# Fecal contamination and water quality

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/fecal-contamination-and-water-quality-2/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 314,682 |
| Description | This cluster of papers focuses on waterborne disease outbreaks, fecal contamination, microbial source tracking, colloid filtration theory, transport of bacterial pathogens, indicator organisms, and public health protection related to water quality. It covers a wide range of topics including the impact of extreme weather events on waterborne diseases, detection and quantification of fecal pollution, survival and transport of pathogens in various environments, and the significance of microbial indicators for assessing recreational water quality. |
| Domain | Physical Sciences |
| Field | Environmental Science |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/T11331 |
| Works | 38,132 |

## Topic researchers

Showing 12 of 20.

- [Julian P. T. Higgins](https://scholariq.org/researchers/julian-p-t-higgins/)
- [Richard K. Wilson](https://scholariq.org/researchers/richard-k-wilson/)
- [Didier Raoult](https://scholariq.org/researchers/didier-raoult/)
- [Robert S. Fulton](https://scholariq.org/researchers/robert-s-fulton/)
- [Nelson Alvis‐Guzmán](https://scholariq.org/researchers/nelson-alvis-guzman/)
- [Maciej Banach](https://scholariq.org/researchers/maciej-banach/)
- [Sanjay Basu](https://scholariq.org/researchers/sanjay-basu/)
- [Till Bärnighausen](https://scholariq.org/researchers/till-barnighausen/)
- [Foad Abd-Allah](https://scholariq.org/researchers/foad-abd-allah/)
- [Michael Bräuer](https://scholariq.org/researchers/michael-brauer/)
- [Neeraj Bedi](https://scholariq.org/researchers/neeraj-bedi/)
- [Ziyad Al‐Aly](https://scholariq.org/researchers/ziyad-al-aly/)

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