Changes in water use and wastewater generation influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of China
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216305%3A26210%2F22%3APU144592" target="_blank" >RIV/00216305:26210/22:PU144592 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www-sciencedirect-com.ezproxy.lib.vutbr.cz/science/article/pii/S0301479722005977" target="_blank" >https://www-sciencedirect-com.ezproxy.lib.vutbr.cz/science/article/pii/S0301479722005977</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115024" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115024</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Changes in water use and wastewater generation influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of China
Original language description
This paper examines and projects the water use and wastewater generation during and after the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) in China, and discussed the water use/wastewater generation pattern changes among different sectors. Existing studies on the impact of pandemic spread-prevention measures on water consumption and wastewater treatment during the pandemic are reviewed. The water use and wastewater discharge in China through the COVID-19 period are then projected and analyzed using Multivariate Linear Regression. The projection is carried out for years 2019–2023 and covers an (estimated) full process of pre-pandemic, pandemic outbreak, and recovery phase and provides essential information for determining the complete phase impact of the COVID-19. Two scenarios, i.e. the recovery scenario and the business as usual scenario, are set to investigate the water use and wastewater generation characteristics after the pandemic. The results imply that in both scenarios, the water use in China shows a V-shaped trend from 2019 to 2023 and reached a low point in 2020 of 5,813✕108 m3. The wastewater discharge shows an increasing trend throughout the COVID period in both scenarios. The results are also compared with the water consumption and wastewater generation during the SARS-CoV-1 period. The implication for policymakers is the possible increase of water use and wastewater discharge in the post COVID period and the necessity to ensure the water supply and control of water pollution and wastewater discharge.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
20704 - Energy and fuels
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/EF15_003%2F0000456" target="_blank" >EF15_003/0000456: Sustainable Process Integration Laboratory (SPIL)</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ISSN
0301-4797
e-ISSN
1095-8630
Volume of the periodical
neuveden
Issue of the periodical within the volume
314
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
115024-115024
UT code for WoS article
000797953200007
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85128328223