HEALTH-RELATED WATER MICROBIOLOGY

This Journal of Water & Health’s special issue addresses research and experience with drinking water safety plans (WSPs) and is published on the 20th anniversary of the WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality (WHO 2004) and the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines (NHMRC 2004) that proposed a preventive risk management approach for ensuring safe drinking water.
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Heavy metal contamination in Sungai Petani, Malaysia: a wastewater-based epidemiology study
Iqbal Iman Ruzi; Ahmad Razali Ishak; Muhamad Azwat Abdullah; Nur Nadhirah Mohamad Zain; Abdul Rohim Tualeka; Retno Adriyani; Rafeezul Mohamed; Hisham Atan Edinur; Mohd Yusmaidie Aziz
J Water Health (2024) 22 (6): 953–966.

A soft-sensor approach for predicting an indicator virus removal efficiency of a pilot-scale anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR)
Syun-suke Kadoya; Yifan Zhu; Rong Chen; Chao Rong; Yuyou Li; Daisuke Sano
J Water Health (2024) 22 (6): 967–977.

Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater from a shared septic system and sub-sewershed sites to expand COVID-19 disease surveillance
A. B. Tanvir Pasha; Nadine Kotlarz; David Holcomb; Stacie Reckling; Judith Kays; Erika Bailey; Virginia Guidry; Ariel Christensen; Steven Berkowitz; Lawrence S. Engel; Francis de los Reyes; Angela Harris
J Water Health (2024) 22 (6): 978–992.

Different paradigms for dealing with urban water issues, using new technological and governance solutions, learning from Chinese, Indian and European experiences
Meine Pieter van Dijk
J Water Health (2024) 22 (6): 993–1004.

The complex association between drinking water consumption and endemic gastrointestinal illness as shown by Swedish cohort studies
Melle Säve-Söderbergh; Jonas Toljander; Magnus Simonsson
J Water Health (2024) 22 (6): 1005–1016.

Assessment of microplastics and associated ecological risk in the Hirakud Reservoir, Odisha, India
Kiran Bala Patra; Iswar Baitharu
J Water Health (2024) 22 (6): 1017–1032.

Antibiotic resistance profiles of sentinel bacteria isolated from aquaculture in Cambodia
Chanthol Peng; Sopheavattey Moniroth; Panha Khy; Sopheaktra Chea; Channmuny Thanh; Oudam Heng; Samira Sarter; Sokleaph Cheng; Domenico Caruso
J Water Health (2024) 22 (6): 1033–1043.

Endotoxin, a novel biomarker for the rapid risk assessment of faecal contamination of coastal and transitional waters
Christian R. Good; Alistair White; Joao Brandao; Simon Jackson
J Water Health (2024) 22 (6): 1044–1052.

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in wastewater resources and healthy carriers: A survey in Iran
Shabnam Khavandi; Nasrin Habibzadeh; Kamal Hasani; Mehran Sardari; Mohsen Arzanlou
J Water Health (2024) 22 (6): 1053–1063.

Point-of-use chlorine residuals and disinfection byproduct occurrences in rural households served by public water utilities in Appalachian Virginia
Md Rasheduzzaman; Bethesda O’Connell; Leigh-Anne Krometis; Teresa Brown; Alasdair Cohen
J Water Health (2024) 22 (6): 1064–1074.

Dietary risk assessment of drinking water and fish from cultivated wetlands of Ndop
Therese Ncheuveu Nkwatoh; Patricia Bi Asanga Fai; Martin Ngankam Tchamba; Nokenyi Emmanuel Titaku
J Water Health (2024) 22 (6): 1075–1087.

Evaluation of phosphate insecticides and common herbicides: monitoring and risk assessment in water treatment plant, distribution networks, and underground water wells
Ali Akbar Tahmasebi; Zeynab Tabatabaei; Abooalfazl Azhdarpoor; Alireza Salimi Beni
J Water Health (2024) 22 (6): 1088–1101.

Potassium ferrate’s disinfecting ability: a study on human adenovirus, Giardia duodenalis, and microbial indicators under varying pH and water temperature conditions
Laura A. Boczek; Michael W. Ware; Mark R. Rodgers; Hodon Ryu
J Water Health (2024) 22 (6): 1102–1110.

Analysing the interlinkage between diarrhoea and drinking water faecal contamination in India
Gaurav Kapse; Satish Agnihotri; Pankaj Sekhsaria; Murali Sastry
J Water Health (2024) 22 (6): 1111–1124.

Ensuring safe drinking water: converting commitment into action and foresight
Steve E. Hrudey; Maria J. Gunnarsdottir; Annalisa Contos; Susan Petterson
J Water Health (2024) 22 (5): iii–viii.

Domestic access to water in a decentralized truck-to-cistern system: a case study in the Northern Village of Kangiqsualujjuaq, Nunavik (Canada)
Alexandra Cassivi; Anne Carabin; Caetano Dorea; Manuel J. Rodriguez; Stéphanie Guilherme
J Water Health (2024) 22 (5): 797–810.

SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance at two university campuses: lessons learned and insights on intervention strategies for public health guidance
Alexis M. Porter; John J. Hart; Richard R. Rediske; David C. Szlag
J Water Health (2024) 22 (5): 811–824.

Characterization of biofilm formation and multi-drug resistance among Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from hospital wastewater in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Md Abu Sayem Khan; Zahidul Islam; SM Tanjil Shah; Sabita Rezwana Rahman
J Water Health (2024) 22 (5): 825–834.

Schistosoma mansoni infection in residents of a riverside community in Eastern Amazon
Isabelle Helena Lima Dias; Álvaro Luan Santana Fonseca; Sergei Rodrigo Magalhães de Sousa; Maria Isabel Montoril Gouveia; Layana Rufino Ribeiro; Christiane de Oliveira Goveia; Joyce Favacho Cardoso Nogueira; Martin Johannes Enk; Ricardo José de Paula Souza e Guimarães; Karla Valéria Batista Lima
J Water Health (2024) 22 (5): 835–841.

Examining the efficacy of the legal framework governing the management of greywater in South Africa’s informal settlements
Babalo Vala; Ntokozo Malazaa
J Water Health (2024) 22 (5): 842–858.

Exploring the drinking water supply in Rwanda with panel data analysis
Janvier Mwitirehe; Cheruiyot W. Kipruto; Charles Ruranga
J Water Health (2024) 22 (5): 859–877.

Intense malarial transmission during the dry season in irrigated rice-growing areas: a case study in Sakassou, Côte d’Ivoire
Obo Armel-Hermann Beke; Dounin Danielle Zoh; Serge-Brice Assi; Constant N. G. Gbalegba; Konan Fabrice Assouho; Mardoché R. K. Azongnibo; Constant A. V. Edi; Antoine M. Tanoh; Grégoire Y. Yapi; Maurice A. Adja
J Water Health (2024) 22 (5): 878–886.

Direct injection ultra-performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry for the high-throughput determination of etomidate and etomidate acid in wastewater
Shuai Yuan; Yue Xiao; Ruxin Luo; Xin Wang; Ping Xiang
J Water Health (2024) 22 (5): 887–895.

Compliance and adherence to hand hygiene practices for effective infection control
Abubakari Ibn Sidiki; Aliu Moomin; Alexandr Nikolaevich Lishchuk; Maridia Kunateh Adam; Malik Kiaed Al-Ariki; Vadim Alexandrovich Ananko; Linus Baatiema; Nomo Richard Angmortey; Paa Kofi Tawiah Adu-Gyamfi; Kwesi Boadu Mensah
J Water Health (2024) 22 (5): 896–904.

Commercial reverse osmosis point-of-use systems in Egypt failed to purify tap water
Mahmoud Gad; Mohamed A. Marouf; Amr Abogabal; Anyi Hu; Noura Nabet
J Water Health (2024) 22 (5): 905–922.

Spatiotemporal assessment of pathogenic Leptospira in subtropical coastal watersheds
Ronell Bridgemohan; Matthew J. Deitch; Emily Harmon; Matt R. Whiles; P. Christopher Wilson; Eban Bean; Puran Bridgemohan; Joseph H. Bisesi; Jodel Nicholas; Aaden Redhead; … Show more
J Water Health (2024) 22 (5): 923–938.

Heavy metal profile with health risk peculiarities in Enugu State and their long-term challenges in drinking water
Bright Chigozie Ichu; Nwanyinnaya Akuagwu Nwogu; Alexander Iheanyichukwu Opara; Albert Chibuzo Agulanna; Amarachi Udoka Nkwoada
J Water Health (2024) 22 (5): 939–952.