Water-borne illness, primarily caused by fecal contamination of drinking water, is a major health burden in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Currently drinking water is treated at the reservoir level and supplied on alternate days, necessitating storage in households for up to 48 hrs. We hypothesized that fecal contamination occurs principally during storage due to poor water handling. In th...

This paper describes the building of an integrated simulation tool based on a systems approach, and its contribution to local political discussion of the mitigation of microbiological contamination of the water in a coastal area. Local management schemes view water quality as a high-priority environmental objective. In practice, how far this objective is achieved depends on trade-offs between t...

The rapid rise of shale gas development through horizontal drilling and high volume hydraulic fracturing has expanded the extraction of hydrocarbon resources in the U.S. The rise of shale gas development has triggered an intense public debate regarding the potential environmental and human health effects from hydraulic fracturing. This paper provides a critical review of the potential risks tha...

Abstract The bioaccumulation factors (BAFs) of heavy metal (Fe, Zn, Pb, Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, and As) concentrations in benthic pelagic fish organs (muscles, gills, liver, hearts), metals water sediments Ogbese River, Ondo State, Nigeria were investigated. From the results, within permissible limits stipulated by World Health Organization (WHO). However, sediments, Fe, Mn higher than limits, while As...

Subsequent to this, 34 laboratories across England and one from Northern Ireland have reported identification of 77 Paecilomyces variotii isolates from normally sterile sites, nearly all from blood culture, to the HPA. The HPA Mycology Reference Laboratory (MRL) would usually receive only 5 or 6 P. variotii isolates per year. No source for the suspected contamination has yet been identified. Di...

in recent decades, attention to contamination propagation into soils and underground water has increased, which has led to a rise in the studies on soil contamination problems and methods of in-situ remediation. in this research, effective parameters on oil contamination propagation in soils and underground water have been investigated using fem in order to determine propagation patterns. the m...

The Seine river watershed is characterized by a high population density and intense agricultural activities. Data show low microbiological water quality in the main rivers (Seine, Marne, Oise) of the watershed. Today, there is an increasing pressure from different social groups to restore microbiological water quality in order to both increase the safety of drinking water production and to rest...

We inventoried non-surface water sources in the Leogane and Gressier region of Haiti (approximately 270 km(2)) in 2012 and 2013 and screened water from 345 sites for fecal coliforms and Vibrio cholerae. An international organization/non-governmental organization responsible for construction could be identified for only 56% of water points evaluated. Sixteen percent of water points were non-func...