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HEALTH-RELATED WATER MICROBIOLOGY

International Water Association, Specialist Group

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Journal of Water and Health, Volume 24 Issue 1, 1 January 2026

Beyond the faucet: social-geographic disparities and trends in intermittent water supply in Peru
Akram Hernández-Vásquez; Rodrigo Vargas-Fernández
J Water Health (2025) 23 (1): 1–15.

Geochemical assessment of groundwater quality using Nemerov’s pollution index: a micro-level study in the groundwater critical zone of western Rajasthan, India
Sangeeta Parihar; Raina Jadhav; Suresh Kumar Pachak; Vijendra Singh Solanki; Saad S. Alarifi; Krishna Kumar Yadav; Neha Agarwal; Tathagata Ghosh; Virendra Kumar Yadav
J Water Health (2025) 23 (1): 16–25.

Wastewater microbiology: occurrence and prevalence of antibiotic-resistant extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in the district wastewater system
Mohamed Mohany; Jawad Aslam; Muhammad Adnan Ali; Baharullah Khattak; Fozia Fozia; Ijaz Ahmad; Muhammad Daud Khan; Salim S. Al-Rejaie; Ziaullah Ziaullah; Marija Milošević
J Water Health (2025) 23 (1): 26–42.

Influence of sewage effluent discharge on putative pathogen community in drinking water sources: insights from full-length 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing
Jie Zeng; Tomohiro Nakanishi; Ayato Hara; Sadahiko Itoh
J Water Health (2025) 23 (1): 43–57.

Climate change and waterborne diseases in temperate regions: a systematic review
Eunice A. Salubi; Zemichael Gizaw; Corinne J. Schuster-Wallace; Alain Pietroniro
J Water Health (2025) 23 (1): 58–78.

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Journal of Water and Health, Volume 23 Issue 12, 1 December 2025

Risk factors for well contamination in urban Indonesia: evidence to inform siting of wells and sanitation systems
Freya Mills; Siti Maysarah; Cindy Rianti Priadi; Juliet Willetts; Barbara Evans; Tim Foster
J Water Health (2025) 23 (12): 1415–1429.

Development of a health risk-based weighted water quality index using multivariate statistical analysis: a case study from Taichung’s Dajia River Basin, Taiwan
T.-Y. Hsieh; Pei-Te Chiueh
J Water Health (2025) 23 (12): 1430–1445.

Novel molecular assessment method using precursor ribosomal RNA to rapidly quantify hard-to-monitor pathogens in aqueous suspensions: application to ultraviolet disinfection of Mycobacterium avium
Nuha Alfahham; Katherine Y. Bell; Katherine Mudge; Glen T. Daigger
J Water Health (2025) 23 (12): 1446–1464.

Bacteriological quality of drinking water in Sekela district, West Gojjam, Amhara, Ethiopia
Yitayih Dessie; Bulti Kumera; Abraham Mikru
J Water Health (2025) 23 (12): 1465–1472.

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Journal of Water and Health, Volume 23 Issue 11, 1 November 2025

Water, sanitation, and hygiene challenges and disease burden in eastern India
Paramita Majumdar; Illias Sheikh; Chander Shekhar; Nawaj Sarif
J Water Health (2025) 23 (11): 1299–1312.

Effect of solution type and volume toxicity of lipopolysaccharide on Vibrio fischeri bioluminescence inhibition
Reyhane Dehghan; Khosro Piri; Asghar Abdoli; Saman Hosseinkhani; Saeid Soufizadeh
J Water Health (2025) 23 (11): 1313–1324.

Trends of adenovirus occurrence in drinking and wastewater treatment plants of the city of Hamadan, Iran
Iman Owliaee; Mehran Khaledian; Shahab Mahmoudvand; Nastaran Ansari; Absar Alum; Morteza Abbaszadegan; Farid Azizi Jalilian
J Water Health (2025) 23 (11): 1325–1340.

The linkages between water supply, sanitation and hygiene and small-scale irrigation: insights from rural Ethiopia
Elizabeth Bryan; Chloé van Biljon; Yeyoung Lee; Claudia Ringler; Dawit K. Mekonnen
J Water Health (2025) 23 (11): 1341–1354.

Transmission of fecal contamination to stored drinking water in unplanned settlements in Lusaka
MinLi Chua; Wutyi Naing; Imasiku Anayawa Nyambe; Kawawa Banda; Hidenori Harada
J Water Health (2025) 23 (11): 1355–1367.

Spatiotemporal variability in microbial water quality and fecal source tracking markers in a subtropical estuary and its tributaries
Joshua Alarcon; Keegan Brighton; Annika Nelson; Fernanda Mac-Allister Cedraz; Tiong Gim Aw
J Water Health (2025) 23 (11): 1368–1380.

Monochloramine effects on biofilm growth with/without orthophosphate in high-residence time drinking water model distribution systems
Mahmoud H. Badawy; Mitchell G. Cooke; Sigrid Peldszus; Robin M. Slawson; Peter M. Huck
J Water Health (2025) 23 (11): 1381–1396.

Comparison of antimicrobial-resistant E. coli and other coliforms from the upstream to estuary sections in three rivers with different basin characteristics
Special Collection: Antimicrobial Resistance Retrospective
Yoshihiro Suzuki; Yuki Kato; Ryota Funaguma; Rikako Kashima; Ryumi Nakamura; Emi Nishimura; Shoichiro Tamai
J Water Health (2025) 23 (11): 1397–1414.

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