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Water Science & Technology

Volume 54 Number 3

Heath-related Water Microbiology 2005

Contents

Characterisation of the biosand filter for E. coli reductions from household drinking water under controlled laboratory and field use conditions
C.E. Stauber, M.A. Elliott, F. Koksal, G.M. Ortiz, F.A. DiGiano and M.D. Sobsey.......... 1–7
Does improved access to water supply by rural households enhance the concept of safe water at the point of use? A case study from deep rural South Africa
P. Jagals.......... 9–16
Predictive input parameters for enteric virus presence at the inlet of a potable water supply
S.J. Freitas, G.M. Brion, L. Black and T. Coakley.......... 17–21
Removal of cyanobacteria, cyanotoxins, heterotrophic bacteria and endotoxins at an operating surface water treatment plant
J. Rapala, M. Niemelä, K.A. Berg, L. Lepistö and K. Lahti.......... 23–28
Accumulation of copper and silver onto cell body and its effect on the inactivation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
M.G. Hwang, H. Katayama and S. Ohgaki.......... 29–34
Combined use of microbiological and non-microbiological data to assess treatment efficacy
P.W.M.H. Smeets and G.J. Medema.......... 35–40
Coliforms and other microbial indicators occurrence in water and biofilm in full-scale distribution systems
M. Batté, C. Féliers, P. Servais, V. Gauthier, J.-C. Joret and J.-C. Block.......... 41–48
Effect of temperature and pipe material on biofilm formation and survival of Escherichia coli in used drinking water pipes: a laboratory-based study
J. Silhan, C.B. Corfitzen and H.J. Albrechtsen.......... 49–56
Survival of Campylobacter jejuni in potable water biofilms: a comparative study with different detection methods
M.J. Lehtola, T. Pitkänen, L. Miebach and I.T. Miettinen.......... 57–61
Modelling the length of microbiological protection zones around phreatic sandy aquifers in The Netherlands
P.W.J.J. van der Wielen, M. Blokker and G.J. Medema.......... 63–69
Using a weight-of-evidence approach for management of watersheds
S.C. Long, J.D. Plummer, T. Tauscher and M. Aull.......... 71–76
Membrane separation of indigenous noroviruses from sewage sludge and treated wastewater
D. Sano, Y. Ueki, T. Watanabe and T. Omura.......... 77–82
UV disinfection of wastewater effluents for unrestricted irrigation
A.M. Nasser, H. Paulman, O. Sela, T. Ktaitzer, H. Cikurel, I. Zuckerman, A. Meir, A. Aharoni and A. Adin.......... 83–88
Evaluation of activated sludge treatment and the efficiency of the disinfection of Giardia species cysts and Cryptosporidium oocysts by UV at a sludge treatment plant in Campinas, south-east Brazil
R. Cantusio Neto, J.U. Santos and R.M.B. Franco.......... 89–94
Impact of sewage treatment plants and combined sewer overflow basins on the microbiological quality of surface water
A. Rechenburg, Ch. Koch, Th. Claßen and Th. Kistemann.......... 95–99
Bacteroides spp. as reliable marker of sewage contamination in Hawaii's environmental waters using molecular techniques
W.Q. Betancourt and R.S. Fujioka.......... 101–107
Microbiological quality of reclaimed water used for golf courses' irrigation
M.C. Alonso, L.P.C. Dionisio, A. Bosch, B.S. Pereira de Moura, E. Garcia-Rosado and J.J. Borrego.......... 109–117
Quantification and genotyping of Cryptosporidium spp. in river water by quenching probe PCR and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis
Y. Masago, K. Oguma, H. Katayama and S. Ohgaki.......... 119–126
Analysis of enterococci using portable testing equipment for developing countries – variance of Azide NutriDisk medium under variable time and temperature
S. Godfrey, J. Watkins, K. Toop and C. Francis.......... 127–134
Direct detection of bacterial faecal indicators in water samples using PCR
K. Horáková, H. Mlejnková and P. Mlejnek.......... 135–140
Comparison of three different media for the detection of E. coli and coliforms in water
C. Bernasconi, G. Volponi and L. Bonadonna.......... 141–145
Culture of Helicobacter pylori from domestic water samples – the impact of strain variation on growth on solid and in liquid media
R.J. Owen, S.A. Chisholm, G. Brick, J.V. Lee, S. Surman-Lee, S. Lai, B. Said and G. Nichols.......... 147–152
The association of E. coli and soil particles in overland flow
R.W. Muirhead, R.P. Collins and P.J. Bremer.......... 153–159
Adsorption of viruses to soil: impact of anaerobic treatment
J.A. Davis, S.R. Farrah and A.C. Wilkie.......... 161–167
Comparative stability and growth requirements of S. aureus and faecal indicator bacteria in seawater
R.S. Fujioka and T.M. Unutoa.......... 169–175
Modelling faecal coliforms dynamics in the Seine estuary, France
T. Garcia-Armisen, B. Thouvenin and P. Servais.......... 177–184
Comparison of total and faecal coliforms as faecal indicator in eutrophicated surface water
J.E. Park, T.S. Ahn, H.J. Lee and Y.O. Lee.......... 185–190
One-year monthly monitoring of Torque teno virus (TTV) in river water in Italy
M. Verani, B. Casini, R. Battistini, F. Pizzi, E. Rovini and A. Carducci.......... 191–195
Genotyping of single Cryptosporidium oocysts isolated from sewage and river water
T. Hirata and A. Hashimoto.......... 197–202
Monitoring of human enteric viruses and coliform bacteria in waters after urban flood in Jakarta, Indonesia
C. Phanuwan, S. Takizawa, K. Oguma, H. Katayama, A. Yunika and S. Ohgaki.......... 203–210
Detection and occurrence of antimicrobially resistant E. coli in groundwater on or near swine farms in eastern North Carolina
M.E. Anderson and M.D. Sobsey.......... 211–218
Hybridisation of F+ RNA coliphages detected in shellfish samples with oligonucleotide probes to assess the origin of microbiological pollution of shellfish
A. Vantarakis, D. Venieri, G. Komninou and M. Papapetropoulou.......... 219–223
Effects of rainfall on the occurrence of human adenoviruses, total coliforms, and Escherichia coli in seawater
E. Haramoto, H. Katayama, K. Oguma, Y. Koibuchi, H. Furumai and S. Ohgaki.......... 225–230
Endemic Cryptosporidium infection and drinking water source: a systematic review and meta-analyses
F.A.S. Gualberto and L. Heller.......... 231–238
Epidemiological surveillance of human enteric viruses by monitoring of different environmental matrices
A. Carducci, M. Verani, R. Battistini, F. Pizzi, E. Rovini, E. Andreoli and B. Casini.......... 239–244
Microbial exposure assessment of an urban recreational lake: a case study of the application of new risk-based guidelines
D.J. Roser, C.M. Davies, N.J. Ashbolt and P. Morison.......... 245–252
Microbial risk and removal—a utility perspective
M. Stanger, P.A. Agutter, R.C. Lake, N.J. Ashbolt and D.J. Roser.......... 253–259
Pathogen monitoring offers questionable protection against drinking-water risks: a QMRA (Quantitative Microbial Risk Analysis) approach to assess management strategies
R.S. Signor and N.J. Ashbolt.......... 261–268
Microbial risk assessment of dental unit water systems in general dental practice in Greece
A. Mavridou, J. Kamma, G. Mandilara, P. Delaportas and F. Komioti.......... 269–273