BACKGROUND Antimicrobial resistance is a serious threat in veterinary medicine and human healthcare. Resistance genes can spread from animals, through the food-chain, and back to humans. Sewage sludge may act as the link back from humans to animals. The main aims of this study were to investigate the occurrence of vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) in treated sewage sludge, in a Swedish was...

aims: in biological wastewater treatment processes, a large amount of sludge is produced. stabilization of sludge is essential before disposal because of the risks to human health and environment. therefore, selecting an appropriate process for stabilization this sludge may efficiently decrease risks. the aim of this study was to examine the compound efficiency of the advanced fenton and ozonat...

the bioavailability of trace metals, their biological uptake and ecotoxiccological effect on soil biota can be better understood in terms of their chemical fractionation. the present study examined the mobility and availability of cd, cu, ni, pb and zn in sewage water – irrigated soils using sequential extraction technique as a basis for predicting metal uptake by plants. the residual fraction ...

The freshwater benthic pearl clam, Hyriopsis schlegeli, was experimentally exposed to Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts, and it was verified that the oocysts were eliminated predominantly via the fecal route, retaining their ability to infect cultured cells (HCT-8). The total fecal oocyst elimination rate was more than 90% within 5 days after exposure to the oocysts. H. schlegeli was able to survi...

Leiguarda, Peso, and Kempny (1948) reported that no Shigella were isolated during their river water studies in Argentina, although 67 per cent of the samples showed Salmonella. Gispen and Gan (1950) also reported the frequent isolation of Salmonella from river water in Indonesia, but Shigella were not recovered. During a five-year study of irrigation water in Colorado, the present authors likew...

Manual of Recommended Water Sanitation Practice. Public Health Rpts., 58: 69. CALDWELL, E. L., AND PARR, L. W. 1933 Pump infections under normal conditions in controlled experimental fields. J. Am. Water Works Assoc. 25: 1107-1117. CALVERT, C. K. 1937 The streptococci test for pollution of water. J. Am. Water Works Assoc. 29i 683. CLEMESHA, W. W. 1912 The Bacteriology of Surface Waters in the T...

Manual of Recommended Water Sanitation Practice. Public Health Rpts., 58: 69. CALDWELL, E. L., AND PARR, L. W. 1933 Pump infections under normal conditions in controlled experimental fields. J. Am. Water Works Assoc. 25: 1107-1117. CALVERT, C. K. 1937 The streptococci test for pollution of water. J. Am. Water Works Assoc. 29i 683. CLEMESHA, W. W. 1912 The Bacteriology of Surface Waters in the T...

Huge amounts of waste biosolids are produced from biological processes as waste water treatment, agriculture and food production. The volatile compounds could be utilised as a source for renewable energy in anaerobic processes. However, the anaerobic degradation is slow so that large fermenters are necessary. By ultrasonic disintegration the rate limiting hydrolysis of volatile solids is substi...

AIMS To assess the risk for work related symptoms among sewage workers in Sweden using a postal questionnaire. METHODS All municipalities in Sweden were contacted and asked to provide addresses of sewage workers and controls. Controls were recruited among other municipal workers not exposed to sewage, such as workers in drinking water plants and gardeners. A questionnaire was sent to the subj...

In Belém city is located the potable water supply system of its metropolitan area, which includes, in addition to this city, four more municipalities. In this water supply complex is the Água Preta lake, which serves as a reservoir for the water pumped from the Guamá river. Due to the great importance of this lake for this system, several works have been devoted to its study, from the monitorin...