Health-Related Water Microbiology

30/09/2026

The deadline of abstract submission to WaterMicro2027 Costa Rica has been extended by Oct. 4th!!!

26/09/2026

Due to unavoidable circumstances on the IWA side, the schedule for the HRWM open meeting has been updated. The original time conflicted with the keynote session.

The new details are as follows:
HRWM SG Open Meeting
Date & Time: Oct. 5th, 19:15–
Room: Carron 1
Let's get together and talk about our SG!!!

22/09/2026

The abstract submission deadline (Sep. 25th) is fast approaching! Don't miss it!

https://www.watermicro2027.com/

21/09/2026

This three-year Postdoc project is part of the PDPC initiative (Pandemic Disaster Preparedness Centre), a convergence initiative of TU Delft, Erasmus University and Erasmus Medical Centre.

Postdoc in Understanding Hydrometeorological Drivers of Human Health Risks in Nature-based Solutions Organisation: Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) Research Field: Engineering » Water resources engineering, Environmental science » Water science Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R...

14/09/2026

2 weeks to go!!!

13/09/2026

Microplastic in Japan, ARB in Colombia, wastewater treatment in Ethiopia, drinking water suitability in Uganda, and industrial wastewater in Bangradesh. All open access!!!

Macroplastic and microplastic presence in riverbank, surface water, and sediment of a Japan agricultural river Widyastuti Kusuma Wardhani; Kuriko Yokota; Takanobu Inoue; Hardianti Alimuddin; Nguyen Minh Ngoc J Water Health (2026) 24 (8): 1121–1140. Wastewater treatment configuration shapes ESBL- a...

06/09/2026

Highlights
• Wastewater reveals diverse non-human viral signals.

• Host-linked viral patterns reflect regional animal populations.

• Wastewater supports One Health surveillance of animal and plant pathogens.

https://wastewaterbasedepidemiologicalsurveillance.net/paper-collection/wastewater-viromics-reveals-host-structured-viral-signals-and-non-human-pathogens/

06/09/2026

Highlights
• 3+ years wastewater surveillance correlated norovirus GII concentrations with gastroenteritis incidence (r = 0.53–0.90).

• Treated effluent dominated river Norovirus contamination (surface Water/wastewater ratio: 0.017–0.035).

• Quantitative microbial risk assessment revealed elevated summer urban bathing risks despite bacterial compliance.

• E. coli failed as viral risk proxy.

https://wastewaterbasedepidemiologicalsurveillance.net/paper-collection/integrating-wastewater-surveillance-of-norovirus-epidemics-with-recreational-water-risk-assessment-for-enhanced-urban-swimming-safety/

06/09/2026

Highlights
• Sewer sediments archive multi-year wastewater composition signals.

• Stratified layers provide semi-quantitative retrospective WBE data.

• Organic and mineral phases jointly control contaminant retention.

• Stable chemicals preserved; SARS-CoV-2 signal not retained.

• Sediments extend WBE beyond real-time monitoring frameworks.

https://wastewaterbasedepidemiologicalsurveillance.net/paper-collection/urban-sewer-sediments-as-a-potential-matrix-for-retrospective-wastewater-based-epidemiology/

06/09/2026

Highlights
• Aircraft wastewater surveillance detects transboundary viral importation early.

• Genomic tracing links aviation-derived pathogens to community transmission chains.

• Three-tier framework enables preemptive intervention before clinical outbreak onset.

https://wastewaterbasedepidemiologicalsurveillance.net/paper-collection/a-three-stage-hierarchical-strategy-for-real-time-containment-of-transboundary-diarrheagenic-viruses-via-aircraft-to-community-wastewater-surveillance/