Routledge Handbook of Water and Health

Jamie Bartram, Rachel Baum, Peter Coclanis , David Gute

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Routledge
05 October 2015

Economics; Agriculture & related industries; Water industries; Drought & water supply; Environmental science, engineering & technology; Water supply & treatment; Agricultural science

Series: Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks

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.

Edited by: Jamie Bartram
Associate editor: Rachel Baum, Peter Coclanis, David Gute, David Kay
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm, Spine: 38mm
Weight: 1.550kg
ISBN: 9781138910072
ISBN 10: 1138910074
Series: Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks
Pages: 750
Publication Date: 05 October 2015
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

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).

Reviews for Routledge Handbook of Water and Health

The knowledge that water makes up approximately 60 percent of a human body indicates that life truly cannot exist without water. Writings of Hippocrates, as early as 400 BCE, detailed a connection between water and health. The first chapter of this book includes a chronological account of advances in water treatment that predate the germ theory and awareness of aesthetic and environmental hazards associated with water. Contributions to this volume are divided into eight major themes, which are then augmented, detailed, and embellished by a series of generally short paragraphs. These themes include water hazards, exposure pathways, interventions, tools used for investigation, and lessons learned from history. Water-based diseases are presented in multiple-page charts in chapter 5. Summary treatment charts include water toxins, hazards, and technologies. A historical retrospective on the 1854 investigation of the London cholera epidemic by Dr. John Snow is included, as Dr. Snow's revelation connecting the Broad Street pump and the cholera outbreak is considered one of the greatest medical achievements. A map and a picture of the historic Broad Street pump are prominently included. Overall, the book's chapters range from trivial to profound, but the references are replete for most submissions. --R. M. Ferguson, Eastern Connecticut State University, March 2017 issue of CHOICE