Enteric virus concentrations, pH and turbidity in wastewater discharged to the Conwy River and estuary, North Wales (2016-2017)
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Farkas, K.; Marshall, M.R.; Cooper, D.M.; McDonald, J.E.; Malham, S.K.; Jones, D.L. (2018). Enteric virus concentrations, pH and turbidity in wastewater discharged to the Conwy River and estuary, North Wales (2016-2017). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/61640ba9-ffdd-4eda-9e83-dafc01ba8cc7
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https://doi.org/10.5285/61640ba9-ffdd-4eda-9e83-dafc01ba8cc7
This dataset contains pH, turbidity and viral concentration information in untreated and treated wastewater samples at wastewater discharge points and wastewater treatment plants along the Conwy River. The aim of the data collection was to investigate diurnal changes in enteric virus concentrations in wastewater and to investigate any correlation with wastewater pH and turbidity.
Untreated wastewater samples were collected at one wastewater treatment plant for two events. Treated wastewater samples were collected at two wastewater discharge points for two and three sampling events, respectively. All the sampling took place between July 2016 and March 2017. During a sampling events, samples were collected every two hours for 72 hours using autosamplers. Samples were collected by trained members of staff from Bangor University and Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH).
The data were collected as part of the VIRAQUA project was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) under the Environmental Microbiology and Human Health (EMHH) Programme (NE/M010996/1).
Untreated wastewater samples were collected at one wastewater treatment plant for two events. Treated wastewater samples were collected at two wastewater discharge points for two and three sampling events, respectively. All the sampling took place between July 2016 and March 2017. During a sampling events, samples were collected every two hours for 72 hours using autosamplers. Samples were collected by trained members of staff from Bangor University and Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH).
The data were collected as part of the VIRAQUA project was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) under the Environmental Microbiology and Human Health (EMHH) Programme (NE/M010996/1).
Publication date: 2018-03-23
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Format
Comma-separated values (CSV)
Spatial information
Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
WGS 84
Temporal information
Temporal extent
2016-07-19 to 2017-03-02
Provenance & quality
The pH, turbidity and conductivity of the water samples was measured directly, whereas viral nucleic acid concentrations of norovirus GI and GII, hepatitis A and E viruses, sapovirus GI and adenovirus were determined in concentrated samples using quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and reverse transcription PCR (qRT-PCR). Viral concentrations are expressed in genome copies (gc) in one litre wastewater, where one gc refers to the genome of one virus particle. Data were collated into an Excel spreadsheet and exported into a .csv file for ingestion into the EIDC.
Licensing and constraints
This dataset is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
Cite this dataset as:
Farkas, K.; Marshall, M.R.; Cooper, D.M.; McDonald, J.E.; Malham, S.K.; Jones, D.L. (2018). Enteric virus concentrations, pH and turbidity in wastewater discharged to the Conwy River and estuary, North Wales (2016-2017). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/61640ba9-ffdd-4eda-9e83-dafc01ba8cc7
© Bangor University
© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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Citations
Farkas, K., Cooper, D. M., McDonald, J. E., Malham, S. K., de Rougemont, A., & Jones, D. L. (2018). Seasonal and spatial dynamics of enteric viruses in wastewater and in riverine and estuarine receiving waters. Science of The Total Environment, 634, 1174–1183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.038
Farkas, K., Marshall, M., Cooper, D., McDonald, J.E., Malham, S.K., Peters, D.E., … Jones, D.L. (2018). Seasonal and diurnal surveillance of treated and untreated wastewater for human enteric viruses. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25(33), 33391–33401. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-3261-y
Supplemental information
Farkas K., Peters D.E., McDonald J.E., De Rougemont A, Malham S.K, Jones D.L. (2017b) Evaluation of two triplex one-step qRT-PCR assays for the quantification of human enteric viruses in environmental samples. Food and Environmental Virology. 9:342-349.
Correspondence/contact details
Farkas, K.
Bangor University
School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography. Deiniol Road
Bangor
Gwynedd
LL57 2UW
UK
k.farkas@bangor.ac.uk
Bangor
Gwynedd
LL57 2UW
UK
Authors
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7068-3228
McDonald, J.E.
Bangor University
Malham, S.K.
Bangor University
Jones, D.L.
Bangor University
Other contacts
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
info@eidc.ac.uk
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Keywords
Conwy Valley , Diurnal changes , Enteric virus monitoring , Environmental Microbiology and Human Health (EMHH) , River Conwy , VIRAQUA , Wastewater contamination , Wastewater quality
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/M010996/1
Last updated
21 March 2025 13:34