Caminos de Agua believes that access to safe, healthy drinking water should be a fundamental human right. This is a massive global public health challenge. The Caminos de Agua mission is to provide open-source solutions for communities at-risk on our aquifer in Central Mexico, and leverage those solutions for others confronting similar water challenges throughout… Read more »

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has been fined £300,000 after failing to control the risk to patients from exposure to legionella bacteria in its water systems.   READ MORE

Rapid molecular detection of Legionella for outbreak response   First discovered in 1976 at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Legionnaires’ disease continues to cause outbreaks in the United States. Even though it is a leading cause of potable waterborne outbreaks in the United States, reliable, rapid, and consistent analysis techniques have not been… Read more »

Call for Abstracts for our one-day conference for students and early career researchers to share the latest advances in health-related water topics and network with water professionals. Our Call for Abstracts is now open and we welcome submissions related to the field of water and public health including but not limited to microbiology; water chemistry… Read more »

Laboratory reports of respiratory infections made to PHE from PHE and NHS laboratories in England and Wales: weeks 9 to 13, 2018.   LINK

The 2016 annual report on Legionnaires’ disease (LD) in England and Wales residents has been published by Public Health England, describing the epidemiological features of microbiologically-confirmed cases (who experienced onset of symptoms during that year).   LINK

You can now view the WMSoc Factsheets presentation by Elise Maynard from the recent WMSoc Cradle to Grave event in London.   CLICK HERE to view the presentation (PDF – 1.7mb)

You are invited to take part in a water management questionnaire.   Take part in the survey here: LINK

Measurement chip detects Legionella – rapid test speeds up detection in case of a Legionella pneumophila outbreak   LINK

PhD candidates required with interest in controlling acquisition of healthcare associated infections from the environment.   The project will focus on reducing colonisation of sanitary plumbing systems in clinical areas using novel antimicrobial surfaces. Working with engineers, clinicians and microbiologists, this project has great potential for real impact.   LINK