Jamie Bartram is Director of The Water Institute and Don and Jennifer Holzworth Distinguished Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. Associate Editors: Rachel Baum (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA), Peter A. Coclanis (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA), David M. Gute (Tufts University, USA), David Kay (University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK), Stéphanie McFadyen (Health Canada, Canada), Katherine Pond (University of Surrey, UK), William Robertson (Water Microbiology Consultant, Canada), and Michael J. Rouse (Independent International Consultant on Water Industry, UK).

• 1. Introduction Jamie Bartram and Rachel Baum Part 1: Water-related Hazards 2. Introduction: Water-related Hazards Stéphanie McFadyen and William Robertson 3. Bradley Classification of Disease Transmission Route for Water-related Hazards Jamie Bartram and Paul Hunter 4. Waterborne and Water-washed Disease Mark D. Sobsey 5. Water-based Disease and Microbial Growth Charles P. Gerba and Gordon Nichols 6. Water Related Insect Vectors of Disease Arne Bomblies 7. Health Impacts of Water Carriage Jo-Anne Geere 8. Hazards from Legionella Richard Bentham 9. Toxic Cyanobacteria Ron W. Zurawell 10. Chemical Hazards Lisa Smeester, Andrew E. Yosim and Rebecca C. Fry 11. Radionuclides in Water R. William Field Part 2: Sources of Exposure 12. Introduction: Exposure Pathways Katherine Pond 13. Drinking Water Contamination Christine Stauber and Lisa Casanova 14. Recreational Water Contamination Marc Verhougstraete, Jonathan Sexton and Kelly Reynolds 15. Water and Foodborne Contamination Timothy R. Julian and Kellogg J. Schwab 16. Waterborne Zoonoses Victor Gannon and Chad R. Laing Part 3: Interventions (What do we do to Reduce Exposure) 17. Introduction: Interventions to Reduce Water-related Disease Katherine Pond, David M. Gute and Susan Murcot 18. Drinking Water Supply Jamie Bartram and Samuel Godfrey 19. Drinking Water Treatment Donald Reid 20. Wastewater Treatment Laura Sima 21. Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage Maria Elena Figueroa and D. Lawrence Kincaid 22. Water for Hygiene Aidan A. Cronin and Therese Dooley

The knowledge that water makes up approximately 60 percent of a human body indicates that life truly cannot exist without water. Writings of Hippocrates, as early as 400 BCE, detailed a connection between water and health. The first chapter of this book includes a chronological account of advances in water treatment that predate the germ theory and awareness of aesthetic and environmental hazards associated with water. Contributions to this volume are divided into eight major themes, which are then augmented, detailed, and embellished by a series of generally short paragraphs. These themes include water hazards, exposure pathways, interventions, tools used for investigation, and lessons learned from history. Water-based diseases are presented in multiple-page charts in chapter 5. Summary treatment charts include water toxins, hazards, and technologies. A historical retrospective on the 1854 investigation of the London cholera epidemic by Dr. John Snow is included, as Dr. Snow’s revelation connecting the Broad Street pump and the cholera outbreak is considered one of the greatest medical achievements. A map and a picture of the historic Broad Street pump are prominently included. Overall, the book’s chapters range from trivial to profound, but the references are replete for most submissions.--R. M. Ferguson, Eastern Connecticut State University, March 2017 issue of CHOICE