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In the last ten years (2009-2019), flooding caused the death of over 48,000 people, and affected over 697 million people globally. This is expected to increase as a result of climate change, population growth and urbanisation. Floods can cause infections due to the release of water-borne pathogens from surcharged combined sewers and other sources of faecal contamination on urban surfaces such as concrete, asphalt, gravel, pavement, playground rubber tiles and grass. Using laboratory experiments with faecal indicator bacteria Escherichia coli, and with Bacillus subtilis spores, and MS2 bacteriophages under controlled exposure to simulated sunlight, this research contributes towards a better understanding of the environmental parameters that affect the concentration of pathogens in contaminated shallow water bodies and on different urban surfaces. Also, several sampling methods are assessed for the recovery of bacteria from flood-prone urban surfaces. This study suggests that given the sunlight conditions after an urban flood, the concentration of indicator organisms and of total suspended solids and the surface type it is possible to estimate the fate of selected pathogens. The observations and results presented in this study contribute to the development of policy-making tools for rapid implementation of appropriate measures to mitigate public health risks after flooding. This book:- highlights the relation of urban floods with water-borne diseases.-stresses for the first time the importance of urban surfaces (pavement, concrete, asphalt, etc.) on the inactivation of water-borne pathogens.-provides equations that can be used to develop policy-making tools for implementation of appropriate measures to mitigate public health risks after flooding.

Water --- Waterborne infection. --- Microbiology. --- Water-borne infection --- Communicable diseases --- Infection --- Aquatic microbiology --- Aquatic biology --- Microbiology --- Bacterial pollution of water --- Transmission --- Bacteriology

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WATER POLLUTION --- BACTERIA --- BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS --- METHODS --- SEDIMENT --- MICROBIOLOGY --- MICROORGANISMS --- CYANOBACTERIA --- PARASITIC DISEASES --- PROTOZOA --- NITROGEN --- ASSIMILATION --- MICROBIAL ECOLOGY --- AQUATIC MICROBIOLOGY --- BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS --- MICROBIOLOGY --- PARASITIC DISEASES --- PREDATION --- METABOLISM --- WATER POLLUTION --- BACTERIA --- BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS --- METHODS --- SEDIMENT --- MICROBIOLOGY --- MICROORGANISMS --- CYANOBACTERIA --- PARASITIC DISEASES --- PROTOZOA --- NITROGEN --- ASSIMILATION --- MICROBIAL ECOLOGY --- AQUATIC MICROBIOLOGY --- BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS --- MICROBIOLOGY --- PARASITIC DISEASES --- PREDATION --- METABOLISM

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Water --- Microbiology --- Congresses --- -Hydrology --- -Congresses --- Congresses. --- -Microbiology --- Hydrology --- Microbiology&delete& --- Water - Microbiology - Congresses --- FISH --- SEA WATER --- IRON --- BACTERIA --- QUALITY CONTROL --- NITROGEN FIXATION --- TAXONOMY --- MICROORGANISMS --- FRESH WATER --- METHODS --- AQUATIC MICROBIOLOGY --- PATHOLOGY --- POLLUTION --- INTERACTIONS --- PRIMARY BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY

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This book gives an overview of advanced emerging technologies for the detection of a range of waterborne pathogens. The book will present existing methodology and highlight where improvements can be made, as well as have a strong focus on applications and the ways in which new technology could be applied in water management. Additionally, it addresses issues of sample preparation (from sampling to concentration and enrichment), a key stage in any detection protocol. Covers the gap of specific sound methods of pathogen detection by fulfulling the need for a concept book o

Basic Sciences. Microbiology --- Pathogenic microorganisms --- Water --- Water Microbiology. --- Detection. --- Analysis. --- Microbiology. --- Waterborne infection. --- Water-borne infection --- Communicable diseases --- Infection --- Aquatic microbiology --- Aquatic biology --- Microbiology --- Bacterial pollution of water --- Detection of pathogenic microorganisms --- Diagnostic microbiology --- Transmission --- Bacteriology

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This comprehensive text describes the diseases associated with water, their causative agents and the ways in which they gain access to water systems. It also details the methods for detecting and identifying waterborne microorganisms, the ways in which they are removed from water, and the risks they present to water users. This handbook will serve as an indispensable reference for public health microbiologists, water utility scientists, research water pollution microbiologists environmental health officers, consultants in communicable disease control and microbial water pollution students.