HEALTH-RELATED WATER MICROBIOLOGY

The association between sibling care and infant exposure to faecal contamination and related diarrhoea risk in rural Gambia
Semira Manaseki-Holland; Sophie Budge; Carole Cummins; James T. Martin; William Holdsworth; Francesca L. Crowe; Jama Sowe; Buba Manjang
J Water Health (2026) 24 (10): 1375–1387.

Occurrence, virulence profiles and quantitative microbial risk assessment of WHO priority pathogens isolated from hand-dug wells used for domestic purposes in Southwestern Nigeria
Preye Timothy Bebe; Babatunde Wumi Odetoyin; Olufemi Oludare Aluko
J Water Health (2026) 24 (10): 1388–1406.

Predicting culturable Escherichia coli and enterococci concentrations from reverse transcription quantitative PCR and hydro-meteorological data for bathing water management
Maialen Sagarduy; Agnès Petrau
J Water Health (2026) 24 (10): 1407–1423.

Invasive macrophytes impair domestic wastewater treatment in stabilization ponds: evidence from litter decomposition in field-deployed microcosms
Douglas Mushi
J Water Health (2026) 24 (10): 1424–1440.

Removal of fecal bacteria by fast-flowing foam filters for biological swimming pool filtration
Jakob Schelker; Cornelia Österreicher; Mona Stracke; Thomas Lendenfeld; Alexander K. T. Kirschner
J Water Health (2026) 24 (10): 1441–1455.

From ward to wastewater: optimising near-source surveillance for microbial targets in hospitals
Joanne R. Chapman; Marie Moinet; Joshua T. Freeman; Feya Durkin; Laurel Julian; David J. Winter; Brent J. Gilpin
J Water Health (2026) 24 (10): 1456–1471.

Insights from wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in skilled nursing facilities: comparing virus concentration methods for wastewater and correlating wastewater virus concentrations with clinical infections, Georgia, USA, 2022
Florence Whitehill; Amanda K. Lyons; Bethelhem Abera; Colin Adler; Maria Burgos-Garay; Mariya Campbell; Ariel J. Santiago; Christine Ganim; Jamari Moore; Yimu Cahela; Susanna Lenz; Paige Gable; Magdalena Medrzycki; Maroya Spalding Walters; Amelia Keaton; Peter W. Cook; Yan Li; Ying Tao; Jing Zhang; Lakshmi Malapati; Adam C. Retchless; Suxiang Tong; Margaret Williams; Rodney Donlan; Angela Coulliette-Salmond
J Water Health (2026) 24 (10): 1472–1486.

Retrospective wastewater-based epidemiology of influenza: a university community-scale study on biobanked samples
Ashley Green; Matthew Hileman; Sunny Jiang
J Water Health (2026) 24 (9): 1205–1215.

Resistome characterisation from catchment to effluent in a treatment plant without hospital inputs: implications for AMR monitoring
Sreelakshmi Babu; Elizabeth Heidrich; Vanessa Speight; George Ponton; Rheanne White; Greg O’Donnell; David Graham; Kelly Jobling
J Water Health (2026) 24 (9): 1216–1233.

Parallel wastewater-based surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and the antiviral drug combination nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid)
Yasmine Gridda; Adrian Covaci; Herbert Oberacher
J Water Health (2026) 24 (9): 1234–1244.

Piloting of a faith-based approach to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities and practices: lessons learned from Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Nepal
Mahbub-Ul Alam; Supta Sarker; Sharika Ferdous; Nishantika Neheer; Farzana Yeasmin; Abu Mohd Naser; Kazy Farhat Tabassum; Ayesha Afrin; Husna Ahmad; Fazle Sharior; Sharmin Khan Luies; Fachruddin Majeri Mangunjaya; Gugah Praharawati; Rakesh Rawal; Momenul Haque Mondol; Mahbubur Rahman; Leanne Unicomb
J Water Health (2026) 24 (9): 1245–1265.

Health at risk: investigating the impacts of environmental exposure and water contamination in emerging economies
Misbah Nosheen; Meiping Sun; Muhammad Ali Abbasi; Javed Iqbal; Sareer Ahmad
J Water Health (2026) 24 (9): 1266–1285.

Wastewater-based epidemiology in India: current status, prospects, and recommendations
Rahul Kumar; Jenifer Shantha Kumar; Atrayee Datta; Sangeet Adhikari; Erin M. Driver; Jake W. O’Brien; Lokesh P. Padhye; Christopher J. Gobler; Thalappil Pradeep
J Water Health (2026) 24 (9): 1286–1311.

Tracing contamination from unsealed on-site sanitation systems: evidence from a dye tracer study in Metro city, Indonesia
Gita Lestari Putri; Akna M. Ilmi; Cindy R. Priadi; Juliet Willetts; Tim Foster
J Water Health (2026) 24 (9): 1312–1323.

Systematic review of current approaches to prioritise chemical contaminants of emerging concern for research and management in the water industry
Peta A. Neale; Milou M. L. Dingemans; Marty Hancock; Steven D. Melvin; Stephanie Rinck-Pfeiffer; Frederic D. L. Leusch
J Water Health (2026) 24 (9): 1324–1336.

Microplastic contamination in the Karnaphuli River, Bangladesh: a case study of exposure pathways in data-scarce tropical river systems
Masuma Wahab; Abdul Hasib Mollah
J Water Health (2026) 24 (9): 1337–1355.

Environmental monitoring for antimicrobial resistance in a metropolitan watershed
David A. Holcomb; Molly E. Cantrell; Dorian J. Feistel; Michael Meyer; Jessica Sterling; Jessica Chen; Krittika Krishnan; Sung Im; Jason P. Folster; Justin Kim; Mark Burroughs; Sarah Nobles; Anna Stahl; Mia C. Mattioli
J Water Health (2026) 24 (9): 1356–1374.

Macroplastic and microplastic presence in riverbank, surface water, and sediment of a Japan agricultural river
Widyastuti Kusuma Wardhani; Kuriko Yokota; Takanobu Inoue; Hardianti Alimuddin; Nguyen Minh Ngoc
J Water Health (2026) 24 (8): 1121–1140.

Wastewater treatment configuration shapes ESBL- and KPC-producing gram-negative bacteria in effluents from a Colombian city: a one health perspective
Sara Morales; Diana Catalina Rodríguez; J. Natalia Jimenez; Gustavo A. Peñuela; Nancy J. Pino
J Water Health (2026) 24 (8): 1141–1156.

Spatial-temporal variability of metals and organic carbon in the upper awash and implications for TOC removal at Koka Water Treatment Plant (Ethiopia)
Emeru Assefa; Tesema Kebede; Meseret Dessalegne; Seyoum Bezabih
J Water Health (2026) 24 (8): 1157–1173.

Evaluation of drinking water suitability in rural primary school environments: linking hydrochemistry, multivariate analysis, and water quality indices in Northern Uganda
Walter Ojok; William Edema; Betty Akwongo; Asbjørn Haaning Nielsen; Morgan Andama
J Water Health (2026) 24 (8): 1174–1186.

Integrated risk assessment of industrial wastewater in a Bangladeshi export processing zone
Muhammad Saidur Rahman; Abdul Jalil; Sabbir Ahmed
J Water Health (2026) 24 (8): 1187–1204.