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HEALTH-RELATED WATER MICROBIOLOGY

International Water Association, Specialist Group

HRWM News

Journal of Water and Health, December 2020, Vol. 18, Issue 6

Editorial: bacterial antibiotic resistance in the water environment
Gary Toranzos; Maronel Steyn; Tasha Santiago-Rodriguez; Daisuke Sano
J Water Health (2020) 18 (6): 855–857.

Updated research agenda for water, sanitation and antimicrobial resistance
Daisuke Sano; Astrid Louise Wester; Heike Schmitt; Mohan Amarasiri; Amy Kirby; Kate Medlicott; Ana Maria de Roda Husman
J Water Health (2020) 18 (6): 858–866.

High-throughput profiling of antibiotic resistance genes in wastewater: comparison between a pond system in Namibia and an activated sludge treatment in Germany
Shelesh Agrawal; Laura Orschler; Jochen Sinn; Susanne Lackner
J Water Health (2020) 18 (6): 867–878.

OPEN ACCESS!!! Fate and seasonal change of Escherichia coli resistant to different antibiotic classes at each stage of conventional activated sludge process
Ryo Honda; Chihiro Tachi; Mana Noguchi; Ryoko Yamamoto-Ikemoto; Toru Watanabe
J Water Health (2020) 18 (6): 879–889.

OPEN ACCESS!!! Antibiotic-resistant staphylococci from the wastewater treatment plant and grey-water samples in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Tomiwa Olumide Adesoji; Beverly Egyir; Adebayo Osagie Shittu
J Water Health (2020) 18 (6): 890–898.

Prevalence of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in treated wastewater: a comparison with nosocomial infection surveillance
Taro Urase; Mitsuhiro Okazaki; Hirofumi Tsutsui
J Water Health (2020) 18 (6): 899–910.

Incidence of enterococci resistant to clinically relevant antibiotics in environmental waters and in reclaimed waters used for irrigation
Silvia Monteiro; Ricardo Santos
J Water Health (2020) 18 (6): 911–924.

Antimicrobial resistance screening and profiles: a glimpse from the South African perspective
B. Genthe; L. Ndlela; T. Madlala
J Water Health (2020) 18 (6): 925–936.

OPEN ACCESS!!! Detection of Shiga toxin-encoding genes in small community water supplies
Melitza Crespo-Medina; Isabel Greaves; Paul R. Hunter; Harvey Minnigh; Graciela Ramírez-Toro
J Water Health (2020) 18 (6): 937–945.

Human water contact patterns in active schistosomiasis endemic areas
O. G. Oso; A. B. Odaibo
J Water Health (2020) 18 (6): 946–955.

Determination of log removal values of bacteria by spiral-wound reverse osmosis modules and a hollow fiber ultrafiltration module using Escherichia coli and indigenous heterotrophic bacteria as indicators
Yumiko Ohkouchi; Tomonobu Ase
J Water Health (2020) 18 (6): 956–967.

Cost-benefit analysis of point-of-use devices for health risks reduction from pathogens in drinking water
Marc Verhougstraete; Kelly A. Reynolds; Jennifer Pearce-Walker; Charles Gerba
J Water Health (2020) 18 (6): 968–982.

Occurrence of Cyanobacteria and microcystins in hydroelectric reservoirs used for fish farming
Maria Fernanda Falcone-Dias; Marianna Vaz Rodrigues; Jeppe Lund Nielsen; Nadieh de Jonge; Niels O. G. Jørgensen; Diego Peres Alonso; Gianmarco S. David; Reinaldo José da Silva; João Pessoa Araújo Júnior
J Water Health (2020) 18 (6): 983–994.

Identification and inactivation of Gordonia, a new chlorine-resistant bacterium isolated from a drinking water distribution system
Nannan Lu; Shaohua Sun; Fumin Chu; Mingquan Wang; Qinghua Zhao; Jinmiao Shi; Ruibao Jia
J Water Health (2020) 18 (6): 995–1008.

Laboratory efficacy of surface disinfection using chlorine against Vibrio cholerae
Gabrielle M. String; Eduardo Vargas Gutiérrez; Daniele S. Lantagne
J Water Health (2020) 18 (6): 1009–1019.

Microbiological investigations of two thermal baths in Budapest, Hungary. Report: effect of bathing and pool operation type on water quality
Anett Lippai; Rózsa Farkas; Sára Szuróczki; Attila Szabó; Tamás Felföldi; Marwene Toumi; Erika Tóth
J Water Health (2020) 18 (6): 1020–1032.

Groundwater chemistry and health risks associated with nitrate intake in Hailun, northeast China
Tian Hui; Sun Qifa; Kang Zhuang; Li Xuguang; Du Jizhong; Jin Hongtao
J Water Health (2020) 18 (6): 1033–1049.

OPEN ACCESS!!! Heavy metal assessment in drinking waters of Ecuador: Quito, Ibarra and Guayaquil
Isabel Cipriani-Avila; Jon Molinero; Eliza Jara-Negrete; Miren Barrado; César Arcos; Santiago Mafla; Fernando Custode; Gissela Vilaña; Natalia Carpintero; Valeria Ochoa-Herrera
J Water Health (2020) 18 (6): 1050–1064.

Monitoring of rotavirus in treated wastewater in Tehran with a monthly interval, in 2017–2018
Shadi Tavakoli Nick; Seyed Reza Mohebbi; Seyed Masoud Hosseini; Hamed Mirjalali; Masoud Alebouyeh
J Water Health (2020) 18 (6): 1065–1072.

Groundwater quality and non-carcinogenic health risk assessment of nitrate in the semi-arid region of Punjab, India
Akshay Kumar Chaudhry; Payal Sachdeva
J Water Health (2020) 18 (6): 1073–1083.

OPEN ACCESS!!! Compliance with a boil water advisory after the contamination of a municipal drinking water supply system in Norway
Kristian Franer; Hinta Meijerink; Susanne Hyllestad
J Water Health (2020) 18 (6): 1084–1090.

OPEN ACCESS!!! Molecular detection of beta-lactamase blaCTX-M group 1 in Escherichia coli isolated from drinking water in Khartoum State
Hisham N. Altayb; Eman Khalid Salih; Ehssan H. Moglad
J Water Health (2020) 18 (6): 1091–1097.

Household water quality in areas irrigated with wastewater in the Mezquital Valley, Mexico
Nallely Vázquez-Salvador; Miguel Atl Silva-Magaña; Marco Antonio Tapia-Palacios; Manuel Mora-López; Eunice Félix-Arellano; Sandra Rodríguez-Dozál; Horacio Riojas-Rodríguez; Marisa Mazari-Hiriart
J Water Health (2020) 18 (6): 1098–1109.

OPEN ACCESS!!! Exploring the impact of soil and water salinity on dietary behavior and health risk of coastal communities in Bangladesh
Suvasish Das Shuvo; Md. Ashrafuzzaman Zahid; Mohammad Mahfuzur Rahman; Rashida Parvin
J Water Health (2020) 18 (6): 1110–1123.

Evaluation of bacterial contamination and mutagenic potential of treated wastewater from Al-Samra wastewater treatment plant in Jordan
Nisreen A. AL-Quraan; Lubna I. Abu-Rub; Abdel-Kareem Sallal
J Water Health (2020) 18 (6): 1124–1138.

Isolation and identification of free-living amoebae isolated from well water in Istanbul
Miray Üstüntürk-Onan
J Water Health (2020) 18 (6): 1139–1145.

Microbiological evaluation of constructed wetlands and solar disinfection in wastewater treatment and reuse
Vinícius B. Santos; Beatriz S. Machado; Alexandre Atalla; Priscila S. Cavalheri; Fernando J. C. Magalhães Filho
J Water Health (2020) 18 (6): 1146–1153.

Jobs

Post-doc position offer from Heather Murphy

Dr. Heather Murphy, who runs the Water Health & Applied Microbiology (WHAM) Laboratory within the Department of Pathobiology in the Ontario Veterinary College and Dr. Ed McBean are looking for a post-doctoral fellow who is
interested in working on interdisciplinary research in the field of One Health with a focus on monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater.

Please see details from HERE.

Featured Publications

Quantitative analysis of SARS-CoV-2 RNA from wastewater solids in communities with low COVID-19 incidence and prevalence

Water Research, Volume 188, 1 January 2021, 116560.

Patrick M. D’Aoust, Elisabeth Mercier, Danika Montpetit, Jian-Jun Jia, Ilya Alexandrov, Nafisa Neault, Aiman Tariq Baig, Janice Mayne, Xu Zhang, Tommy Alain, Marc-André Langlois, Mark R. Servos, Malcolm MacKenzie, Daniel Figeys, Alex E. MacKenzie, Tyson E. Graber, Robert Delatolla

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0043135420310952

Featured Publications

Relationships among microbial indicators of fecal pollution, microbial source tracking markers, and pathogens in Costa Rican coastal waters

Water Research, Volume 188, 1 January 2021, 116507.

Adriana González-Fernández, Erin M. Symonds, Javier F. Gallard-Gongora, Bonnie Mull, Jerzy O. Lukasik, Pablo Rivera Navarro, Andrei Badilla Aguilar, Jayme Peraud, Megan L. Brown, Darner Mora Alvarado, Mya Breitbart, Maryann R. Cairns, Valerie J. Harwood

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0043135420310423

Events

European Geosciences Union General Assembly vEGU21: Gather Online (#vEGU21)

The next European Geosciences Union General Assembly vEGU21: Gather Online (#vEGU21) will take place entirely online from 19 to 30 April 2021.
You are invited to submit an abstracts to the following session:

Session HS2.3.5: Fate and transport processes of pathogens and emerging contaminants at multiple scales
Invited Speaker: Liping Pang
Conveners
: Julia Derx, Fulvio Boano, Jennifer Drummond, Margaret Stevenson 

This session aims to bring together communities from hydrological, microbiological and chemical sciences to increase the understanding about the dominant processes controlling fecal indicator, pathogen and contaminant fate and transport at larger scales. Consequently, we welcome contributions that aim to close these knowledge gaps and include both small and large-scale experimental, with the focus on

  • the fate and transport of fecal indicators, pathogens and emerging contaminants in rivers, groundwater and estuaries
  • Hydrological, physically based modelling approaches
  • Methods for identifying the dominant processes and for transferring fecal indicator, pathogen and contaminant transport parameters from the laboratory to the field or catchment scale
  • Investigations of the implications of contamination of water resources for water safety management planning and risk assessment frameworks

Please do submit an abstract on your work – we embrace diversity and support early career researchers!

For full details see: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/session/39644

Relevant dates

The deadline for abstract submission is January 13, 2020
Instructions for abstract submission can be found here.   

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