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This comprehensive handbook provides an authoritative source of information on global water and health, suitable for interdisciplinary teaching for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students. It covers both developing and developed country concerns.
It is organized into sections covering: hazards (including disease, chemicals and other contaminants); exposure; interventions; intervention implementation; distal influences; policies and their implementation; investigative tools; and historic cases. It offers 71 analytical and engaging chapters, each representing a session of teaching or graduate seminar.
Written by a team of expert authors from around the world, many of whom are actively teaching the subject, the book provides a thorough and balanced overview of current knowledge, issues and relevant debates, integrating information from the environmental, health and social sciences.
List of contents
1. Introduction Jamie Bartram and Rachel Baum Part 1: Water-related Hazards 2. Introduction: Water-related Hazards Stéphanie McFadyen and William Robertson 3. Bradley Classification of Disease Transmission Route for Water-related Hazards Jamie Bartram and Paul Hunter 4. Waterborne and Water-washed Disease Mark D. Sobsey 5. Water-based Disease and Microbial Growth Charles P. Gerba and Gordon Nichols 6. Water Related Insect Vectors of Disease Arne Bomblies 7. Health Impacts of Water Carriage Jo-Anne Geere 8. Hazards from Legionella Richard Bentham 9. Toxic Cyanobacteria Ron W. Zurawell 10. Chemical Hazards Lisa Smeester, Andrew E. Yosim and Rebecca C. Fry 11. Radionuclides in Water R. William Field Part 2: Sources of Exposure 12. Introduction: Exposure Pathways Katherine Pond 13. Drinking Water Contamination Christine Stauber and Lisa Casanova 14. Recreational Water Contamination Marc Verhougstraete, Jonathan Sexton and Kelly Reynolds 15. Water and Foodborne Contamination Timothy R. Julian and Kellogg J. Schwab 16. Waterborne Zoonoses Victor Gannon and Chad R. Laing Part 3: Interventions (What do we do to Reduce Exposure) 17. Introduction: Interventions to Reduce Water-related Disease Katherine Pond, David M. Gute and Susan Murcot 18. Drinking Water Supply Jamie Bartram and Samuel Godfrey 19. Drinking Water Treatment Donald Reid 20. Wastewater Treatment Laura Sima 21. Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage Maria Elena Figueroa and D. Lawrence Kincaid 22. Water for Hygiene Aidan A. Cronin and Therese Dooley
About the author
Jamie Bartram is Director of The Water Institute and Don and Jennifer Holzworth Distinguished Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
Associate Editors: Rachel Baum (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA), Peter A. Coclanis (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA), David M. Gute (Tufts University, USA), David Kay (University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK), Stéphanie McFadyen (Health Canada, Canada), Katherine Pond (University of Surrey, UK), William Robertson (Water Microbiology Consultant, Canada), and Michael J. Rouse (Independent International Consultant on Water Industry, UK).
Summary
This comprehensive handbook provides an authoritative source of information on global water and health, suitable for interdisciplinary teaching for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students.
