Water and wastewater systems and utilities: Challenges and opportunities during the COVID-19 pandemic

E Zechman Berglund, N Thelemaque… - Journal of Water …, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
Forum papers are thought-provoking opinion pieces or essays founded in fact, sometimes
containing speculation, on a civil engineering topic of general interest and relevance to the …

Global water shortage and potable water safety; Today's concern and tomorrow's crisis

M Salehi - Environment International, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate change, severe droughts, population growth, demand increase, and poor
management during the recent decades have further stressed the scarce freshwater …

Critical Review: Propensity of Premise Plumbing Pipe Materials to Enhance or Diminish Growth of Legionella and Other Opportunistic Pathogens

AC Cullom, RL Martin, Y Song, K Williams, A Williams… - Pathogens, 2020 - mdpi.com
Growth of Legionella pneumophila and other opportunistic pathogens (OPs) in drinking
water premise plumbing poses an increasing public health concern. Premise plumbing is …

Using a digital twin to explore water infrastructure impacts during the COVID-19 pandemic

JE Pesantez, F Alghamdi, S Sabu… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the daily pattern of activities
changed dramatically for people across the globe, as they socially distanced and worked …

Flushing of Stagnant Premise Water Systems after the COVID-19 Shutdown Can Reduce Infection Risk by Legionella and Mycobacterium spp.

RM Hozalski, TM LaPara, X Zhao, T Kim… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
There is concern about potential exposure to opportunistic pathogens when reopening
buildings closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, water samples were collected …

[HTML][HTML] Variability and sampling of lead (Pb) in drinking water: Assessing potential human exposure depends on the sampling protocol

S Triantafyllidou, J Burkhardt, J Tully, K Cahalan… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lead (Pb) in drinking water has re-emerged as a modern public health threat which can vary
widely in space and in time (ie, between homes, within homes and even at the same tap …

Water science under the global epidemic of COVID-19: Bibliometric tracking on COVID-19 publication and further research needs

B Ji, Y Zhao, T Wei, P Kang - Journal of environmental chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
There are overwhelming increases of studies and over 200,000 publications related to all
the aspects of COVID-19. Among them, 262 papers were published by authors from 67 …

Microbial ecology of drinking water from source to tap

L Abkar, HS Moghaddam, SJ Fowler - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
As drinking water travels from its source, through various treatment processes, hundreds to
thousands of kilometres of distribution network pipes, to the taps in private homes and public …

Gradual recovery of building plumbing-associated microbial communities after extended periods of altered water demand during the COVID-19 pandemic

S Vosloo, L Huo, U Chauhan, I Cotto… - … science & technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
COVID-19 pandemic-related building restrictions heightened drinking water microbiological
safety concerns post-reopening due to the unprecedented nature of commercial building …

[HTML][HTML] Tenets of a holistic approach to drinking water-associated pathogen research, management, and communication

C Proctor, E Garner, KA Hamilton, NJ Ashbolt… - Water research, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, drinking water-associated pathogens that can cause infections in
immunocompromised or otherwise susceptible individuals (henceforth referred to as DWPI) …