Journal of Water and Health is a peer-reviewed Open Access journal devoted to the dissemination of information on the health implications and control of waterborne microorganisms and chemical substances in the broadest sense for developing and developed countries worldwide. This includes microbial toxins, chemical quality and the aesthetic qualities of water.
Contributions will be published on the health-related aspects of the following areas:
Epidemiology
Epidemiology of waterborne diseases
Wastewater-based epidemiology
Water and wastewater in One Health approaches
Risk assessment
Microbial risk assessment
Chemical risk assessment
Radiological risk assessment
Detection and ecology of pathogens in the environment
Fate and transport of pathogens/indictors/genetic markers
Predator-prey interactions
Pathogen-biofilm interactions
Horizontal gene transfer
Single celled microbiology
Water and wastewater treatment
Performance of water and wastewater treatment and health implications
Assessment of log-removals by treatment
Growth of pathogens in treatment systems
Changes in antimicrobial resistance, virulence markers
On-site or non-sewered systems
Disinfection
Chemical disinfection performance measurement
Physical disinfection performance measurement
Disinfection by-products
Health effects of DBPs
Measurement of DBPs
DBPs generated downstream of treatment
Removal of DBPs in water systems
Indicators of water and waste quality
Chemical indicators
Microbial indicators
Microbial source tracking markers
Verification of indicators
Regulatory issues and standard development
Emerging regulatory issues
Method Validation
Evaluation of a standard method
Water quality surveys and assessments
Antimicrobial resistance
Chemicals or contaminants of emerging concern
Microplastics related to health
Water virology
Monitoring
Novel approaches or interpretations in monitoring human exposure
Culture and molecular (omic) methods to address health-related targets
Innovation in monitoring and surveillance technology
Recreational water quality
Surface water monitoring
Groundwater monitoring
Wastewater-based surveillance
Microbial toxins (including cyanobacteria)
Cyanotoxins exposure assessment
Endotoxins exposure assessment
Microbial exposures resulting in hypersensitivities
Mycotoxins
Chemical and physical quality of water as it affects health
Chemical exposure assessment
Radiological exposure assessment
Endocrine disruptors
Exposure assessment of EDCs
Taste, odour & colour
Aesthetic aspects of water that may impact human health
Impacts of water quality on food safety
Food production
Food processing
Impact of climate change on water quality and health
Disruption of water services
Floods or droughts
Severe fire impacts
Shifts in waterborne disease
Water-based diseases
Saprozoic pathogens
Water-wash pathogens
Water-based insect vectors of disease
Vector disease ecology
Water policy and health
Evidence for health interventions
Ethics in Water and Health
Health effectiveness of water/sanitation management (WaSH)
Water Safety Plans
Informal settlements
Sanitation Safety Plans
Sanitation
Journal of Water and Health is published monthly.