HEALTH-RELATED WATER MICROBIOLOGY

Implementing risk-based approaches to improve drinking water quality in small water supplies in the Nordic region – barriers and solutions
Maria J. Gunnarsdottir; Sigurdur M. Gardarsson; Magnus Eriksson; Hans-Jörgen Albrechtsen; Kim Steve Gerlach Bergkvist; Pekka M. Rossi; Riikka Matilainen; Lisbeth Truelstrup Hansen; Pernille Erland Jensen; Judith Y. A. Maréchal; Mette Myrmel; Frida Celius Kalheim; Kenneth M. Persson; August Bjerkén; Jamie Bartram
J Water Health (2023) 21 (12): 1747–1760.

Development of a tool to support operationalising water safety plans: experiences from a national water utility in Ghana
David Sheehan; Phillip Fasham; Rory Moses McKeown; Asoka Jayaratne
J Water Health (2023) 21 (12): 1761–1771.

Experiences from integrating water and sanitation safety planning in small systems in rural Serbia
Harold van den Berg; Bettina Rickert; Jerome Lock-Wah-Hoon; Dragana Jovanovic; Sanja Bijelovic; Snezana Gligorijevic; Vesna Karadzic; Milena Vasic; Ana Maria de Roda Husman
J Water Health (2023) 21 (12): 1772–1783.

Sanitary inspection and microbial health risks associated with enteric bacteria in groundwater sources in Ilara-Mokin and Ibule-Soro, Nigeria
Adewale Oluwasogo Olalemi; Roseline Atiba; Sally Weston; Guy Howard
J Water Health (2023) 21 (12): 1784–1794.

A critical review of risk matrices used in water safety planning: improving risk matrix construction
Kaycie Lane; Steve E. Hrudey
J Water Health (2023) 21 (12): 1795–1811.

Operationalising water safety plans for Melbourne – a large city case study
Asoka Jayaratne; Mellisa Steele; Melita Stevens; Kate van Lieshout; Luke Curran; Matthew Higginbotham; Toby Prosser; Luke Dickson; Kim Mosse; Anthea McManemin
J Water Health (2023) 21 (12): 1812–1833.

E. coli contamination of drinking water sources in rural and urban settings: an analysis of 38 nationally representative household surveys (2014–2021)
Thiago M. Santos; Andrea Wendt; Carolina V. N. Coll; Meghan A. Bohren; Aluisio J. D. Barros
J Water Health (2023) 21 (12): 1834–1846.

Tritium contents in drinking and surface seawaters before the nuclear power plant planned in Sinop (Türkiye) and their radiological risks on human population
Serdar Dizman; Feyza Zeynep Aşık; Ali Erdem Özçelik; Recep Keser; Filiz Korkmaz Görür
J Water Health (2023) 21 (12): 1847–1857.

Isolation and identification of antimicrobial susceptibility, biofilm formation, efflux pump activity, and virulence determinants in multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from freshwater fishes
Kummari Suresh; Devika Pillai; Manju Soman; Akula Sreenivas; Robin Paul
J Water Health (2023) 21 (12): 1858–1870.

Waste materials composited into an adsorbent for landfill leachate treatment
K. K. P. S. Kumara; W. K. C. Neetha Dayanthi
J Water Health (2023) 21 (12): 1871–1897.

Short-term impacts of a large cultural event on the microbial pollution status of a pre-alpine river
Melanie Leopold; Nikola Krlovic; Michael Schagerl; Jakob Schelker; Alexander K. T. Kirschner
J Water Health (2023) 21 (12): 1898–1907.

Chemical risks in drinking water of inhabitants in the basin of the Tonle Sap Great Lake
Kongkea Phan; Sophanith Hoeng; Samnang Phin; Noreaksatya The; Tharith Sriv; Vibol Sao; Chan Oeurn Chey
J Water Health (2023) 21 (12): 1908–1921.

Hydrogen peroxide preoxidation as a strategy for enhanced antimicrobial photodynamic action against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Kamila Jessie Sammarro Silva; Alessandra Ramos Lima; Lucas Danilo Dias; Mariana de Souza; Thalita Hellen Nunes Lima; Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato
J Water Health (2023) 21 (12): 1922–1932.

Surveillance of Naegleria fowleri in Louisiana’s public water systems
Lauren Ward; Samendra P. Sherchan
J Water Health (2023) 21 (11): 1627–1631.

Dengue hemorrhagic fever: a growing global menace
Shakeela Parveen; Zainab Riaz; Saba Saeed; Urwah Ishaque; Mehwish Sultana; Zunaira Faiz; Zainab Shafqat; Saman Shabbir; Sana Ashraf; Amna Marium
J Water Health (2023) 21 (11): 1632–1650.

Effect of handwashing on the reduction of Escherichia coli on children’s hands in an urban slum Indonesia
Mahmud Aditya Rifqi; Umi Hamidah; Neni Sintawardani; Hidenori Harada; Sikopo Nyambe; Akira Sai; Taro Yamauchi
J Water Health (2023) 21 (11): 1651–1662.

Dual system of water safety plan auditing in Hungary: benefits and lessons learnt
Zsuzsanna Bufa-Dőrr; Ágnes Sebestyén; Bálint Izsák; Oliver Schmoll; Tamás Pándics; Márta Vargha
J Water Health (2023) 21 (11): 1663–1675.

Effects of the nutrient inhibition on the yield of DBPFPs by Microcystis aeruginosa
Liu Zhiquan; Huang Rui; Wang Zhu; Cui Fuyi; Hu Chun
J Water Health (2023) 21 (11): 1676–1685.

Hospital waste incinerator ash: characteristics, treatment techniques, and applications (A review)
Nuseibah Abd Alhameed El-Amaireh; Habis Al-Zoubi; Omar Ali Al-Khashman
J Water Health (2023) 21 (11): 1686–1702.

Analysis and risk assessment of pharmaceutical residues in fish from three water bodies in Ghana
Albert Ebo Duncan; Christian Adokoh; Martha Osei-Marfo; Samuel Barnie; Aboagye George Sakyi; Josephe Adjei
J Water Health (2023) 21 (11): 1703–1715.

Comparison of 17β-estradiol, bisphenol-A and caffeine concentration levels before and after the water treatment plant
Graziela Taís Schmitt; Marcelo Oliveira Caetano; Vinícius Martins Marques; Amanda Gonçalves Kieling; Marie Launay; Lilia Itzel Acosta Muñiz; Luciana Paulo Gomes
J Water Health (2023) 21 (11): 1716–1726.

Prevalence and genetic distribution of Legionella spp. in public bath facilities in Kobe City, Japan
Shoko Komatsu; Shinobu Tanaka; Noriko Nakanishi
J Water Health (2023) 21 (11): 1727–1734.

First report of Acanthamoebae spp. isolation from a volcanic mud spring in the Philippines
Crisselle Marie Celis; Isabella Marie Caburnay; Fritz Irish Avila; Hannah Mica Conol; Aleli Cuevas; Maria Angela Cunan; J Piolo Blanco; Kenneth Bryan Banal; Ma. Frieda Z. Hapan; Edilberto P. Manahan; Mark F. F. E. Padua; Frederick R. Masangkay; Giovanni D. Jesus Milanez
J Water Health (2023) 21 (11): 1735–1740.

Water containers and the preferable conditions for laying eggs by Aedes mosquitoes in Maros Regency, South of Sulawesi, Indonesia
Made Agus Nurjana; Yuyun Srikandi; Tri Juni Wijatmiko; Nurul Hidayah; Rina Isnawati; Octaviani Octaviani; Gunawan Gunawan; Samarang Samarang; Meiske Elisabeth Koraang; Hayani Anastasia; Ningsi Ningsi
J Water Health (2023) 21 (11): 1741–1746.

Water, sanitation and hygiene challenges of forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals in Rohingya camps in Bangladesh
Khusnur Jahan Shapna; Kamrul Hasan; Kazi Humayun Kabir; Jianfeng Li; Md. Lokman Hossain
J Water Health (2023) 21 (10): 1385–1403.

Misjudging drinking water quality risk: Adopting a barrier approach for meaningful risk assessment to address latent risks
Richard Walker
J Water Health (2023) 21 (10): 1404–1420.

Waterborne transmission of protozoan parasites: a review of worldwide outbreaks – an update 2017–2022
Pavlina Bourli; Aida Vafae Eslahi; Ourania Tzoraki; Panagiotis Karanis
J Water Health (2023) 21 (10): 1421–1447.

lmplementation of a national regulatory framework for drinking water safety plans in Uruguay
Jose M. P. Vieira; Sandra Rodríguez; Paula Suarez; Ricardo Kramer
J Water Health (2023) 21 (10): 1448–1459.

Identification of some microbial flora contained in slaughterhouse effluent and likely to be effective in its treatment by biological process
Esther Maurelle Ngouyamnsa Ghenmi; Djonga Weldi Gnowe; Eric Noubissie; Guy Bertrand Noumi; Ali Ahmed
J Water Health (2023) 21 (10): 1460–1469.

Contamination, ecological, and human health risks of heavy metals in water from a Pb–Zn–F mining area, North Eastern Nigeria
Adeniyi JohnPaul Adewumi; Temitope Ayodeji Laniyan
J Water Health (2023) 21 (10): 1470–1488.

Classification of bottled waters marketed and consumed in Algeria through statistical approaches
Khadidja Ketrouci; Mohammed Meddi; Naouel Bouregba; Imene Zatout; Asmae Rezki
J Water Health (2023) 21 (10): 1489–1502.

Temporal and spatial variations of disinfection by-products in South Taihu’s drinking water, Zhejiang Province, China
Tao Liu; Min Zhang; Dong Wen; Yun Fu; Jianhua Yao; Guojian Shao; Zhang Peng
J Water Health (2023) 21 (10): 1503–1517.

Genotypic detection of β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli isolates obtained from Seven Crater Lakes of San Pablo, Laguna, Philippines
Diana Rose D. Mamawal; Jonah David V. Calayo; Kherson P. Gandola; Mae Ashley G. Nacario; Mark Raymond A. Vejano; Laurice Beatrice Raphaelle O. dela Peña; Windell L. Rivera
J Water Health (2023) 21 (10): 1518–1529.

Assessing water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) practices and their association with diarrhoea in under-five children in urban Chandernagore: Community-based evidence from a small municipal corporation in Hooghly District of West Bengal, India
Sayantani Chatterjee; Debojyoti Majumder; M. N. Roy
J Water Health (2023) 21 (10): 1530–1549.

Water quality monitoring in southern Brazil and the assessment of risk factors related to contamination by coliforms and Escherichia coli
Nathalia Geovana Nascimento Santos; Luana Carvalho Silva; Gustavo Henrique Migliorini Guidone; Victor Hugo Montini; Bruno Henrique Dias Oliva; Arthur Bossi Nascimento; Diana Nara Ribeiro de Sousa; Emília Kiyomi Kuroda; Sergio Paulo Dejato Rocha
J Water Health (2023) 21 (10): 1550–1561.

When the implementation of water safety plans fail: rethinking the approach to water safety planning following a serious waterborne outbreak and implications for subsequent water sector reforms
Jim Graham; Kathryn Russell; Brent Gilpin
J Water Health (2023) 21 (10): 1562–1571.

Isolation and genotyping of Acanthamoeba species and Vahlkampfiidae in the harsh environmental conditions in the centre of Iran
Azam Pourabbasi Ardekan; Maryam Niyyati; Reza Saberi; Leyli Zanjirani Farahani; Marziye Fatemi
J Water Health (2023) 21 (10): 1572–1579.

Comparison of four commercial immunomagnetic separation kits for the detection of Cryptosporidium
Jeanne Claudeen Arona; Timothy J. Hall; Flyn Mckinnirey; Fei Deng
J Water Health (2023) 21 (10): 1580–1590.

Efficacy of combined disinfection with a nitric oxide donor in controlling biofilm formation on the reverse osmosis water pathway for hemodialysis
Yoshihiro Tange; Ayane Murata; Shigenori Yoshitake
J Water Health (2023) 21 (10): 1591–1599.

Effects of disinfection by-products in swimming pool environments on the immunological mechanisms of respiratory diseases
Bo-Ae Lee
J Water Health (2023) 21 (10): 1600–1610.

First report of free-living amoebae in sewage treatment plants in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil
Thaisla Cristiane Borella da Silva; Daniel Leal dos Santos; Marilise Brittes Rott
J Water Health (2023) 21 (10): 1611–1624.

More movement with manure: increased mobility of erythromycin through agricultural soil in the presence of manure
Christine B. Georgakakos; Carmen Enid Martínez; Damian E. Helbling; M. Todd Walter
J Water Health (2023) 21 (9): 1143–1157.

Performance evaluation of biocoagulant for the effective removal of turbidity and microbial pathogens from drinking water
Zenebe Nigussie; Nigus Gabbiye Habtu
J Water Health (2023) 21 (9): 1158–1176.

Groundwater vulnerability assessment of nitrate pollution in the Ankang Basin: using an optimized DRASTIC-LY method
Tian Hui; Xiao Changlai; Xu Honggen; Liang Xiujuan; Qian Jianli; Qiao Longtan; Zhang Weilong; Zhang Hong
J Water Health (2023) 21 (9): 1177–1192.

Health risk assessment of nitrate pollution of drinking groundwater in rural areas of Suihua, China
Qifa Sun; Ke Yang; Tao Liu; Junbo Yu; Chunhai Li; Dexian Yang; Chen Hu; Lin Guo
J Water Health (2023) 21 (9): 1193–1208.

Community intervention trial for estimating risk of acute gastrointestinal illness from groundwater-supplied non-disinfected drinking water
Mark A. Borchardt; Burney A. Kieke, Jr.; Susan K. Spencer; Elisabetta Lambertini; Tucker R. Burch; Frank J. Loge
J Water Health (2023) 21 (9): 1209–1227.

Sunlight photolysis of SARS-CoV-2 N1 gene target in the water environment: considerations for the environmental surveillance of wastewater-impacted surface waters
Fiona B. Dunn; Andrea I. Silverman
J Water Health (2023) 21 (9): 1228–1241.

Modeled and measured SARS-CoV-2 virus in septic tank systems for wastewater surveillance
Dong Li; Hunter Quon; Jared Ervin; Sunny Jiang; Diego Rosso; Laurie C. Van De Werfhorst; Brandon Steets; Patricia A. Holden
J Water Health (2023) 21 (9): 1242–1256.

Effect of Kangen and reverse osmosis water on dental plaque, salivary pH and salivary Streptococcus mutans counts: a randomized-controlled trial (A preliminary study)
Ananta Kusumakar; Zainab Akram; Mahesh Ravindra Khairnar; Sachin Kumar Jadhav; Harloveen Sabharwal; Savitha Priyadarsini S; Naveen Kumar PG
J Water Health (2023) 21 (9): 1257–1263.

Rapidly developed, optimized, and applied wastewater surveillance system for real-time monitoring of low-incidence, high-impact MPOX outbreak
Chandler H. Wong; Zhihao Zhang; Walaa Eid; Julio Plaza-Diaz; Pervez Kabir; Shen Wan; Jian-Jun Jia; Elisabeth Mercier; Ocean Thakali; Lakshmi Pisharody; Nada Hegazy; Sean E. Stephenson; Wanting Fang; Tram B. Nguyen; Nathan T. Ramsay; R. Michael McKay; Ryland Corchis-Scott; Alex E. MacKenzie; Tyson E. Graber; Patrick M. D’ Aoust; Robert Delatolla
J Water Health (2023) 21 (9): 1264–1276.

Antibiotic resistance and virulence potentials of E. faecalis and E. faecium in hospital wastewater: a case study in Ardabil, Iran
Elham Jannati; Farzad Khademi; Meysam Manouchehrifar; Dadras Maleki; Nour Amirmozaffari; Vajihe Sadat Nikbin; Mohsen Arzanlou
J Water Health (2023) 21 (9): 1277–1290.

Legionella detection in wastewater treatment plants with increased risk for Legionella growth and emission
Harold van den Berg; Willemijn Lodder; Alvin Bartels; Petra Brandsema; Lucie Vermeulen; Gretta Lynch; Sjoerd Euser; Ana Maria de Roda Husman
J Water Health (2023) 21 (9): 1291–1302.

Correlation between wastewater and COVID-19 case incidence rates in major California sewersheds across three variant periods
Angela Rabe; Sindhu Ravuri; Elisabeth Burnor; Joshua A. Steele; Rose S. Kantor; Samuel Choi; Stanislav Forman; Ryan Batjiaka; Seema Jain; Tomás M. León; Duc J. Vugia; Alexander T. Yu
J Water Health (2023) 21 (9): 1303–1317.

Inactivation of coxsackievirus B5 by free chlorine under conditions relevant to drinking water treatment
Vu Duc Canh; Shotaro Torii; Tippawan Singhopon; Hiroyuki Katayama
J Water Health (2023) 21 (9): 1318–1324.

The impact of chlorine, ultraviolet-C, and microwave treatment on the survivability of Blastocystis sp. cysts
Amira B. Mokhtar; Panagiotis Karanis; Chad Schou; Shahira A. Ahmed
J Water Health (2023) 21 (9): 1325–1341.

Molecular characterisation and potential pathogenicity analysis of Acanthamoeba isolated from recreational lakes in Peninsular Malaysia
Rohaya Abdul Halim; Rosnani Hanim Mohd Hussain; Shafiq Aazmi; Hasseri Halim; Naveed Ahmed Khan; Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui; Tengku Shahrul Anuar
J Water Health (2023) 21 (9): 1342–1356.

ECHIDNA (Emerging CHemIcals Database for National Awareness): a framework to prioritise contaminants of emerging concern in water
Peta A. Neale; Steven D. Melvin; Marty Hancock; Frederic D. L. Leusch
J Water Health (2023) 21 (9): 1357–1368.

Field demonstration of UV-LED disinfection at small and decentralized water facilities
Kumiko Oguma
J Water Health (2023) 21 (9): 1369–1384.

Non-potable water reuse and the public health risks from protozoa and helminths: a case study from a city with a semi-arid climate
Ayushi Chaudhary; Shubham Rana; Rajveer Singh; Patrick L. Gurian; Walter Betancourt; Arun Kumar; Amit Kumar
J Water Health (2023) 21 (8): 981–994.

A membrane filtration method for the enumeration of Escherichia coli in bathing water and other waters with high levels of background bacteria
Merel A. Kemper; Christiaan Veenman; Hetty Blaak; Franciska M. Schets
J Water Health (2023) 21 (8): 995–1003.

Ecological and human health risk assessments of cyanotoxins and heavy metals in a drinking water supply reservoir
Luu Thanh Pham; Yen Thi Hoang Tran; Thai Thanh Tran; Ha Manh Bui; Luom Thi Le; Son Thanh Dao; Duc Tan Nguyen
J Water Health (2023) 21 (8): 1004–1016.

Efficient adsorption of tartrazine from an aqueous solution using a low-cost orange peel powder
Amana Tokodne Honorine; Abia Daouda; Domga T.; Domga Richard; Noumi Guy Bertrand
J Water Health (2023) 21 (8): 1017–1031.

Antimicrobial resistome and mobilome in the urban river affected by combined sewer overflows and wastewater treatment effluent
Muhammad Adnan Sabar; Than Van Huy; Yoshinori Sugie; Hiroyuki Wada; Bo Zhao; Norihisa Matsuura; Masaru Ihara; Toru Watanabe; Hiroaki Tanaka; Ryo Honda
J Water Health (2023) 21 (8): 1032–1050.

Exploring the nexus of water insecurity and psychological distress in Windhoek’s informal settlements, Namibia
Tobias Willem Shinyemba; Khanyisile Cloete
J Water Health (2023) 21 (8): 1051–1063.

Culturable mycobiota of drinking water in Göteborg (Sweden) in comparison to Ljubljana (Slovenia) with implications on human health
Monika Novak Babič; Nina Gunde-Cimerman
J Water Health (2023) 21 (8): 1064–1072.

Drinking water quality management progress in Ontario, two decades after Walkerton
Megan Fuller; Emma Wells; Laith Furatian; Ian Douglas; Kaycie Lane
J Water Health (2023) 21 (8): 1073–1085.

Equilibrium, kinetics and thermodynamics of biosorption of U(VI) by Jonesia quinghaiensis strain ZFSY-01 isolated from the wastewater of a uranium mine
Gen Xie; Henglei Chen; Peihong Mao; Guangwen Feng
J Water Health (2023) 21 (8): 1086–1097.

Supporting the implementation of drinking water management systems in New South Wales, Australia
Tran T. Huynh; Leslie Jarvis; Wendy Henderson; Zenah Bradford-Hartke; Sandy Leask; Katherine Gajo; Joshua Tickell; Katrina Wall; Paul Byleveld
J Water Health (2023) 21 (8): 1098–1109.

Multidimensional applications and potential health implications of nanocomposites
Olushola S. Ayanda; Rukayat O. Quadri; Sulaiman O. Adewuyi; Augusta O. Mmuoegbulam; Onyemaechi Okezie; Sa’adatu E. Mohammed; Naseer I. Durumin-Iya; Olayide S. Lawal; Kehinde M. Popoola; Folahan A. Adekola
J Water Health (2023) 21 (8): 1110–1142.