As featured in Waterline Winter 2021-22 Challenges of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Joseph O. Falkinham, III Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology   Introduction to the Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) The nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are members of the Mycobacterium bacterial genus that now includes over 200 distinct species (Tortoli, 2003). The NTM are distinguished from the Mycobacterium tuberculosis group… Read more »

As featured in Waterline Autumn 2021 Field Analysis Tips Jemma Tennant, City of Edinburgh Council On site field testing is a key part of every successful water treatment programme. Not only does it satisfy legal requirements, but it is an easy way to quickly gain information on system performance. This can result in improved efficiency… Read more »

As featured in Waterline Summer 2021 Implementing a Sustainable Solution for Cooling Tower Treatment in the Food Industry Mike Hunter – AP Tech Group, Inc. AbstractIndustrial facilities are continuously looking for ways to improve employee safety and to reduce environmental impact from their operations. Facilities that have multiple cooling systems distributed around a large site… Read more »

As featured in Waterline Spring 2021 Global Warming and Climate Change This is the first of 2 articles that I have written for this edition of Waterline. This article looks at how human activity has thrown the Earth’s climate into chaos, and the part that water plays. The second article looks at what we must… Read more »

As featured in Waterline Spring 2021 Going Off-Grid – The Decentralised Production of Point-of-Use Drinking Water by Gillian E Clayton2, Tapan K Dutta1, Bethany G Fox2, Robin M S Thorn2 and Darren M Reynolds2 1 Department of Microbiology, Centenary Campus, Bose Institute, Kolkata 2 Centre for Research in Biosciences, Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences,… Read more »

As featured in waterline Winter 2020-21 FINER AND FINEST – FILTRATION FOR SWIMMING WATER by Michael Cormacey, MISPE, SAC, Dip(Eco-Bldg.Design) MWM.Soc., M.D. Aqua Blue Designs Water filtration, whether in balneology or in the field of effluent and waste water treatment, relies on the same basic principles. Filtration in both swimming pools and sewage plants can… Read more »

WATERLINE ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLE The Need to Understand the Risks and Prevent Aspiration of Pathogens in Healthcare Premises Elaine Waggott (AMRSPH) The need to reduce the risks of splashing and airborne pathogenic aerosol has never been more important. In the wake of Covid-19 recent research findings have starting to confirm what many already suspected –… Read more »

As featured in waterline Autumn 2020 What can we learn from COVID-19? Jimmy Walker Summary So, like many organisations there was WMSoc organising their 2020 conferences and before we knew it the world was in lockdown and all events were rescheduled for 2021. Many freedoms were taken away, most people isolated at home and were… Read more »

The article first appeared in the November 2019 edition of Health Estate Journal (www.healthestatejournal.com), the IHEEM (www.iheem.org.uk) magazine. As featured in waterline Summer 2020 Materials impact warrants careful thought / Different materials pose different risks / Problems with lead nickel, and EPDM explained Paul Millard, WRAS Paul Millard, Technical Manager at the Water Regulations Advisory… Read more »