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Special Collection on Virus Monitoring and Removal in Natural and Built Systems
Guest Editors: Yang Deng, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, Baikun Li, Ph.D., Mallikarjuna N. Nadagouda, Ph.D., Volodymyr V. Tarabara, Ph.D., M.ASCE
The purpose of this Special Collection is to highlight the work of the Environmental Engineering community on detecting, quantifying, and tracking viruses in the environment as well as on removing viruses in natural and engineered treatment systems. The twenty-three papers that comprise the Collection at the time of its first publication are selected from among those published in ASCE journals over the last two decades (2000 – 2020).
Topically, the contributions in this Collection are grouped into five themes:
1) Response to an outbreak,
2) Virus detection and quantification,
3) Virus fate and transport in the environment,
4) Virus inactivation and removal in treatment systems, and
5) Physical and cyber security of the water infrastructure.
The Collection is envisioned as an ongoing effort, and we invite new contributions to this Collection. Individual papers accepted for publication will appear in print, spread over different regular issues of ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering added to a page dedicated to this Collection.
Papers in this Collection
Virus Monitoring and Removal in Natural and Built Systems
Yang Deng, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE; Baikun Li, Ph.D.; Mallikarjuna N. Nadagouda, Ph.D.; and 
Volodymyr V. Tarabara, Ph.D., M.ASCE
Published online July 29, 2020
Papers from the Journal of Environmental Engineering
Gamma Irradiation for Inactivation of C. parvum, E. coli, and Coliphage MS-2
John E. Thompson and Ernest R. Blatchley III
Published online August 1, 2000
Enteric Virus Indicators: Reovirus Versus Poliovirus
Jamie Brewster; Jan A. Oleszkiewicz; Kevin M. Coombs; and Archie Nartey
Published online July 1, 2005
Filtration Removals of Microorganisms and Particles
David W. Hendricks, P.E., F.ASCE; William F. Clunie, P.E.; Gregory D. Sturbaum; Donald A. Klein; Tory L. Champlin, P.E., M.ASCE; Paul Kugrens; Julie Hirsch; Bill McCourt; George R. Nordby, P.E., M.ASCE; Mark D. Sobsey; D. John Hunt; and Martin J. Allen
Published online December 1, 2005
MS2 Inactivation by Chloride-Assisted Electrochemical Disinfection
Qian Fang; Chii Shang; and Guohua Chen
Published online January 1, 2006
Inactivation of Adenovirus Types 2, 5, and 41 in Drinking Water by UV Light, Free Chlorine, and Monochloramine
Carole S. Baxter; Ron Hofmann; Michael R. Templeton; Martha Brown; and Robert C. Andrews
Published online January 1, 2007
Detection of Enteroviruses within Brackish Water from the Damshui River Watershed, Taiwan
Chien-Hsien Chen; Bing-Mu Hsu; and Min-Tao Wan
Published online June 1, 2008
UV Dose-Response Behavior of Air-Exposed Microorganisms
Soojung Lim; and Ernest R. Blatchley III, P.E., M.ASCE
Published online January 12, 2012
Challenge Studies of the Hach GuardianBlue Early Warning System
Sizhe Han; Yuhui Zhao; Tong Yu; and Stephen Craik
Published online January 8, 2014
Fate of Viruses in Water Systems
Irene Xagoraraki; Ziqiang Yin; and Zhassulan Svambayev
Published online May 9, 2014
Application of UV Light–Emitting Diodes to Adenovirus in Water
Kumiko Oguma, Ph.D.; Surapong Rattanakul, Ph.D.; and James R. Bolton, Ph.D.
Published online November 18, 2015
Viral and Microbial Pathogens, Indicator Microorganisms, Microbial Source Tracking Indicators, and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in a Confined Managed Effluent Recharge System
R. Elkayam; A. Aharoni; D. Vaizel-Ohayon; O. Sued; Y. Katz; I. Negev; R. B. M. Marano; E. Cytryn; L. Shtrasler; and O. Lev
Published online August 8, 2017
Sorption of Human Adenovirus to Wastewater Solids
Ziqiang Yin; Thomas C. Voice; Volodymyr V. Tarabara, M.ASCE; and Irene Xagoraraki, M.ASCE
Published online September 8, 2018
Human Adenovirus 40 Removal in Sidestream Membrane Bioreactor
Alex L. Casabuena; Hang Shi, Ph.D.; Ziqiang Yin, Ph.D.; Irene Xagoraraki, Ph.D., M.ASCE; and Volodymyr V. Tarabara, Ph.D., M.ASCE
Published online February 28, 2019
Viral Surrogates in Potable Reuse Applications: Evaluation of a Membrane Bioreactor and Full Advanced Treatment
Katerina Papp; Duane Moser; and Daniel Gerrity
Published online May 7, 2019
Metagenomic Approaches for Detecting Viral Diversity in Water Environments
Camille McCall, M.ASCE; and Irene Xagoraraki, Ph.D., M.ASCE
Published online May 22, 2019
A Review of Cybersecurity Incidents in the Water Sector
Amin Hassanzadeh, Ph.D.; Amin Rasekh, Ph.D.; Stefano Galelli, Ph.D., M.ASCE; Mohsen Aghashahi, S.M.ASCE; Riccardo Taormina, Ph.D.; Avi Ostfeld, Ph.D., F.ASCE; and M. Katherine Banks, Ph.D., F.ASCE
Published online February 28, 2020
Removal of Viruses in Membrane Bioreactors
Evan O’Brien and Irene Xagoraraki, M.ASCE
Published online April 25, 2020
Risk Communication is Important for Environmental Engineering during COVID-19
Daniel B. Oerther, Ph.D., P.E., DEE, CEng., M.ASCE; and Roger Watson, Ph.D.
Published online August 20, 2020
SARS-CoV-2 in Detroit Wastewater
Brijen Miyani; Xavier Fonoll; John Norton, M.ASCE; Anna Mehrotra; and Irene Xagoraraki, M.ASCE
Published online August 25, 2020
Ozonation in Tandem with Biosand Filtration to Remove Microcystin-LR
Pratik Kumar; Satinder Kaur Brar, Ph.D.; and Rao Y. Surampalli, Ph.D., Dist.M.ASCE
Published online September 02, 2020
Can We Predict Viral Outbreaks Using Wastewater Surveillance?
Irene Xagoraraki, Ph.D., M.ASCE
Published online September 14, 2020
Environmental Hygiene for COVID-19: It’s All About the Mask
Daniel B. Oerther, Ph.D., P.E., DEE, M.ASCE; and Mona Shattell, Ph.D.
Published online October 07, 2020
Transport and Fate of Virus-Laden Particles in a Supermarket: Recommendations for Risk Reduction of COVID-19 Spreading
Fangda Cui, Ph.D.; Xiaolong Geng, Ph.D.; Orthodoxia Zervaki; Dionysiou Dionysios, Ph.D., M.ASCE; Joseph Katz, Ph.D.; Sarah-Jane Haig, Ph.D.; and Michel Boufadel, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE
Published online January 21, 2021
Papers from the Journal of Leadership and Management in Engineering
Engineering Risks and Failures: Lessons Learned from Environmental Disasters
Daniel A. Vallero, Ph.D., M.ASCE; and Trevor M. Letcher, Ph.D.
Published online June 8, 2012
Papers from the ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering
Risk-Based Policy Optimization for Critical Infrastructure Resilience against a Pandemic Influenza Outbreak
Mark McDonald, M.ASCE; Sankaran Mahadevan, M.ASCE; John Ambrosiano; and Dennis Powell
Published online January 31, 2018
Papers from the Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste
Virus Transport through Unsaturated Zone: Analysis and Parameter Identification
C. S. P. Ojha, M.ASCE; K. S. Hari Prasad; D. N. Ratha; and Rao Y. Surampalli, F.ASCE
Published online January 15, 2011
Hybrid-Optimization Approach for Estimating Parameters of a Virus Transport Process in Aquifer
Rajib Kumar Bhattacharjya; Ambuj Srivastava; and Mysore G. Satish
Published online March 11, 2013
Simulation-Optimization-Based Virus Source Identification Model for 3D Unconfined Aquifer Considering Source Location and Number as Variable
B. G. Rajeev Gandhi; Rajib Kumar Bhattacharjya; and Mysore G. Satish
Published online August 12, 2016