Cover -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Part 1: Basic Microbiology -- Microbial nutrition and basic metabolism -- Introduction to Microbes of Sanitary Importance -- Viruses -- Bacteria -- Protozoa -- Filamentous fungi in water systems -- Microbial flora of the gut -- Faecal indicator organisms -- Detection, enumeration and identification of environmental microorganisms of public health significance -- Fundamentals of biological behaviour and wastewater strength tests -- Part 2: Water and Excreta Related Diseases -- Microorganisms and disease -- Unitary environmental classification of water- and excreta-related communicable diseases -- Emerging waterborne pathogens -- Health effects of water consumption and water quality -- Drinking-water standards for the developing world -- Control of pathogenic microorganisms in wastewater recycling and reuse in agriculture -- Developing risk assessments of waterborne microbial contaminations -- Health constraints on the agricultural recycling of wastewater sludges -- Effluent discharge standards -- Part 3: Microbiology of Wastewater Treatment -- Introduction to Microbiological Wastewater Treatment -- Fixed film processes -- Biofilm formation and its role in fixed film processes -- Suspended growth processes -- Protozoa as indicators of wastewater treatment efficiency -- The microbiology of phosphorus removal in activated sludge -- Anaerobic treatment processes -- The nitrogen cycle and its application in wastewater treatment -- Low-cost treatment systems -- Microbial interactions in facultative and maturation ponds -- Sulphate-reducing bacteria -- Behaviour of Pathogens in Wastewater Treatment Processes -- Viruses in faeces -- Bacterial pathogen removal in wastewater treatment plants -- Fate and behaviour of parasites in wastewater treatment systems -- Problems in Wastewater Treatment Processes.

Activated sludge bulking and foaming: microbes and myths -- Odour generation and control -- Recalcitrant organic compounds -- Heavy metals in wastewater treatment processes -- Part 4: Drinking Water Microbiology -- Surface waters -- Stored water (rainjars and raintanks) -- Coagulation and filtration -- Microbial response to disinfectants -- Giardia and Cryptosporidium in water and wastewater -- Biofilms in water distribution systems -- Useful Websites -- Index.