Drinking Water Microbiology

The microbiology of drinking water remains an important worldwide concern despite modem progress in science and engineering. Countries that are more technologically advanced have experienced a significant reduction in water borne morbidity within the last 100 years: This reduction has been achieved through the application of effective technologies for the treatment, disinfec tion, and distribution of potable water. However, morbidity resulting from the ingestion of contaminated water persists globally, and the available ep idemiological evidence (Waterborne Diseases in the United States, G. F. Craun, ed. , 1986, CRC Press) demonstrates a dramatic increase in the number of waterborne outbreaks and individual cases within the United States since the mid-1960s. In addition, it should also be noted that the incidence of water borne outbreaks of unknown etiology and those caused by "new" pathogens, such as Campylobaeter sp. , is also increasing in the United States. Although it might bedebated whether these increases are real or an artifact resulting from more efficient reporting, it is clear that waterborne morbidity cannot be ignored in the industrialized world. More significantly, it represents one of the most important causes of illness within developing countries. Approxi mately one-half the world's population experiences diseases that are the direct consequence of drinking polluted water. Such illnesses are the primary cause of infant mortality in many Third World countries.

1 Microbiology of Source Water. - 1 Microbiological Quality of Source Waters for Water Supply. - 2 Tropical Source Water. - 2 Microbiology of Drinking Water Treatment. - 3 Assimilable Organic Carbon (AOC) in Drinking Water. - 4 Effect of Starvation on Bacterial Resistance to Disinfectants. - 5 Microbiology of Activated Carbon. - 6 Microbiology and Drinking Water Filtration. - 7 Home Treatment Devices and Water Quality. - 8 Domestic Water Treatment for Developing Countries. - 9 Microbiology of Drinking Water Treatment: Reclaimed Wastewater. - 3 Microbiology of Drinking Water Distribution. - 10 Bacterial Distribution and Sampling Strategies for Drinking Water Networks. - 11 Invertebrates and Associated Bacteria in Drinking Water Distribution Lines. - 12 Biofilms in Potable Water Distribution Systems. - 4 Pathogenic Organisms and Drinking Water. - 13 Waterborne Giardiasis. - 14 Occurrence and Control of Cryptosporidium in Drinking Water. - 15 Yersinia enterocolitica in Drinking Water. - 16 Legionella in Drinking Water. - 17 Injury of Enteropathogenic Bacteria in Drinking Water. - 18 Viruses in Source and Drinking Water. - 5 Methods and Monitoring in Drinking Water Microbiology. - 19 The Presence-Absence Test for Monitoring Drinking Water Quality. - 20 Statistical Approaches to Monitoring. - 21 Microbiological Methods and Monitoring of Drinking Water. - 22 Monitoring Heterotrophic Bacteria in Potable Water. - 23 Enumeration, Occurrence, and Significance of Injured Indicator Bacteria in Drinking Water.