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Emerging Pathogens and Contaminants in Water Supply, Treatment, and Sanitation
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Emerging Pathogens and Contaminants in Water Supply, Treatment, and Sanitation

A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water and One Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 4921

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Banu Örmeci

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Guest Editor
Carleton University, Canada
Interests: environmental and public health engineering

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue on “Emerging Pathogens and Contaminants in Water Supply, Treatment, and Sanitation” will focus on the occurrence, fate, persistence, and removal of contaminants of biological and chemical origin in water sources and during water, wastewater, and sludge treatment processes and after discharge of treatment effluents and residuals to the environment. Emerging pathogens/microorganisms, chemical contaminants, and emerging treatment technologies (physical, chemical, biological) are of particular interest. Treatment and sanitation systems include centralised and decentralised systems for water, wastewater, and sludge treatment.

Prof. Dr. Banu Örmeci
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Water is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • Emerging pathogens and microorganisms
  • Emerging contaminants
  • Occurrence, fate, persistence, removal
  • Water supply
  • Water treatment
  • Wastewater treatment
  • Sludge treatment and disposal
  • Centralised systems
  • Decentralised systems

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Investigating Domestic Shower Settings as a Risk Factor for Acanthamoeba Keratitis
by Binod Rayamajhee, Dinesh Subedi, Seoyoung Won, Jamie (Jung Yun) Kim, Ajay Vijay, Jacqueline Tan, Fiona L. Henriquez, Mark Willcox and Nicole A. Carnt
Water 2020, 12(12), 3493; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/w12123493 - 11 Dec 2020
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Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is a sight-threatening infection of the cornea, which is caused by soil and the waterborne protist Acanthamoeba spp. AK most commonly occurs during contact lens (CL) wear. Risk factors for AK have been linked to non-optimal lens hygiene practices and [...] Read more.
Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is a sight-threatening infection of the cornea, which is caused by soil and the waterborne protist Acanthamoeba spp. AK most commonly occurs during contact lens (CL) wear. Risk factors for AK have been linked to non-optimal lens hygiene practices and Acanthamoeba contamination of domestic water. This study investigated the prevalence of Acanthamoeba species in domestic showers in the greater Sydney region, as well as the perception of water contamination of CL as being a risk factor for AK among previous AK patients and their family and friends. Samples from four locations of 13 participants’ shower areas were cultured and Acanthamoeba 18S rRNA was amplified by PCR, followed by sequencing. Twenty-six responses were received to the online questionnaire. Fifteen water samples (29%, 15/52) contained amoeba that were morphologically classified as Acanthamoeba spp. PCR amplification confirmed the presence of Acanthamoeba spp. in four samples (8%, 4/52). Three isolates belonged to the T4, and one isolate to the T3 genotype. On the questionnaire survey, 96% (25/26) of respondents believed that water contamination was likely to be a risk factor for Acanthamoeba keratitis and 58% rated showering with CL as ‘extremely likely’ to be a risk factor for AK. Acanthamoeba pathogenic genotypes (T3 and T4) in the domestic bathroom water suggest that clinicians should remain vigilant in educating CL wearers about avoiding domestic water contamination of CL. Full article
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