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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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 EvaluationSM (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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Contact information |
WARD, Penelope Louise
(email: wardp@WHO.INT) |
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News type | Inbrief |
File link |
http://www.iwaponline.com |
Source of information | http://www.iwaponline.com |
Subject(s) | ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , SLUDGES , WATER QUALITY |
Geographical coverage | n/a |
News date | 03/07/2013 |
Working language(s) | ENGLISH |