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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. 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

Routledge Handbook of Water and Health

1. Introduction





Jamie Bartram and Rachel Baum





Part 1: Water-related Hazards





2. Introduction: Water-related Hazards





Stephanie McFadyen and William Robertson





3. Bradley Classification of Disease Transmission Routes 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 to 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, Susan Murcott and David M. Gute





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





23. Water Safety Plans





Katrina Charles





24. System Maintenance and Sustainability





Neil S. Grigg





25. Managing Chemical Hazards





Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson and Nicholas DeFelice





Part 4: Implementing Interventions





26. Introduction: Settings-based Approaches





Laura Linnan and Anna Grummon





27. Household-focused Interventions





Daniele Lantagne and David M. Gute





28. Water in Schools





Matthew C. Freeman





29. Water and Hydration in the Workplace





Bonnie Rogers and Susan Randolph





30. Healthcare Settings





Martin Exner





31. Water Supply in Rural Settings





Sara J. Marks and Kellogg J. Schwab





32. Integrated Urban Water Management





Kalanithy Vairavamoorthy, Jochen Eckart, Kebreab Ghebremichael and Seneshaw Tsegaye





Part 5: Distal Influences





33. Introduction: Distal Influences





David M. Gute





34. Water Scarcity





Sarah Bell





35. Climate Change





Katrina Charles





36. Poverty





Leo Heller and Sandy Cairncross





37. Emergencies and Disasters





Andy Bastable and Ben Harvey





38. Population and Demographics





Carl Haub





39. Water Re-use





Choon Nam Ong





40. War and Conflict





Barry S. Levy and Victor W. Sidel





Part 6: Policies and their Implementation





41. Introduction: Policies and Regulations on Water and Health





Michael J. Rouse





42. Integrated Water Resources Management





Kebreab Ghebremichael, Jochen Eckart, Krishna Khatri and Kalanithy Vairavamoorthy





43. International Policy





Jamie Bartram, Georgia Kayser, Bruce Gordon and Felix Dodds





44. Drinking Water Quality Regulations





Katrina Charles and Katherine Pond





45. Recreational Outdoor Water Regulations





Julie Kinzelman





46. Swimming Pool Regulations





Katherine Pond and Lowell Lewis





47. Wastewater Regulations





Laura Sima





48. Water Charges and Subsidies





Richard Franceys





49. Water Exchange Systems





Srinivas Sridharan, Dani J. Barrington and Stephen Saunders





50. Information in Water and Health





Pamela Furniss





51. The Human Rights Framework for Water Services





Inga T. Winkler and Virginia Roaf





52. Menstrual Hygiene Management and WASH





Marni Sommer and Bethany A. Caruso





53. Health Impact Assessment





Lorna Fewtrell





Part 7: Investigative Tools





54. Section Introduction: Investigative Tools





David Kay





55. Epidemiology





Karin Yeatts





56. Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment





Gertjan Medema





57. Burden of Disease Assessment





Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson





58. Water Monitoring and Testing





Huw Taylor





59. Indicators of Microbial Quality





Joe Brown and Phillip Grammer





60. Pollutant Transport Modelling





David Kay





61. GIS and Spatial Analysis





Jim Wright





62. Demand Assessment and Valuation





Marc Jeuland





63. Cost-benefit Analysis and Cost-effectiveness Analysis





Marc Jeuland





Part 8: Learning from History





64. Section Introduction: Learning from History





Peter A. Coclanis





65. Cholera Epidemic in Hamburg, Germany 1892





Martin Exner





66. The Discovery of the Aetiology of Cholera, Robert Koch, 1883





Martin Exner





67. Dr. John Snow and the Broad Street Pump





Rosalind Stanwell-Smith





68. The Arsenic Crisis in Bangladesh





Christine Marie George





69. Walkerton - Systemic Flaws Allow a Fatal Outbreak





Steve Hrudey and Elizabeth J. Hrudey





70. Milwaukee and the Cryptosporidium Outbreak of 1993





M. Stephen Gradus





71. Edwin Chadwick and the Public Health Act 1848 - Principal Architect of Sanitary Reform





Martin Exner