TY - JOUR
T1 - Quality of reclaimed waters
T2 - a public health need for source tracking of wastewater-derived protozoan enteropathogens in engineered wetlands
AU - Graczyk, Thaddeus K.
AU - Lucy, Frances E.
PY - 2007/6
Y1 - 2007/6
N2 - Demand for high-quality drinking and recreational water rises exponentially owing to global demographic growth in the human population, reinforcing an urgent need for microbiologically safe reclaimed water. However, constructed wetlands, implemented into municipal wastewater treatment, may not provide substantial remediation for human protozoan enteropathogens such as Cryptosporidium, Giardia and human-virulent microsporidia. Improving reclaimed water quality by lowering faecal coliforms is not a sound solution for these pathogens. Current advances in molecular technology can benefit public health in developing and developed countries by changing the conceptual research framework for wastewater-receiving wetlands from 'pathogen removal' to 'pathogen source tracking' efforts.
AB - Demand for high-quality drinking and recreational water rises exponentially owing to global demographic growth in the human population, reinforcing an urgent need for microbiologically safe reclaimed water. However, constructed wetlands, implemented into municipal wastewater treatment, may not provide substantial remediation for human protozoan enteropathogens such as Cryptosporidium, Giardia and human-virulent microsporidia. Improving reclaimed water quality by lowering faecal coliforms is not a sound solution for these pathogens. Current advances in molecular technology can benefit public health in developing and developed countries by changing the conceptual research framework for wastewater-receiving wetlands from 'pathogen removal' to 'pathogen source tracking' efforts.
KW - Constructed wetlands
KW - Cryptosporidium
KW - Giardia
KW - Microsporidian spores
KW - Reclaimed water
KW - Wastewater
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34247103589&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.02.018
DO - 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.02.018
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17399755
AN - SCOPUS:34247103589
SN - 0035-9203
VL - 101
SP - 532
EP - 533
JO - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 6
ER -