In many urban and peri-urban areas of developing countries, shallow wells and untreated
water from urban rivers are used for domestic purposes, including drinking water supply …

Water-borne illness, primarily caused by fecal contamination of drinking water, is a major
health burden in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Currently drinking water is treated at the …

Almost half of the world's population relies on non-networked water supply services, which
necessitates in-home water storage. It has been suggested that dirty hands play a role in …

Access to safe drinking water has been an important national goal in Bangladesh and other
developing countries. While Bangladesh has almost achieved accepted bacteriological …

Background Packaged water products provide an increasingly important source of water for
consumption. However, recent studies raise concerns over their safety. Objectives To assess …

Introduction Household drinking water can be contaminated by diarrheagenic
enteropathogens at numerous points between the source and actual consumption …

Rapid urbanization has contributed to an urban sanitation crisis in low-income countries.
Residents in low-income, urban neighborhoods often have poor sanitation infrastructure and …

Groundwater is the major source of drinking water in most rural areas in developing
countries. This resource is threatened by the potential presence of faecal bacteria coming …

Objectives The objective of this study was to investigate the quality of on‐plot piped water
and rainwater at the point of consumption in an area with rapidly expanding coverage of …

Objective Fecal-oral transmission of enteric and other pathogens due to poor sanitation is a
major cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in low-or middle-income settings. Few …