharmaceuticals in influent wastewater samples (IWW) is a recurrent
issue. The monitoring of their presence is not only valuable from an environmental point of …

Consumption of common illicit drugs in twenty-one cities in southwest China through wastewater analysis

H Wang, B Xu, L Yang, T Huo, D Bai, Q An… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) was applied to estimate illicit drugs consumption at
a provincial scale in southwest China. A large-scale wastewater sampling campaign was …

How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted wastewater-based epidemiology?

DS Barcellos, CER Barquilha, PE Oliveira… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) was one of the areas of scientific knowledge that
developed significantly with the COVID-19 pandemic, with robust worldwide application to …

Illicit drug consumption estimated using wastewater analysis and compared by settlement size in New Zealand

A Chappell, B Armstrong, E Jay, K Phung… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Estimation of consumption of illicit drugs by wastewater-based epidemiology provides
estimates of community drug-use patterns. This study describes monitoring data of three …