1st Edition
Fundamentals of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology Biomonitoring of Bacteria, Protozoa, COVID-19, and Other Viruses
It is common practice to evaluate wastewater to understand drug consumption, from antibiotics to illegal narcotics, and even to analyze dietary habits and trends. Evaluating contaminants in wastewater enables researchers, environmental scientists, and water quality experts to gain valuable information and data. Wastewater-based epidemiology is an emerging science that has proven to be a cost- and time-effective biomonitoring tool. This book provides a roadmap for detecting wastewater-borne pathogenic contaminants such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, and others. It provides a basic, fundamental discussion of how sampling and monitoring of wastewater using epidemiological concepts and practices can aid in determining the presence of the COVID-19 virus in a community, for example, and may help predict future outbreaks.
Features
• Offers a unique discussion of the detection of bacteria, fungi, and COVID-19, and other viruses in wastewater
• Presents the fundamentals of wastewater chemistry and microbiology
• Explains biomonitoring, sampling, testing, and health surveillance in a practical manner
Fundamentals of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: Biomonitoring of Bacteria, Fungi, COVID-19, and Other Viruses is an invaluable resource to a wide array of readers with varying interests and backgrounds in water science and public health.
PART 1 Setting the Stage
Chapter 1 And What’s in the Pipes Will Tell
Chapter 2 Fundamental Epidemiology
PART 2 Statistical Methods
Chapter 3 Statistics and Biostatistics Review
Chapter 4 Basic Concepts
Chapter 5 Distribution
Chapter 6 Sampling—Measurement Variables
Chapter 7 Frequency Measures: Incidence, Prevalence,
and Mortality Rates
Chapter 8 Measures of Association and Public Health Impact
PART 3 Wastewater
Chapter 9 The Science of Wastewater
Chapter 10 Wastewater Spawned Infectious Disease
PART 4 Wastewater-Based Epidemiology
Chapter 11 Fundamentals of Biomonitoring, Monitoring, Sampling, and
Testing
Chapter 12 Wastewater Bacteria Sampling, Testing, and Analysis
Chapter 13 Wastewater Protozoa Sampling, Testing, and Analysis
Chapter 14 Wastewater Virus Sampling, Testing, and Analysis
Biography
Frank R. Spellman is a retired assistant professor of Environmental Health at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Va. and author of over 60 books. Spellman has been cited in more than 400 publications; serves as a professional expert witness; incident/accident investigator for the U.S. Department of Justice and a private law firm; and consults on Homeland Security vulnerability assessments (VAs) for critical infrastructure including water/wastewater facilities nationwide. Dr. Spellman lectures on sewage treatment, water treatment and homeland security and health and safety topics throughout the country and teaches water/wastewater operator short courses at Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA). He holds a BA in public Administration; BS in Business Management; MBA; Master of Science, MS, in Environmental Engineering and PhD Environmental Engineering.
