HEALTH-RELATED WATER MICROBIOLOGY

An environmental sampling and community-driven methodology to understand and address risks from sanitary sewer overflows and basement backups
Priscila B. R. Alves; Maeghen Goode; Emily M. H. Woerner; Taeilorae Levell-Young; Brienna L. Anderson-Coughlin; Taylor Smith-Hams; Alice Volpitta; Rita Crews; Malika Brown; Rachel E. Rosenberg Goldstein; Marccus D. Hendricks
J Water Health (2025) 23 (10): 1137–1151.

Health risk evaluation of heavy metal-contaminated groundwater in unplanned settlements of Dar es Salaam,Tanzania
Leopord Sibomana Leonard; Stalin Kilimba Mkumbo
J Water Health (2025) 23 (10): 1152–1162.

Partitioning and probe-based quantitative PCR assays for the wastewater monitoring of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, M. tuberculosis, and M. bovis
Tram Nguyen; Elisabeth Mercier; Chandler H. Wong; Nada Hegazy; Md Pervez Kabir; Emma Tomalty; Felix Addo; Leonor Ward; Elizabeth Renouf; Shen Wan; Yassen Tcholakov; Stéphanie Guilherme; Robert Delatolla
J Water Health (2025) 23 (10): 1163–1179.

Water management practices and antibiotic-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa contamination in Ethiopian tertiary hospitals: implications for waterborne healthcare-associated infections
Etsub Brhanesilassie Hailemichael; Adey Feleke Desta; Girma Taye; Sirak Robele Gari; Amare Alemu; Waktole Gobena; Wondwossen Amogne
J Water Health (2025) 23 (10): 1180–1195.

Tap water quality from surface and groundwater sources in rural and urban communities evaluated in contrasting climatic seasons and its implications for public health
María Custodio; Heidi De la Cruz; Javier Huarcaya; Yesenia Huanay
J Water Health (2025) 23 (10): 1196–1214.

Linking access to private drinking water system treatment, demographics, and water quality in southwest Virginia
Justin Alan Lytle; Leigh-Anne Krometis; Erin Ling
J Water Health (2025) 23 (10): 1215–1223.

Investigating the presence of virulence determinants and vancomycin-resistant genes in enterococci isolated from the Anzali Lagoon and recreational waters in Guilan Province, Iran
Hadis Kalantari; Khosro Issazadeh; Abbas Hajizade; Mohammad Faezi Ghasemi
J Water Health (2025) 23 (10): 1224–1239.

Granular polymers with immobilized N-chlorosulfonamide groups as alternative water disinfectants 
Bohdan Murashevych; Iryna Koshova; Dmitry Girenko; Dmytro Stepanskyi
J Water Health (2025) 23 (10): 1240–1254.

Adherence to solar disinfection water treatment reduces diarrheal incidence among children in Malawi: a secondary analysis of a cluster quasi-experimental study
Kondwani Luwe; Kingsley Lungu; Tracy Morse; Kevin G. McGuigan; Ronan M. Conroy; Lyndon Buck; Evanson Z. Sambala
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J Water Health (2025) 23 (10): 1255–1268.

QMRA for assessing treatment needs of surface water for drinking: trends and challenges in fecal pathogen quantification
Thi Thu Huong Nguyen; Midori Yasui; Jie Zeng; Tomohiro Nakanishi; Sadahiko Itoh
J Water Health (2025) 23 (10): 1269–1285.

Small water supplies in Nordic countries: climate change effects, risks and contingency planning
Pekka M. Rossi; Maria J. Gunnarsdottir; Mette Myrmel; Sigurdur M. Gardarsson; Magnus Eriksson; Hans-Jørgen Albrechtsen; Kim Steve Gerlach Bergkvist; Riikka Matilainen; Lisbeth Truelstrup Hansen; Pernille Erland Jensen; Judith Y. A. Maréchal; Frida Celius Kalheim; Kenneth M. Persson; August Bjerken; Jamie Bartram
J Water Health (2025) 23 (10): 1286–1298.

Global Water Pathogen Project
Newsletter Vol. 10, Issue 4
October 22, 2025
https://mailchi.mp/38b1f22ef990/gwpp-newsletter-october-22-2025?e=e1e2204839

Surface water contamination with Echinococcus granulosus eggs in the endemic regions of cystic echinococcosis in the southeast of Iran: significance and public health implications
Mohammad Reza Rashidi; Seyed Mohammad Mousavi; Mohammad Ali Mohammadi; Saeid Nasibi; Saeedeh Shamsaddini; Fatemeh Mollaee; Mohammad Ebrahimipour; Saiedeh Haji-Maghsoudi; Majid Fasihi Harandi
J Water Health (2025) 23 (9): 981–990.

Weaving knowledge systems to eradicate drinking water crises in First Nations across Canada
Mercy O. Kehinde; Corinne Schuster-Wallace; David Fowler; Lalita A. Bharadwaj
J Water Health (2025) 23 (9): 991–1003.

Climate adaptation in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in humanitarian crises: research and innovation priorities
Andy Bastable; Paul Knox-Clarke; Laurence Hamai; Raissa Azzalini; Vi Nguyen
J Water Health (2025) 23 (9): 1004–1014.

Integrating environmental and health data: insights and lessons from Australia’s water monitoring systems
Shwetha Beulah Sukumar; Karin Leder; Sarah Louise McGuinness; S. Fiona Barker; Rebekah Henry
J Water Health (2025) 23 (9): 1015–1041.

Comparing cultural perceptions of drinking water safety with water quality in urban and rural Guatemalan communities
Brooke M. Ramay; Carmen Castillo; Paulina Garzaro; Natalie Fahsen; Lucas Santos; Andrea Gomez; Juan Carlos Romero; Joyce Lu; Celia Cordón-Rosales; Douglas R. Call; Mark A. Caudell
J Water Health (2025) 23 (9): 1042–1054.

Global research trends on the links between disinfection by-products and cancer: mapping knowledge landscapes and visualization analysis
Shaher Zyoud; Sa’ed H. Zyoud
J Water Health (2025) 23 (9): 1055–1077.

Comparing in-home and bottled drinking water quality: regulated and emerging contaminants in rural Central Appalachia
Kate Albi; Leigh-Anne Krometis; Erin Ling; Alasdair Cohen; Kang Xia; Austin Gray; Emerald Dudzinski; Kimberly Ellis
J Water Health (2025) 23 (9): 1078–1094.

Communicating wastewater-based surveillance data to drive action
Kata Farkas; Devrim Kaya; Rasha Maal-Bared; Ahmad I. Al-Mustapha; Sarmila Tandukar; Ishi Keenum; Teemu Gunnar; Aaron Bivins; Matthew J. Wade; Kyle Bibby; Tarja M. Pitkänen; Ananda Tiwari
J Water Health (2025) 23 (9): 1095–1108.

Drinking water quality surveillance in Bhutan: trend and compliance (2017–2024)
Pema Chophel; Amin Ngawang Tashi; Rinzin Wangdi; Chimmi Dorji
J Water Health (2025) 23 (9): 1109–1122.

Environmental faecal contamination and associated health risks along multiple exposure pathways in Yatta Sub-County, Machakos County, Kenya
Respah Nawanjaya Sifuna; James M. Raude; Sheillah Simiyu; Jackline A. Ndiiri
J Water Health (2025) 23 (9): 1123–1134.