Traditional wastewater research mainly focuses on 1) estimating the amount of waste entering sewage treatment facilities, 2) evaluating the treatment efficiency of sewage facilities, 3) investigating the role of sewage treatment effluent as a point source, and 4) designing and managing sewage treatment facilities. However, since wastewater contains a variety of chemical and biological substances due to the discharge of human excreta and material used for daily living into it, the collective constituents of wastewater are likely a reflection of a community’s status. Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE), an emerging and promising field of study that involves the analysis of substances in wastewater, can be applied to monitor the state of a defined community. WBE provides opportunities for exploiting indicators in wastewater to fulfill various objectives. The data analyzed under WBE are those pertaining to selected natural and anthropogenic substances in wastewater that are a result of the discharge of metabolic excreta, illicit or legal drugs, and infectious pathogens into the wastewater. This paper reviews recent progress in WBE and addresses current challenges in the field. It primarily discusses several representative applications including the investigation of drug consumption across different communities and the management of community disease and health. Finally, it summarizes established indicators for WBE.

ABSTRACT
 1. 서 론
 2. 하수 내 합법 및 불법 약물류에 대한조사 연구
  2.1 인간에 의한 약물류 사용량 추정에 관한 연구
  2.2 하수 내 약물류 분석 방법에 대한 연구
  2.3 하수 내 약물류 안정성 문제와 관련된 연구
 3. 하수 내 질병 및 건강 정보와 관련된연구
  3.1 커뮤니티 질병 및 건강 평가에 적합한 지표물질의특성
  3.2 사용 가능한 지표물질 후보군: 바이오마커
  3.3 사용 가능한 지표물질 후보군: 압타머
 4. 결 론
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• 김형일(연세대학교 공과대학 건설환경공학과) | Hyoung-Il Kim (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University) Corresponding author
• 최용주(서울대학교 공과대학 건설환경공학부) | Yongju Choi (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University)
• 윤영호(한국외국어대학교 자연과학대학 환경학과) | Youngho Youn (Department of Environmental Science, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)
• 이도연(연세대학교 공과대학 건설환경공학과) | Doyeon Lee (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University)
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