Journal of Water and Health

Volume 3 Number 4
December 2005

Contents

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Editorial

Stephen L. Johnson

325

Microcystins (cyanobacterial toxins) in surface waters of rural Bangladesh: Pilot study

Martin Welker, Ingrid Chorus, Jutta Fastner, Saleha Khan, Md Mahfuzul Haque, Sirajul Islam and Nurul Huda Khan

339

The adsorption of cyanobacterial hepatoxins as a function of soil properties

Megge J. Miller, John Hutson and Howard J. Fallowfield

349

Spatial and rainfall related patterns of bacterial contamination in Sydney Harbour estuary

Grant C. Hose, Brad R. Murray, Geoff Gordon, Fiona E. McCullough and Nicholas Pulver

359

Effect of disinfectants on microbial ecology in model distribution systems

C. Chauret, L. Stover, C. Volk, T. S. Dykstra, G. A. Gagnon and R. C. Andrews

371

Evaluation of microbiological quality of coastal waters in Greece

A. C. Vantarakis, A. Tsibouxi, D. Venieri, G. Komninou, M. Papapetropoulou and A. Athanassiadou

381

A review of technologies for rapid detection of bacteria in recreational waters

Rachel T. Noble and Stephen B. Weisberg

393

A methodology for the evaluation of disinfection technologies

M. Kerwick, D. Holt, M. Kerwick, S. Reddy and A. Chamberlain

405

Detection of Helicobacter pylori and fecal indicator bacteria in five North American rivers

Mary A. Voytek, Jon B. Ashen, Julie D. Kirshtein, Edward R. Landa and Lisa R. Fogarty

423

Comparison of disinfectants for biofilm, protozoa and Legionella control

J. F. Loret, S. Robert, V. Thomas, Y. Lévi, A. J. Cooper and W. F. McCoy

435

The background state leading to arsenic contamination of Bengal Basin groundwater

Miah M. Adel

453

Quantifying the impact of runoff events on microbiological contaminant concentrations entering surface drinking source waters

R. S. Signor, D. J. Roser, N. J. Ashbolt and J. E. Ball

469

Effects of weather and river flow on cryptosporidiosis

Iain R. Lake, Graham Bentham, R. Sari Kovats and Gordon L. Nichols