Urban effluent discharges as causes of public and environmental health concerns in South Africa’s aquatic milieu

Toxicity of surface water from Huangpu River to luminous bacteria (Vibrio qinghaiensis SP. Q67) and zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos

(2015) Lili Zhang et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Sharptooth catfish shows its metal: A case study of metal contamination at two impoundments in the Olifants River, Limpopo river system, South Africa

(2015) Antoinette Jooste et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Accumulation and toxic effects of microcystin in tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) from an eutrophic Brazilian lagoon

(2015) Rachel Ann Hauser-Davis et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Incidence of human adenoviruses and Hepatitis A virus in the final effluent of selected wastewater treatment plants in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

(2015) Olayinka Osuolale et al.   Virology Journal

Prevalence and characterisation of non-cholerae Vibrio spp. in final effluents of wastewater treatment facilities in two districts of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa: implications for public health

(2014) Anthony I. Okoh et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Human health risk assessment for silver catfish Schilbe intermedius Rüppell, 1832, from two impoundments in the Olifants River, Limpopo, South Africa

(2014) A Addo-Bediako et al.   WATER SA

Assessment of the Risks for Human Health of Adenoviruses, Hepatitis A Virus, Rotaviruses and Enteroviruses in the Buffalo River and Three Source Water Dams in the Eastern Cape

(2014) Vincent N. Chigor et al.   Food and Environmental Virology

Prevalence and Antibiogram Profiling of Escherichia coli Pathotypes Isolated from the Kat River and the Fort Beaufort Abstraction Water

(2014) Nolonwabo Nontongana et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Wastewater Treatment Effluent Reduces the Abundance and Diversity of Benthic Bacterial Communities in Urban and Suburban Rivers

(2013) Bradley Drury et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Health risk implications from simultaneous exposure to multiple environmental contaminants

(2013) B. Genthe et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Heavy metal assessment and water quality values in urban stream and rain water

(2013) K. Sekabira et al.   International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Do Contaminants Originating from State-of-the-Art Treated Wastewater Impact the Ecological Quality of Surface Waters?

(2013) Daniel Stalter et al.   PLoS One

Occurrence and behavior of pesticides in wastewater treatment plants and their environmental impact

(2013) Marianne Köck-Schulmeyer et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Occurrence, fate and environmental risk assessment of endocrine disrupting compounds at the wastewater treatment works in Pietermaritzburg (South Africa)

(2013) T Manickum et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Chemical characteristics and limnology of Loskop Dam on the Olifants River (South Africa), in light of recent fish and crocodile mortalities

(2013) J Dabrowski et al.   WATER SA

Emerging and potentially emerging viruses in water environments

(2013) Giuseppina La Rosa et al.   ANNALI DELL ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITA

Treated Wastewater Effluent as a Source of Microbial Pollution of Surface Water Resources

(2013) Shalinee Naidoo et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

South African ecotoxicology — present status and future prognosis

(2012) V Wepener et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF AQUATIC SCIENCE

Vulnerability and adaptation of African rural populations to hydro-climate change: experience from fishing communities in the Inner Niger Delta (Mali)

(2012) Pierre Morand et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Seasonal and spatio-temporal distribution of faecal-indicator bacteria in Tyume River in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

(2012) Timothy Sibanda et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Studies on the bacteriological qualities of the Buffalo River and three source water dams along its course in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

(2012) Vincent N. Chigor et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Diverse norovirus genotypes identified in sewage-polluted river water in South Africa

(2012) J. MANS et al.   EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION

A case study on the relationship between conductivity and dissolved solids to evaluate the potential for reuse of reclaimed industrial wastewater

(2012) Naqvi Sohail Ali et al.   KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering

The use of water resources for inland fisheries in South Africa

(2012) JR McCafferty et al.   WATER SA

Short communication: Isolation and identification of bacterial pollutants from the Berg and Plankenburg Rivers in the Western Cape, South Africa

(2012) AN Paulse et al.   WATER SA

Quantitative RT-PCR Detection of Hepatitis A Virus, Rotaviruses and Enteroviruses in the Buffalo River and Source Water Dams in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

(2012) Vincent Chigor et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Microalgae and wastewater treatment

(2012) N. Abdel-Raouf et al.   SAUDI JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Semi-automated liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) method for basic pesticides in wastewater effluents

(2011) Michael G. Cahill et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

A weight-of-evidence approach to determine estuarine fish health using indicators from multiple levels of biological organization

(2011) N. Richardson et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Recent views on river pollution and diatoms

(2011) Frédéric Rimet   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Detection of potential risk of wastewater effluents for transmission of antibiotic resistance from Vibrio species as a reservoir in a peri-urban community in South Africa

(2011) Etinosa O. Igbinosa et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH

Seasonal abundance and distribution of Vibrio species in the treated effluent of wastewater treatment facilities in suburban and urban communities of Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

(2011) Etinosa O. Igbinosa et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

Who uses the fishery resources in South Africa’s largest impoundment? Characterising subsistence and recreational fishing sectors on Lake Gariep

(2011) BR Ellender et al.   WATER SA

Abundance of pathogenic bacteria and viral indicators in chlorinated effluents produced by four wastewater treatment plants in the Gauteng Province, South Africa

(2011) M Dungeni et al.   WATER SA

Review: Endocrine disrupting chemicals (phenol and phthalates) in the South African environment: a need for more monitoring

(2011) O.O Olujimi et al.   WATER SA

Global Water Pollution and Human Health

(2010) René P. Schwarzenbach et al.   Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Heavy metals, occurrence and toxicity for plants: a review

(2010) P. C. Nagajyoti et al.   Environmental Chemistry Letters

Monitoring of contaminated toxic and heavy metals, from mine tailings through age accumulation, in soil and some wild plants at Southeast Egypt

(2010) M.N. Rashed   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Environmental causes of cancer: endocrine disruptors as carcinogens

(2010) Ana M. Soto et al.   Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Molecular detection of pathogens in water – The pros and cons of molecular techniques

(2010) Rosina Girones et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in archived U.S. biosolids from the 2001 EPA national sewage sludge survey

(2010) Kristin McClellan et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Impact of pollution and seasonal changes on microbial community structure in surface water

(2010) H. Mlejnková et al.   WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Municipal Wastewater Effluents as a Source of Listerial Pathogens in the Aquatic Milieu of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa: A Concern of Public Health Importance

(2010) Emmanuel E.O. Odjadjare et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Inadequately Treated Wastewater as a Source of Human Enteric Viruses in the Environment

(2010) Anthony I. Okoh et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Combination of in vitro bioassays for the determination of cytotoxic and genotoxic potential of wastewater, surface water and drinking water samples

(2009) Bojana Žegura et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Occurrences of endocrine disrupting compounds and pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment and their removal from drinking water: Challenges in the context of the developing world

(2009) M.F. Rahman et al.   DESALINATION

Antioxidant capacity of Lemna gibba L. exposed to wastewater treatment

(2009) Fikret Karatas et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Responses of phytoplankton upon exposure to a mixture of acid mine drainage and high levels of nutrient pollution in Lake Loskop, South Africa

(2009) P.J. Oberholster et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

An Assessment of Potential Exposure and Risk from Estrogens in Drinking Water

(2009) Daniel J. Caldwell et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Contribution of Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluents to Nutrient Dynamics in Aquatic Systems: A Review

(2009) Richard O. Carey et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Differentiation between microcystin contaminated and uncontaminated fish by determination of unconjugated MCs using an ELISA anti-adda test based on receiver-operating characteristic curves threshold values: Application to Tinca tinca from natural ponds

(2009) Isabel María Moreno et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY

Practical overview of analytical methods for endocrine-disrupting compounds, pharmaceuticals and personal care products in water and wastewater

(2009) A. M. Comerton et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Occurrence of potentially pathogenic vibrios in final effluents of a wastewater treatment facility in a rural community of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

(2009) Etinosa O. Igbinosa et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

The occurrence of antibiotics in an urban watershed: From wastewater to drinking water

(2009) A.J. Watkinson et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Transfer, distribution and bioaccumulation of microcystins in the aquatic food web in Lake Taihu, China, with potential risks to human health

(2009) Dawen Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Effect of Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent on Microbial Function and Community Structure in the Sediment of a Freshwater Stream with Variable Seasonal Flow

(2008) S. A. Wakelin et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Acetylcholinesterase: a potential biochemical indicator for biomonitoring of fertilizer industry effluent toxicity in freshwater teleost, Channa striatus

(2008) Archana Yadav et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY

Ecotoxicological assessment of water quality and ecosystem health: A case study of the Volga River

(2008) T.I. Moiseenko et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Bioaccumulation of chlorinated pesticides and PCBs in the tropical freshwater fish Hoplias malabaricus: Histopathological, physiological, and immunological findings

(2008) A.L. Miranda et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

EFFECTS OF HEAVY METALS ON RIVERINE BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGES WITH REFERENCE TO POTENTIAL FOOD AVAILABILITY FOR DRIFT-FEEDING FISHES

(2008) Yuichi Iwasaki et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Hindcasting cyanobacterial communities in Lake Okaro with germination experiments and genetic analyses

(2008) Susanna A. Wood et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Health risk from heavy metals via consumption of food crops in the vicinity of Dabaoshan mine, South China

(2008) Ping Zhuang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT