A critical review on the factors that influence opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens: from building entry to fixtures in residences

AR Logan-Jackson, MD Batista, W Healy… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Residential buildings provide unique conditions for opportunistic premise plumbing
pathogen (OPPP) exposure via aerosolized water droplets produced by showerheads …

Treatment processes and analysis of rainwater quality for human use and consumption regulations, treatment systems and quality of rainwater

C Morales-Figueroa, LA Castillo-Suárez… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Water stress resulting from population growth, high water demand, and climate change
currently represents an environmentally derived social and economic problem at global …

Preventing lead leakage in perovskite solar cells and modules with a low-cost and stable chemisorption coating

Z Zhang, Y Shi, J Chen, P Shen, H Li, M Yang… - Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Despite the promising commercial prospects of perovskite solar cells, the issue of lead
toxicity continues to hinder their future industrial applications. Here, we report a low-cost and …

Climate change and opportunistic pathogens (OPs) in the built environment

J O'Keeffe - Environmental Health Review, 2022 - pubs.ciphi.ca
Climate change is predicted to have diverse impacts on the natural and built environment,
including the aquatic habitats that exist in towns and cities. Within built infrastructure, the …

Computational framework for evaluating risk trade-offs in costs associated with legionnaires' disease risk, energy, and scalding risk for hospital hot water systems

A Heida, A Mraz, MT Hamilton, MH Weir… - … : Water Research & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Legionella pneumophila are bacteria that when inhaled cause Legionnaires' disease (LD)
and febrile illness Pontiac fever. As of 2014, LD is the most frequent cause of waterborne …

Heterotrophic bacteria in drinking water: evaluating antibiotic resistance and the presence of virulence genes

LG Molale-Tom, OS Olanrewaju… - Microbiology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Heterotrophic bacteria, impacting those with infections or compromised immunity, pose
heightened health risks when resistant to antibiotics. This study investigates heterotrophic …

Mixing of arsenic-rich groundwater and surface water in drinking water distribution systems: Implications for contaminants, disinfection byproducts and organic …

L Kurajica, MU Bošnjak, AS Kinsela, M Bieroza… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The utilization of groundwaters containing high levels of arsenic (As) for drinking water
purposes presents major health and economic challenges for water utilities. One low-cost …

Biopolymers present in tap water improve disinfection byproduct removal by nanofiltration

L Wang, W Weng, N Graham, W Yu, K Sun… - Separation and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Nanofiltration (NF) is an effective and well-established technology in the purification of
drinking water. However, the efficiency of NF membranes in rejecting organic contaminants …

Managing Building Water Disruptions in a Post-COVID World: Water Quality and Safety Risk Assessment Tool for Academic Institutions and School Settings

SC Griffin, MM Scanlon, KA Reynolds - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fluctuating building occupancy during the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to poor water
quality and safety conditions in building water distribution systems (BWDSs). Natural …

Investigating water safety in multi-purpose buildings used as an elementary school and plumbing remediation effectiveness

K Ra, C Proctor, C Ley, D Angert, Y Noh, K Isaacson… - PLOS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Three buildings that were repurposed for use as an elementary school were shutdown for
three months in response to the pandemic. Building cold and hot water quality was …