HEALTH-RELATED WATER MICROBIOLOGY

Identification and characterization of Escherichia coli isolated from the surface water of the Laramie River, Wyoming
Harneel Kaur; Baolin Wang; Kelsey Ruehling; Sarah M. Collins; Anahita Ghorbani Tajani; Bledar Bisha
J Water Health (2026) 24 (2): 93–108.

Decoding mycobacterial ecology in Sub-Saharan African wastewater: metagenomic and metatranscriptomic insights for tuberculosis surveillance
Hlengiwe N. Mtetwa; Isaac D. Amoah; Nonsikelelo P. Mthethwa-Hlongwa; Rian Pieerneef; Sheena Kumari; Faizal Bux; Poovendhree Reddy
J Water Health (2026) 24 (2): 109–127.

From contamination to decision-making: integrated indices and multivariate analysis for groundwater health risk assessment
Jesus Ruben Sánchez Navarro; Carmen Julia Navarro Gómez; Claudia Johana Hernández; Maria Lourdes Ballinas; David Humberto Sanchez
J Water Health (2026) 24 (2): 128–147.

Proof-of-concept of host attribution of antimicrobial resistance genes using wastewater Hi-C metagenome sequencing
Kongyang Zhu; Ayaaz Amirali; Benjamin Auch; Kristina M. Babler; Pratim Biswas; Kate Bowie; Shruti Choudhary; Benjamin B. Currall; George S. Grills; Hannah G. Healy; Ivan Liachko; Alexander G. Lucaci; Christopher E. Mason; Mark Sharkey; Oona Shigeno Risse-Adams; Bhavarth S. Shukla; Zach Sisson; Mario Stevenson; Sion L. Williams; Alessandro Zulli; Jordan Peccia; Helena M. Solo-Gabriele
J Water Health (2026) 24 (2): 148–159.

Case-control study of water and agricultural exposures among women in CKDu-endemic Sri Lanka
Marimar Contreras Nieves; Santhushya Hewapathiranage; F. Quin Zabel; Dhananjalee Mahalekam; Xue Yu; Chiran Weerakoon; Manoj Bandara; Isuru Bandara; Ishan Maduwantha; Dulanjalee Hearth; Ishara Athauda; Bhagya Rathnayake; Naduni Erandika; Nilantha Pushpakuamra; Eddie Lee; Kyla Baron; Vivek Bhalla; Karen L. Artiles; Andrew Fire; Stephen L. Schensul; Rohana Chandrajith; Penny Vlahos; Maria Montez-Rath; Shuchi Anand; Nishantha Nanayakkara
J Water Health (2026) 24 (2): 160–175.

Large-volume sampling for improved characterization of microbial contamination in agricultural waters: a case study from southeastern U.S. produce farms
Amy Kahler; Mia Mattioli; Moukaram Tertuliano; Morgan Schroeder; Peyton Smith; Devon Stoneburg; Nancy Strockbine; Courtney Wheeler; George Vellidis; Karen Levy; Vince Hill
J Water Health (2026) 24 (2): 176–188.

Silver tungstate/magnesium oxide nanocomposite as a high-performance adsorbent for bromide removal from aqueous systems
Awaad H. A. Aboterika; Osamah M. A. Shahlol; Ayman H. Kamel; Hazem A. Ghabbour; Abdulrahman A. Almehizia; Ahmed M. Naglah
J Water Health (2026) 24 (2): 189–203.

Cracking the code – an integrated wastewater-based approach for a more comprehensive assessment of current trends in cocaine and crack use in Switzerland
Livia Andrani; Valérie Marti; Margot Forterre; Nikola Saric; Robin Udrisard; Frank Zobel; Sanda Samitca; Olivier Delémont; Pierre Esseiva
J Water Health (2026) 24 (2): 204–220.

Recurrent outbreaks of cholera in Nigeria: a narrative review on the role of conflict and climate change
Bashar Haruna Gulumbe; Abdulrakib Abdulrahim; Ibrahim Idris; Yunusa Saheed; Kadai Alhaji Lawan
J Water Health (2026) 24 (2): 221–238.

Prevalence of enteric pathogens in mothers and children from communities in the La Paz River Basin Bolivia; associations with water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions
Cinthia Copeticona-Callejas; Sonia Jimenez; Alejandra Torrez-Mamani; Belén Choque-Pardo; Jorge Agramont; Josué Mamani-Jarro; Lucia Inchauste; Stéphane Priet; Adriana Soto; Carla Liera; Volga Iñiguez
J Water Health (2026) 24 (2): 239–263.

Environmental investigation of a hepatitis A outbreak associated with spring water consumption in an Anabaptist community: Kentucky, 2018–2019
Shanna Miko; Amy Kahler; Alexis Roundtree; Katharine Benedict; Monique Foster; Douglas Thoroughman; Amanda Odegard; Jennifer Khoury; Carrell Rush; Mohammad Zafrullah; Tonya Hayden; Michael Purdy; Lilia Ganova-Raeva; David Williams; Layne Mounsey; Adam Massey; Mia Mattioli
J Water Health (2026) 24 (2): 264–277.

Climate change and water-related diseases: a bibliometric, knowledge map, topic modeling, and content analysis
Serdar Karakullukcu; Irem Dilaver; Fatih Gurcan; Murat Topbas; Omer Faruk Savas; Nazim Ercument Beyhun
J Water Health (2026) 24 (2): 278–300.

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.

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.

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.