Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Health Newsletter N° 167 / 28 June 2013

Call for experts for WHO’s activities on water quality and health, including the WHO Water Quality and Health Technical Advisory Group (WQTAG)

Application deadline: 9 August 2013

WHO is seeking experts to provide input into guideline revision, evidence review and development of derivative documents for the WHO guidelines on drinking-water, wastewater and recreational water. Experts are invited to view the call for experts document which can be downloaded at http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/en/ and submit a completed expression of interest form, CV and declarations of interests by 9 August 2013 to gdwq@who.int. WHO is looking for energetic, creative experts who are committed to give time to further WHO’s normative work on water quality.  Diversity in technical expertise, geographic representation and gender in the composition of the group will be sought.

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Journal of Water and Health
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Click on the links below to view abstracts of some of the papers included in the latest issue of the journal:

Accuracy of the H₂S test: a systematic review of the influence of bacterial density and sample volume

Hong Yang, Jim A. Wright, Robert E. S. Bain, Steve Pedley, John Elliott and Stephen W. Gundry

http://www.iwaponline.com/jwh/011/jwh0110173.htm

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Antibiotic resistance genes in freshwater biofilms along a whole river

Cynthia L. Winkworth

http://www.iwaponline.com/jwh/011/jwh0110186.htm

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System Life Cycle Evaluation^SM (SLiCE): harmonizing water treatment systems with implementers' needs

Joseph Goodman, Kevin Caravati, Andrew Foote, Molly Nelson and Emily Woods

http://www.iwaponline.com/jwh/011/jwh0110199.htm

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Internalisation potential of Escherichia coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium and Staphylococcus aureus in lettuce seedlings and mature plants

Taryn-Ann Standing, Erika du Plessis, Stacey Duvenage and Lise Korsten

http://www.iwaponline.com/jwh/011/jwh0110210.htm

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Breakthrough studies with mono-, binary- and ternary-ion systems comprised of Fe(II), F⁻ and As(III) using river sand packed columns for groundwater treatment

Kamal Uddin Ahamad and Mohammad Jawed

http://www.iwaponline.com/jwh/011/jwh0110224.htm

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Quantitative analysis of microbial contamination in private drinking water supply systems

Richard P. Allevi, Leigh-Anne H. Krometis, Charles Hagedorn, Brian Benham, Annie H. Lawrence, Erin J. Ling and Peter E. Ziegler

http://www.iwaponline.com/jwh/011/jwh0110244.htm

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Reduction of bacteriophage MS2 by filtration and irradiation determined by culture and quantitative real-time RT–PCR

W. J. Lodder, H. H. J. L. van den Berg, S. A. Rutjes, M. Bouwknegt, J. F. Schijven and A. M. de Roda Husman

http://www.iwaponline.com/jwh/011/jwh0110256.htm

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Laboratory validation of an ozone device for recreational water treatment

Robert S. Donofrio, Sal Aridi, Ratul Saha, Robin Bechanko, Kevin Schaefer, Lorelle L. Bestervelt and Beth Hamil

http://www.iwaponline.com/jwh/011/jwh0110267.htm

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Efficacy of copper–silver ionization for controlling fungal colonization in water distribution systems

Chang-Hua Chen, Li-Chen Lin, Yu-Jun Chang, Chun-Eng Liu, Maw-Soan Soon and Ching-Shan Huang

http://www.iwaponline.com/jwh/011/jwh0110277.htm

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Development and validation of a GC–MS method for the evaluation of 17 endocrine disruptor compounds, including phytoestrogens and sitosterol, in coastal waters – their spatial and seasonal levels in Porto costal region (Portugal)

Maria João Rocha, Catarina Cruzeiro and Eduardo Rocha

http://www.iwaponline.com/jwh/011/jwh0110281.htm

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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the Hudson River Estuary linked to wet weather sewage contamination

Suzanne Young, Andrew Juhl and Gregory D. O'Mullan

http://www.iwaponline.com/jwh/011/jwh0110297.htm

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Assessment of endocrine disruptors – DDTs and DEHP (plasticizer) in source water: a case study from Selangor, Malaysia

Santhi Armugam Veerasingam and Mustafa Ali Mohd

http://www.iwaponline.com/jwh/011/jwh0110311.htm

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Survival of multi-drug resistant enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and Salmonella paratyphi in Vembanadu lake as a function of saltwater barrier along southwest coast of India

Abhirosh Chandran, P. S. Suson, A. P. Thomas, Mohamed Hatha and Asit Mazumder

http://www.iwaponline.com/jwh/011/jwh0110324.htm

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Microbial water quality of recreational lakes near Tbilisi, Georgia

Ekaterine Jaiani, Tamar Kokashvili, Nino Mitaishvili, Tinantin Elbakidze, Nino Janelidze, Nino Lashkhi, Rusudan Kalandadze, Eteri Mikashavidze, Gulnara Natroshvili, Chris A. Whitehouse, Anwar Huq and Marina Tediashvili

http://www.iwaponline.com/jwh/011/jwh0110333.htm

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Quantitative assessment of Naegleria fowleri and Escherichia coli concentrations within a Texas reservoir

Stephanie M. Painter, Russell S. Pfau, Jeff A. Brady and Anne M. S. McFarland

http://www.iwaponline.com/jwh/011/jwh0110346.htm

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Genomic copy concentrations of selected waterborne viruses in a slum environment in Kampala, Uganda

A. Y. Katukiza, H. Temanu, J. W. Chung, J. W. A. Foppen and P. N. L. Lens

http://www.iwaponline.com/jwh/011/jwh0110358.htm

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Status of free-living amoebae (Acanthamoeba spp., Naegleria fowleri, Balamuthia mandrillaris) in drinking water supplies in Karachi, Pakistan

Farzana Abubakar Yousuf, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Faysal Subhani and Naveed Ahmed Khan

http://www.iwaponline.com/jwh/011/jwh0110371.htm

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