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International Water Association, Specialist Group

July 13, 2021

Water Convention 2022 Call for Papers

The Water Convention at Singapore International Water Week is a platform for gathering professionals and technology providers from around the world to share their knowledge, practical experiences and novel technologies to address the current and emerging water challenges under the following themes:

• Delivering Water from Source to Tap (Network)
• Delivering Water from Source to Tap (Treatment)
• Effective and Efficient Wastewater Management
(a) Treatment
(b) Conveyance
• Cities of the Future
• Water Quality and Health
• Nexus and Circularity

Please find the details from the following link:

https://www.siww.com.sg/landing-page/water-convention-2022-call-for-papers

July 12, 2021

HRWM News

Special Issue on COVID-19 and related virus assessments, impacts and solutions in desalination

This special issue aims to attract submissions on the assessment, impacts and future solutions related to desalination that are connected to the COVID-19 global pandemic of 2020. Please check out the details from the following link:
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/desalination/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-covid-19-and-related-virus-assessments

July 8, 2021

Projects

Demonstration of Pathogen Removal in Wastewater Reuse Systems

Global Water Pathogen Project
Newsletter Vol. 7, Issue 7
July 7, 2021
https://mailchi.mp/01cc95f65fee/gwpp-newsletter-demonstration-of-pathogen-reduction-in-wastewater-reuse-systems?e=e1e2204839

June 30, 2021

Jobs

Wastewater Surveillance Epidemiologist position offered by USEPA

This Title 42 position is located in the Office of Research and Development (ORD), Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response, Water Infrastructure Division.

Please check the details from the following link:
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/605934300

June 24, 2021

HRWM News

HRWM Newsletter, June 2021

The latest issue of HRWM Newsletter (June 2021) has been published. You can download it from the following link:
HRWM Newsletter June 2021

June 23, 2021

Projects

Sanitation System Technologies: Understanding Pathogen Reduction in Sanitation Systems

Global Water Pathogen Project
Newsletter Vol. 7, Issue 6
June 23, 2021
https://mailchi.mp/9c5fe0264e9b/gwpp-newsletter-understanding-pathogen-reduction-in-sanitation-systems?e=e1e2204839

June 20, 2021

Featured Publications

Using surrogate data to assess risks associated with microbial peak events in source water at drinking water treatment plants

Water Research, Volume 200, 15 July 2021, 117296.

Émile Sylvestre, Michèle Prévost, Jean-Baptiste Burnet, Patrick Smeets, Gertjan Medema, Mounia Hachad, Sarah Dorner

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0043135421004942

June 20, 2021

Featured Publications

Monitoring of hospital sewage shows both promise and limitations as an early-warning system for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in a low-prevalence setting

Water Research, Volume 200, 15 July 2021, 117261.

Carl-Fredrik Flach, Marion Hutinel, Mohammad Razavi, Christina Åhrén, D. G. Joakim Larsson

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0043135421004590

June 20, 2021

Featured Publications

Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 in municipal wastewater to evaluate the success of lockdown measures for controlling COVID-19 in the UK

Water Research, Volume 200, 15 July 2021, 117214.

Luke S. Hillary, Kata Farkas, Kathryn H. Maher, Anita Lucaci, Jamie Thorpe, Marco A. Distaso, William H. Gaze, Steve Paterson, Terry Burke, Thomas R. Connor, James E. McDonald, Shelagh K. Malham, David L. Jones

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0043135421004127

June 20, 2021

Featured Publications

Wastewater monitoring outperforms case numbers as a tool to track COVID-19 incidence dynamics when test positivity rates are high

Water Research, Volume 200, 15 July 2021, 117252.

Xavier Fernandez-Cassi, Andreas Scheidegger, Carola Bänziger, Federica Cariti, Alex Tuñas Corzon, Pravin Ganesanandamoorthy, Joseph C. Lemaitre, Christoph Ort, Timothy R. Julian, Tamar Kohn

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0043135421004504

June 20, 2021

Featured Publications

Ultra-fast and onsite interrogation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in waters via surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)

Water Research, Volume 200, 15 July 2021, 117243.

Dayi Zhang, Xiaoling Zhang, Rui Ma, Songqiang Deng, Xinzi Wang, Xinquan Wang, Xian Zhang, Xia Huang, Yi Liu, Guanghe Li, Jiuhui Qu, Yu Zhu, Junyi Li

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0043135421004413

June 20, 2021

Featured Publications

Dawning of a new ERA: Environmental Risk Assessment of antibiotics and their potential to select for antimicrobial resistance

Water Research, Volume 200, 15 July 2021, 117233.

Aimee K. Murray, Isobel Stanton, William H. Gaze, Jason Snape

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0043135421004310

June 18, 2021

Events

Water Convention 2021 at Singapore International Water Week 2021 Online

Please find the list of oral and poster presenters of Water Convention 2021 at Singapore International Water Week 2021 Online!
https://www.siww.com.sg/home/attend/siww2021-online/water-convention#_ptoo_978

June 17, 2021

Events

IWA Webinar for COVID-19: Protecting communities with wastewater-based epidemiology

IWA Webinar for COVID-19: Protecting communities with wastewater-based epidemiology was held on June 17th. The recoded webinar and related materials will be available from the following link very soon:

https://iwa-network.org/learn/covid-19-protecting-communities-with-wastewater-based-epidemiology/

June 10, 2021

Events

SIWW2021 Online opens on 21 June!

Register now to access a wide gamut of utility & industry-focused content sessions. For registration, please check the following link:

https://www.siww.com.sg/qql/slot/u143/eDM/June%202021%20eDM.html

HEALTH-RELATED WATER MICROBIOLOGY

Water Convention 2022 Call for Papers

Special Issue on COVID-19 and related virus assessments, impacts and solutions in desalination

Demonstration of Pathogen Removal in Wastewater Reuse Systems

Wastewater Surveillance Epidemiologist position offered by USEPA

HRWM Newsletter, June 2021

Sanitation System Technologies: Understanding Pathogen Reduction in Sanitation Systems

Using surrogate data to assess risks associated with microbial peak events in source water at drinking water treatment plants

Monitoring of hospital sewage shows both promise and limitations as an early-warning system for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in a low-prevalence setting

Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 in municipal wastewater to evaluate the success of lockdown measures for controlling COVID-19 in the UK

Wastewater monitoring outperforms case numbers as a tool to track COVID-19 incidence dynamics when test positivity rates are high

Ultra-fast and onsite interrogation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in waters via surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)

Dawning of a new ERA: Environmental Risk Assessment of antibiotics and their potential to select for antimicrobial resistance

Water Convention 2021 at Singapore International Water Week 2021 Online

IWA Webinar for COVID-19: Protecting communities with wastewater-based epidemiology

SIWW2021 Online opens on 21 June!

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