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The presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater was first reported in March 2020. Over the subsequent months, the potential for wastewater surveillance to contribute to COVID-19 mitigation programmes has been the focus of intense national and international research activities, gaining the attention of policy makers and the public. As a new application of an established methodology, focused collaboration between public health practitioners and wastewater researchers is essential to developing a common understanding on how, when and where the outputs of this non-invasive community-level approach can deliver actionable outcomes for public health authorities. Within this context, the NORMAN SCORE “SARS-CoV-2 in sewage” database provides a platform for rapid, open access data sharing, validated by the uploading of 276 data sets from nine countries to-date. Through offering direct access to underpinning meta-data sets (and describing its use in data interpretation), the NORMAN SCORE database is a resource for the development of recommendations on minimum data requirements for wastewater pathogen surveillance. It is also a tool to engage public health practitioners in discussions on use of the approach, providing an opportunity to build mutual understanding of the demand and supply for data and facilitate the translation of this promising research application into public health practice.
Lian Lundy; Despo Fatta-Kassinos; Jaroslav Slobodnik; Popi Karaolia; Lubos Cirka; Norbert Kreuzinger; Sara Castiglioni; Lubertus Bijlsma; Valeria Dulio; Geneviève Deviller; Foon Yin Lai; Nikiforos Alygizakis; Manuela Barneo; Jose Antonio Baz-Lomba; Frederic Béen; Marianna Cíchová; Kelly Conde-Pérez; Adrian Covaci; Erica Donner; Andrej Ficek; Francis Hassard; Annelie Hedström; Félix Hernandez; Veronika Janská; Kristen Jellison; Jan Hofman; Kelly Hill; Pei-Ying Hong; Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern; Stoimir Kolarević; Jan Krahulec; Dimitra Lambropoulou; Rosa de Llanos; Tomáš Mackuľak; Lorena Martinez-García; Francisco Martínez; Gertjan Medema; Adrienn Micsinai; Mette Myrmel; Mohammed Nasser; Harald Niederstätter; Leonor Nozal; Herbert Oberacher; Věra Očenášková; Leslie Ogorzaly; Dimitrios Papadopoulos; Beatriz Peinado; Tarja Pitkänen; Margarita Poza; Soraya Rumbo-Feal; Maria Blanca Sánchez; Anna J. Székely; Andrea Soltysova; Nikolaos S. Thomaidis; Juan Vallejo; Alexander van Nuijs; Vassie Ware; Maria Viklander. Making Waves: Collaboration in the time of SARS-CoV-2 - rapid development of an international co-operation and wastewater surveillance database to support public health decision-making. Water Research 2021, 199, 117167 -117167.
AMA StyleLian Lundy, Despo Fatta-Kassinos, Jaroslav Slobodnik, Popi Karaolia, Lubos Cirka, Norbert Kreuzinger, Sara Castiglioni, Lubertus Bijlsma, Valeria Dulio, Geneviève Deviller, Foon Yin Lai, Nikiforos Alygizakis, Manuela Barneo, Jose Antonio Baz-Lomba, Frederic Béen, Marianna Cíchová, Kelly Conde-Pérez, Adrian Covaci, Erica Donner, Andrej Ficek, Francis Hassard, Annelie Hedström, Félix Hernandez, Veronika Janská, Kristen Jellison, Jan Hofman, Kelly Hill, Pei-Ying Hong, Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern, Stoimir Kolarević, Jan Krahulec, Dimitra Lambropoulou, Rosa de Llanos, Tomáš Mackuľak, Lorena Martinez-García, Francisco Martínez, Gertjan Medema, Adrienn Micsinai, Mette Myrmel, Mohammed Nasser, Harald Niederstätter, Leonor Nozal, Herbert Oberacher, Věra Očenášková, Leslie Ogorzaly, Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Beatriz Peinado, Tarja Pitkänen, Margarita Poza, Soraya Rumbo-Feal, Maria Blanca Sánchez, Anna J. Székely, Andrea Soltysova, Nikolaos S. Thomaidis, Juan Vallejo, Alexander van Nuijs, Vassie Ware, Maria Viklander. Making Waves: Collaboration in the time of SARS-CoV-2 - rapid development of an international co-operation and wastewater surveillance database to support public health decision-making. Water Research. 2021; 199 ():117167-117167.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLian Lundy; Despo Fatta-Kassinos; Jaroslav Slobodnik; Popi Karaolia; Lubos Cirka; Norbert Kreuzinger; Sara Castiglioni; Lubertus Bijlsma; Valeria Dulio; Geneviève Deviller; Foon Yin Lai; Nikiforos Alygizakis; Manuela Barneo; Jose Antonio Baz-Lomba; Frederic Béen; Marianna Cíchová; Kelly Conde-Pérez; Adrian Covaci; Erica Donner; Andrej Ficek; Francis Hassard; Annelie Hedström; Félix Hernandez; Veronika Janská; Kristen Jellison; Jan Hofman; Kelly Hill; Pei-Ying Hong; Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern; Stoimir Kolarević; Jan Krahulec; Dimitra Lambropoulou; Rosa de Llanos; Tomáš Mackuľak; Lorena Martinez-García; Francisco Martínez; Gertjan Medema; Adrienn Micsinai; Mette Myrmel; Mohammed Nasser; Harald Niederstätter; Leonor Nozal; Herbert Oberacher; Věra Očenášková; Leslie Ogorzaly; Dimitrios Papadopoulos; Beatriz Peinado; Tarja Pitkänen; Margarita Poza; Soraya Rumbo-Feal; Maria Blanca Sánchez; Anna J. Székely; Andrea Soltysova; Nikolaos S. Thomaidis; Juan Vallejo; Alexander van Nuijs; Vassie Ware; Maria Viklander. 2021. "Making Waves: Collaboration in the time of SARS-CoV-2 - rapid development of an international co-operation and wastewater surveillance database to support public health decision-making." Water Research 199, no. : 117167-117167.
Clinical testing of children in schools is challenging, with economic implications limiting its frequent use as a monitoring tool of the risks assumed by children and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, a wastewater based epidemiology approach has been used to monitor 16 schools (10 primary, 5 secondary and 1 post-16 and further education for a total of 17 sites) in England. A total of 296 samples over 9 weeks have been analysed for N1 and E genes using qPCR methods. Of the samples returned, 47.3% were positive for one or both genes with a frequency of detection in line with the respective community. WBE offers a promising low cost, non-invasive approach for supplementing clinical testing and can offer longitudinal insights that are impractical with traditional clinical testing.
Victor Castro Gutierrez; Francis Hassard; Milan Vu; Rodrigo Leitao; Beata Burczynska; Dirk Wildeboer; Isobel Stanton; Shadi Rahimzadeh; Gianluca Baio; Hemda Garelick; Jan Hofman; Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern; Rachel Kwiatkowska; Azeem Majeed; Sally Priest; Jasmine Grimsley; Lian Lundy; Andrew C Singer; Mariachiara Di Cesare. Monitoring occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 in school populations: a wastewater-based approach. 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleVictor Castro Gutierrez, Francis Hassard, Milan Vu, Rodrigo Leitao, Beata Burczynska, Dirk Wildeboer, Isobel Stanton, Shadi Rahimzadeh, Gianluca Baio, Hemda Garelick, Jan Hofman, Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern, Rachel Kwiatkowska, Azeem Majeed, Sally Priest, Jasmine Grimsley, Lian Lundy, Andrew C Singer, Mariachiara Di Cesare. Monitoring occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 in school populations: a wastewater-based approach. . 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleVictor Castro Gutierrez; Francis Hassard; Milan Vu; Rodrigo Leitao; Beata Burczynska; Dirk Wildeboer; Isobel Stanton; Shadi Rahimzadeh; Gianluca Baio; Hemda Garelick; Jan Hofman; Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern; Rachel Kwiatkowska; Azeem Majeed; Sally Priest; Jasmine Grimsley; Lian Lundy; Andrew C Singer; Mariachiara Di Cesare. 2021. "Monitoring occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 in school populations: a wastewater-based approach." , no. : 1.
This article presents an overview of the current European practices with regards to protecting surface water and groundwater bodies, in what concerns the application of legislation to protect water resources and to evaluate the vulnerability of water bodies to traffic related activities. This is achieved through the application of the EU Water Framework Directive and all Directives containing procedures to identify pressures affecting the state of water and environment, and the establishment of measures to ensure that all surface water and groundwater bodies achieve good status. A flowchart has been constructed to assist the assessment of the environmental legal constraints related to a road project. A combination of layers was integrated in GIS environment to address legislative needs and constraints, as well as the need to implement a risk assessment analysis of road runoff impact to surface and groundwater bodies.
Tiago Nunes Martins; Teresa E. Leitão; Lian Lundy. EVALUATION OF THE EUROPEAN LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK IN ASSESSING THE VULNERABILITY OF SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER BODIES TO ROAD RUNOFF. The 11th International Conference ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 11th ICEE SELECTED PAPERS 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleTiago Nunes Martins, Teresa E. Leitão, Lian Lundy. EVALUATION OF THE EUROPEAN LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK IN ASSESSING THE VULNERABILITY OF SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER BODIES TO ROAD RUNOFF. The 11th International Conference ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 11th ICEE SELECTED PAPERS. 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTiago Nunes Martins; Teresa E. Leitão; Lian Lundy. 2020. "EVALUATION OF THE EUROPEAN LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK IN ASSESSING THE VULNERABILITY OF SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER BODIES TO ROAD RUNOFF." The 11th International Conference ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 11th ICEE SELECTED PAPERS , no. : 1.
Phil Chatfield; Lian Lundy. Beyond legislation – working together to protect the water environment. Wealth Creation without Pollution: Designing for Industry, Ecobusiness Parks and Industrial Estates 2017, 283 -293.
AMA StylePhil Chatfield, Lian Lundy. Beyond legislation – working together to protect the water environment. Wealth Creation without Pollution: Designing for Industry, Ecobusiness Parks and Industrial Estates. 2017; ():283-293.
Chicago/Turabian StylePhil Chatfield; Lian Lundy. 2017. "Beyond legislation – working together to protect the water environment." Wealth Creation without Pollution: Designing for Industry, Ecobusiness Parks and Industrial Estates , no. : 283-293.
Stormwater has the potential to provide a non-potable water supply which requires less treatment than municipal wastewaters with the added benefit of reducing pollution and erosion issues in receiving water bodies. However, the adoption of stormwater collection and use as an accepted practice requires that the perceived risks, particularly those associated with public health, are addressed. This paper considers the human health concerns associated with stormwater quality when used for a range of non-potable applications using E. coli, a commonly found pollutant in urban stormwater which is also widely included in human health-based water quality standards and guidelines. Based on a source-pathway-receptor model, scores are allocated, on a scale of 0 to 5, to benchmark increasing the likelihoods of exposure to stormwater during different occupational and non-occupational applications and magnitude of impacts which may result. The impacts are assessed by comparing median stormwater E. coli levels with the reported guideline levels relating to different stormwater uses. Combination of the exposure and impact scores provides an overall risk score for each stormwater application. Low or medium risks are shown to be associated with most stormwater uses except for domestic car washing and occupational irrigation of edible raw food crops where the predicted highest levels of risk posed by median E. coli levels in stormwater necessitate the introduction of remedial actions.
Lian Lundy; Michael Revitt; Bryan Ellis. An impact assessment for urban stormwater use. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2017, 25, 19259 -19270.
AMA StyleLian Lundy, Michael Revitt, Bryan Ellis. An impact assessment for urban stormwater use. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2017; 25 (20):19259-19270.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLian Lundy; Michael Revitt; Bryan Ellis. 2017. "An impact assessment for urban stormwater use." Environmental Science and Pollution Research 25, no. 20: 19259-19270.
The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) requirement that all surface water bodies achieve good ecological status is still a goal for many regulatory authorities in England and Wales. This paper describes field and laboratory studies designed to identify metal contaminant loadings and their distributions within water bodies located in the Lower Lee catchment (London, UK). Water and sediment samples have been collected from increasingly urbanised sites on the River Lee and its main tributaries over a two-year period with samples analysed for total concentrations of cadmium, copper, lead, mercury, nickel, tin, and zinc. Complimentary batch tests indicate a positive relationship between aqueous metal concentrations and the batch test-derived sediment metal release data, particularly during wet weather events. Field data indicate a dynamic relationship between water and sediment concentrations with both being capable of exceeding relevant environmental quality standards/sediment quality guidelines at all sites. Mean sediment metal concentrations across all sites were found to be highest for Cu (141.1 ± 111.0 µg g−1), Pb (175.7 ± 83.0 µg g−1), and Zn (499.9 ± 264.7 µg g−1) with Zn demonstrating elevated mean water concentrations (17.2 ± 13.8 µg L−1) followed by Ni (15.6 ± 11.4 µg L−1) and Cu (11.1 ± 17.8 µg L−1).
Lian Lundy; Luciana Alves; Michael Revitt; Dirk Wildeboer. Metal Water-Sediment Interactions and Impacts on an Urban Ecosystem. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2017, 14, 722 .
AMA StyleLian Lundy, Luciana Alves, Michael Revitt, Dirk Wildeboer. Metal Water-Sediment Interactions and Impacts on an Urban Ecosystem. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2017; 14 (7):722.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLian Lundy; Luciana Alves; Michael Revitt; Dirk Wildeboer. 2017. "Metal Water-Sediment Interactions and Impacts on an Urban Ecosystem." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 14, no. 7: 722.
The UK 2007 floods resulted in damages estimated to exceed over £4 billion. This triggered a national review of strategic flood risk management (Pitt, 2008) with its recommendations informing and implemented by the Flood and Water Management, Act (FWMA, 2010). Estimating that up to two-thirds of properties flooded in the 2007 event as a direct result of overloaded sewer systems, the FWMA set out an ambitious overhaul of flood risk management approaches including identifying bodies responsible for the management of local flood risk (local municipalities) and the development of over-arching Lead Local Flood Authorities (LLFAs) at a regional level. LLFAs duties include developing local flood risk management strategies and, aligned with this, many LLFAs and local municipalities produced sustainable drainage system (SUDS) guidance notes. In parallel, changes to the national planning policy framework (NPPF) in England give priority to the use of SUDS in new major developments, as does the related Town and Country Planning Order (2015). However, whilst all three pieces of legislation refer to the preferential use of SUDs, these requirements remain "economically proportionate" and thus the inclusion of SUDS within development controls remain desirable - but not mandatory - obligations. Within this dynamic policy context, reignited most recently by the December 2015 floods, this paper examines some of the challenges to the implementation of SUDS in England and Wales posed by the new regulatory frameworks. In particular, it examines how emerging organisational procedures and processes are likely to impact on future SUDS implementation, and highlights the need for further cross-sectoral working to ensure opportunities for cross-sectoral benefits- such as that accrued by reducing stormwater flows within combined sewer systems for water companies, property developers and environmental protection - are not lost.
J. Bryan Ellis; Lian Lundy. Implementing sustainable drainage systems for urban surface water management within the regulatory framework in England and Wales. Journal of Environmental Management 2016, 183, 630 -636.
AMA StyleJ. Bryan Ellis, Lian Lundy. Implementing sustainable drainage systems for urban surface water management within the regulatory framework in England and Wales. Journal of Environmental Management. 2016; 183 ():630-636.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJ. Bryan Ellis; Lian Lundy. 2016. "Implementing sustainable drainage systems for urban surface water management within the regulatory framework in England and Wales." Journal of Environmental Management 183, no. : 630-636.
This paper describes the development of a pollutant risk prioritisation methodology for the comparative assessment of stormwater pollutants discharged from differing land use types and activities. Guidelines are presented which evaluate available data with respect to 'likelihood of occurrence' and 'severity of impact'. The use of the developed approach is demonstrated through its application to total suspended solids, biochemical oxygen demand, lead and cadmium. The proposed benchmarking scheme represents a transparent and auditable mechanism to support the synthesis of data from a variety of sources and is sufficiently flexible to incorporate the use of chemical, physical and/or ecological data sets. Practitioners involved in developing and implementing pollutant mitigation programmes are assisted in two key ways. Firstly through enabling the risks to receiving waters from diffuse pollution on a source-by-source and/or pollutant-by-pollutant basis at a catchment scale to be comparatively assessed and prioritised. Secondly, the methodology informs the selection of appropriate diffuse pollution control strategies.
L. Lundy; J.B. Ellis; D.M. Revitt. Risk prioritisation of stormwater pollutant sources. Water Research 2012, 46, 6589 -6600.
AMA StyleL. Lundy, J.B. Ellis, D.M. Revitt. Risk prioritisation of stormwater pollutant sources. Water Research. 2012; 46 (20):6589-6600.
Chicago/Turabian StyleL. Lundy; J.B. Ellis; D.M. Revitt. 2012. "Risk prioritisation of stormwater pollutant sources." Water Research 46, no. 20: 6589-6600.
Effective water management within urban settings requires robust multidisciplinary understanding and an appreciation of the value added to urban spaces by providing multifunctional green-blue spaces. Multifunctional landscapes where ecosystem service provisions are ‘designed-in’ can help ‘transition’ cities to more sustainable environments which are more resilient to changing future conditions. With benefits ranging from the supply of water, habitat and energy to pollutant removal, amenity and opportunities for recreation, urban water bodies can provide a focal point for reconnecting humans and nature in otherwise densely built-up areas. Managing water within urban spaces is an essential infrastructure requirement but has historically been undertaken in isolation from other urban functions and spatial requirements. Increasingly, because of the limits of space and need to respond to new drivers (e.g. mitigation of diffuse pollution), more sustainable approaches to urban water management are being applied which can have multiple functions and benefits. This paper presents a review of ecosystem services associated with water, particularly those in urban environments, and uses the emerging language of ecosystem services to provide a framework for discussion. The range of supporting, provisioning, regulating and cultural ecosystem services associated with differing types of urban water bodies are identified. A matrix is then used to evaluate the results of a series of social, ecological and physical science studies co-located on a single stretch of a restored urban river. Findings identify the benefits of, but also barriers to, the implementation of a transdisciplinary research approach. For many, transdisciplinary research still appears to be on the edge of scientific respectability. In order to approach this challenge, it is imperative that we bring together discipline specific expertise to address fundamental and applied problems in a holistic way. The ecosystem services approach offers an exciting mechanism to support researchers in tackling research questions that require thinking beyond traditional scientific boundaries. The opportunity to fully exploit this approach to collaborative working should not be lost.
Lian Lundy; Rebecca Wade. Integrating sciences to sustain urban ecosystem services. Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment 2011, 35, 653 -669.
AMA StyleLian Lundy, Rebecca Wade. Integrating sciences to sustain urban ecosystem services. Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment. 2011; 35 (5):653-669.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLian Lundy; Rebecca Wade. 2011. "Integrating sciences to sustain urban ecosystem services." Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment 35, no. 5: 653-669.