Download or read book Fundamentals of Wastewater Based Epidemiology written by Frank R. Spellman and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-05-12 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is common practice to evaluate wastewater to understand drug consumption, from antibiotics to illegal narcotics, and even to analyze dietary habits and trends. Evaluating contaminants in wastewater enables researchers, environmental scientists, and water quality experts to gain valuable information and data. Wastewater-based epidemiology is an emerging science that has proven to be a cost- and time-effective biomonitoring tool. This book provides a roadmap for detecting wastewater-borne pathogenic contaminants such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, and others. It provides a basic, fundamental discussion of how sampling and monitoring of wastewater using epidemiological concepts and practices can aid in determining the presence of the COVID-19 virus in a community, for example, and may help predict future outbreaks. Features • Offers a unique discussion of the detection of bacteria, fungi, and COVID-19, and other viruses in wastewater • Presents the fundamentals of wastewater chemistry and microbiology • Explains biomonitoring, sampling, testing, and health surveillance in a practical manner Fundamentals of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: Biomonitoring of Bacteria, Fungi, COVID-19, and Other Viruses is an invaluable resource to a wide array of readers with varying interests and backgrounds in water science and public health.
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Download or read book Wastewater Based Epidemiology for the Assessment of Human Exposure to Environmental Pollutants written by Mohammad Hadi Dehghani and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2023-07-30 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wastewater-based Epidemiology for the Assessment of Human Exposure to Environmental Pollutants discusses wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) and its use in risk assessment and monitoring of human exposure to hazardous pollutants and pathogens. The book explores the health impacts of organic and inorganic pollutants from pesticides, heavy metals, pharmaceuticals, phthalates, personal care products, and endocrine disruptors in the wastewater environment. The book examines the application of wastewater-based epidemiology in determining health risk and exposure to infectious diseases caused by viruses, such as SARS-CoV-2, parasites, and bacteria. Other topics include detection techniques, sampling techniques, analytical methods, biomarkers, and the use of biosensors in wastewater-based epidemiology studies. Presents evidence mapping to identify emerging areas in wastewater-based epidemiology studies Offers expansion and diversification strategies in pandemic conditions to serve immediate public health goals Explains the surveillance of the spread of pathogens through wastewater
Download or read book Fundamentals of Water Security written by Jim F. Chamberlain and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-07-19 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FUNDAMENTALS OF WATER SECURITY Understand How to Manage Water Resources to Equitably Meet Both Human and Ecological Needs Burgeoning populations and the ever-higher standards of living for those in emerging countries increase the demand on our water resources. What is not increasing, however, is the supply of water and the total amount of water in earth’s biosphere—water that is integral to all standards of living. Fundamentals of Water Security provides a foundation for understanding and managing the quantity-quality-equity nexus of water security in a changing climate. In a broad sense, this volume explores solutions to water security challenges around the world. It is richly illustrated and pedagogically packed with up-to-date information. The text contains chapter learning objectives, foundation sections reviewing quantitative skills, case studies, and vignettes of people who have made important contributions to water security. To further aid comprehension, end-of-chapter problems are included—both qualitative and quantitative, with solutions available to instructors. Finally, extensive references feature books, journal articles, and government and NGO reports. Sample topics discussed include: How the study of water resources has evolved from a focus on physical availability to include social factors and governance How water security affects multiple disciplines across environmental science and engineering, hydrology, geography, water resources, atmospheric science, chemistry, biology, health science, and social and political science fields How to achieve a sufficient quantity and quality of water to equitably meet both immediate and long-term human and ecological needs Analysis of water security in an integrated manner by underscoring the complex interactions between water quantity, water quality, and society Students taking courses on hydrology, water security, and/or water resource management, along with scientists working in fields where water security is a factor will be able to use Fundamentals of Water Security as a comprehensive textbook to understand and achieve water security.
Download or read book Wastewater Based Epidemiological Surveillance of Respiratory Pathogens written by David Champredon and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wastewater Based Disease Surveillance for Public Health Action written by National Academies Of Sciences Engineeri and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2023-10-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The COVID-19 pandemic spurred a rapid expansion of wastewater-based infectious disease surveillance systems to monitor and anticipate disease trends in communities.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched the National Wastewater Surveillance System in September 2020 to help coordinate and build upon those efforts. Produced at the request of CDC, this report reviews the usefulness of community-level wastewater surveillance during the pandemic and assesses its potential value for control and prevention of infectious diseases beyond COVID-19. Wastewater-based Disease Surveillance for Public Health Action concludes that wastewater surveillance is and will continue to be a valuable component of infectious disease management. This report presents a vision for a national wastewater surveillance system that would track multiple pathogens simultaneously and pivot quickly to detect emerging pathogens, and it offers recommendations to ensure that the system is flexible, equitable, and economically sustainable for informing public health actions. The report also recommends approaches to address ethical and privacy concerns and develop a more representative wastewater surveillance system. Predictable and sustained federal funding as well as ongoing coordination and collaboration among many partners will be critical to the effectiveness of efforts moving forward.
Download or read book Assessment and Implementation of Analytical Approaches for Wastewater Based Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases written by Andrew L. Rainey and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: lab-based experiments, I aim to optimize, implement, and assess the operational capacity and effectiveness of wastewater-based epidemiology as a novel tool for monitoring community health. Wastewater-based epidemiology can provide a cost-effective complement to fill the gaps left by traditional clinical reporting for community-level disease surveillance. This project will provide two analytical tools and present a model for the implementation of wastewater-based epidemiology in communities to aid in public health surveillance.
Download or read book Wastewater based epidemiology at the frontier of global public health written by Matthew J. Wade and published by IWA Publishing. This book was released on 2023-12-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the necessity for highly interdisciplinary, multi-stakeholder collaboration to enable effective public health practice and response. The application of wastewater monitoring to support the pandemic response was demonstrated quickly, leveraging existing scientific and engineering capability to develop rapidly methods that enabled scaling of monitoring programmes across the globe. The science and practice of wastewater monitoring, or wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) as it is often termed in the context of surveillance, for public health threats is well-documented. As a highly socialised tool, national, regional and international communities of interest have joined efforts to provide evidence of the value of the data derived and its application in practice. While the use of wastewater monitoring to detect and characterise targets of public health concern is not new, COVID-19 and the (re)emergence of rare, novel or unexpected pathogens stresses the importance of continued research and development into the utility of wastewater monitoring and utility of the data it generates. As wastewater monitoring continues to move from the research community into applied public health agencies, there is a need to develop standard methods and data analytics for specific applications. Establishing WBE at the frontier of global public health requires a clearer understanding and acknowledgment of its value by public health policy makers, regulators and government. This book presents a broad view of WBE thinking and practice, delineating the current understanding and future potential of the field. The topics covered range from geographically distinct reports on the use of WBE to inform on pathogen circulation in a population, through technical developments and data utility, to commentaries on future challenges and opportunities including for WBE ‘beyond the pandemic’. In Focus – a book series that showcases the latest accomplishments in water research. Each book focuses on a specialist area with papers from top experts in the field. It aims to be a vehicle for in-depth understanding and to inspire further conversations in the sector.
Download or read book Fundamentals of Biological Wastewater Treatment written by Udo Wiesmann and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-02-27 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise introduction to the fundamentals of biological treatment of wastewater describes how to model and integrate biological steps into industrial processes. The book first covers the chemical, physical and biological basics, including wastewater characteristics, microbial metabolism, determining stoichiometric equations for catabolism and anabolism, measurements of mass transfer and respiration rates and the aerobic treatment of wastewater loaded with dissolved organics. It the moves on to deal with such applications and technologies as nitrogen and phosphorus removal, membrane technology, the assessment and selection of aeration systems, simple models for biofilm reactors and the modeling of activated sludge processes. A final section looks at the processing of water and the treatment of wastewater integrated into the production process. Essential reading for chemists, engineers, microbiologists, environmental officers, agencies and consultants, in both academia and industry.
Download or read book The Role of Wastewater based Epidemiology as a Complementary Information Source on Lifestyle and Health Aspects written by Tim Boogaerts and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment written by Charles N. Haas and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-06-09 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides the latest QMRA methodologies to determine infection risk cause by either accidental microbial infections or deliberate infections caused by terrorism • Reviews the latest methodologies to quantify at every step of the microbial exposure pathways, from the first release of a pathogen to the actual human infection • Provides techniques on how to gather information, on how each microorganism moves through the environment, how to determine their survival rates on various media, and how people are exposed to the microorganism • Explains how QMRA can be used as a tool to measure the impact of interventions and identify the best policies and practices to protect public health and safety • Includes new information on genetic methods • Techniques use to develop risk models for drinking water, groundwater, recreational water, food and pathogens in the indoor environment
Download or read book Wastewater Based Epidemiology written by Bikram Subedi and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evaluating wastewater contaminants can enable a community to understand drug consumption, from antibiotics to illegal substances and even diet. Wastewater-based epidemiology has emerged as a cost- and time-effective monitoring tool. The contributed chapters cover the methodological challenges and applications of wastewater-based epidemiology. In addition to public health professionals, wastewater and chemical engineers, students, educators, and administrators will find these topics useful.
Download or read book Wastewater Microbiology written by Gabriel Bitton and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-06-09 with total page 809 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wastewater Microbiology focuses on microbial contaminants found in wastewater, methods of detection for these contaminants, and methods of cleansing water of microbial contamination. This classic reference has now been updated to focus more exclusively on issues particular to wastewater, with new information on fecal contamination and new molecular methods. The book features new methods to determine cell viability/activity in environmental samples; a new section on bacterial spores as indicators; new information covering disinfection byproducts, UV disinfection, and photoreactivation; and much more. A PowerPoint of figures from the book is available at ftp://ftp.wiley.com/public/sci_tech_med/wastewater_microbiology.
Download or read book Handbook of Research on Pathophysiology and Strategies for the Management of COVID 19 written by El Hiba, Omar and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2021-08-13 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus (SARS-Cov2), which may cause mild to moderate respiratory complications in most infected people. Older people and those with chronic and/or acute illnesses may present serious complications. Underlying mechanisms of the cellular responses to the virus are not fully revealed; therefore, understanding the pathophysiology of COVID-19 is crucial to provide efficient data to define the appropriate and effective therapeutic strategies to cure and prevent COVID-19-associated complications. The Handbook of Research on Pathophysiology and Strategies for the Management of COVID-19 summarizes and assembles the published data on COVID-19 and provides an answer to the reader for the mystery of SARS-Cov2’s impact on human health through a deep analysis of the current data available in the literature. This book addresses the epidemiology and infectious patterns of the disease and the recent pathophysiological mechanisms of the disease and relationships to the medical history of the patient. Covering topics from the tie between COVID-19 and respiratory disease to vaccination information, this comprehensive reference source is ideal for clinicians, health professionals, pathologists, virologists, researchers, academicians, and medical and PhD students.
Download or read book Wastewater based Epidemiology as a Method to Explore Spatial Temporal and Sociodemographic Patterns of Drug Use written by Mackay Price and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wastewater-based epidemiology (WWBE) is a relatively young field of research which uses advances in analytical chemistry to investigate community-level drug use through the analysis of municipal wastewater. Being a young discipline, the WWBE literature has focussed on describing and refining analytical techniques. There are areas of research still to explore, particularly practical applications such as how drug use patterns vary between urban and rural communities, and whether these patterns reflect sociodemographics. This thesis uses WWBE to investigate drug use patterns in New Zealand. Daily composite wastewater samples were collected at seven wastewater treatment plants of varying size and location during census week in March 2018. The aim was to best capture the sociodemographics of each catchment for comparison with drug use. Samples were analysed for methamphetamine, cocaine, MDMA, nicotine, alcohol and morphine via LC-MS/MS using standard methods. Drug use was back-calculated based on detailed catchment mapping using GIS maps of the reticulated pipe network for each site and the best available sociodemographic data, which did not happen to be census week information. Drug consumption rates were compared between sites, throughout the week and correlated with sociodemographic measures of age, ethnicity and (dis)advantage. Cocaine and MDMA consumption were higher in cities, whereas methamphetamine use was higher in rural locations. However, the considerably high rates of methamphetamine use at Te Maunga (Bay of Plenty's urban site) showed that methamphetamine use is not particular to rural communities. Cocaine, MDMA, and alcohol consumption were higher on weekends, and this was more pronounced for cities. Conversely, nicotine and morphine were consumed consistently throughout the week. Weekly patterns of methamphetamine consumption were different across sites. Methamphetamine and nicotine were positively correlated with metrices of disadvantage, whereas cocaine and MDMA were positively correlated with metrices of social advantage. These findings demonstrate that drug use patterns varied across communities, and that these patterns are attributable to supply dynamics, social preferences and sociodemographic characteristics, namely community-level measures of disadvantage. This thesis ends with a frank and open discussion about the accuracy of WWBE to draw implications for how WWBE data is interpreted and applied in drug policy.
Download or read book Advanced Oxidation Processes for Water and Wastewater Treatment written by Simon Parsons and published by IWA Publishing. This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The suitability of Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) for pollutant degradation was recognised in the early 1970s and much research and development work has been undertaken to commercialise some of these processes. AOPs have shown great potential in treating pollutants at both low and high concentrations and have found applications as diverse as ground water treatment, municipal wastewater sludge destruction and VOCs control. Advanced Oxidation Processes for Water and Wastewater Treatment is an overview of the advanced oxidation processes currently used or proposed for the remediation of water, wastewater, odours and sludge. The book contains two opening chapters which present introductions to advanced oxidation processes and a background to UV photolysis, seven chapters focusing on individual advanced oxidation processes and, finally, three chapters concentrating on selected applications of advanced oxidation processes. Advanced Oxidation Processes for Water and Wastewater Treatment will be invaluable to readers interested in water and wastewater treatment processes, including professionals and suppliers, as well as students and academics studying in this area. Dr Simon Parsons is a Senior Lecturer in Water Sciences at Cranfield University with ten years' experience of industrial and academic research and development.
Download or read book Clean Energy and Resource Recovery written by Vinay Kumar Tyagi and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2021-11-10 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clean Energy and Resource Recovery: Wastewater Treatment Plants as Bio-refineries, Volume 2, summarizes the fundamentals of various treatment modes applied to the recovery of energy and value-added products from wastewater treatment plants. The book addresses the production of biofuel, heat, and electricity, chemicals, feed, and other products from municipal wastewater, industrial wastewater, and sludge. It intends to provide the readers an account of up-to-date information on the recovery of biofuels and other value-added products using conventional and advanced technological developments. The book starts with identifying the key problems of the sectors and then provides solutions to them with step-by-step guidance on the implementation of processes and procedures. Titles compiled in this book further explore related issues like the safe disposal of leftovers, from a local to global scale. Finally, the book sheds light on how wastewater treatment facilities reduce stress on energy systems, decrease air and water pollution, build resiliency, and drive local economic activity.As a compliment to Volume 1: Biomass Waste Based Biorefineries, Clean Energy and Resource Recovery, Volume 2: Wastewater Treatment Plants as Bio-refineries is a comprehensive reference on all aspects of energy and resource recovery from wastewater. The book is going to be a handy reference tool for energy researchers, environmental scientists, and civil, chemical, and municipal engineers interested in waste-to-energy. Offers a comprehensive overview of the fundamental treatments and methods used in the recovery of energy and value-added products from wastewater Identifies solutions to key problems related to wastewater to energy/resource recovery through conventional and advanced technologies and explore the alternatives Provides step-by-step guidance on procedures and calculations from practical field data Includes successful case studies from both developing and developed countries
