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Animal Waste, Water Quality and Human Health

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20<strong>Animal</strong> <strong>Waste</strong>, <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Quality</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Human</strong> <strong>Health</strong>WATER QUALITYANIMAL WASTE• Which pathogens are excreted <strong>and</strong> inwhat quantities?• How are pathogens from animal wastestransported to water?• How does application of animalmanure on farml<strong>and</strong>s contribute topathogen loads in water?• Contamination of drinking-water sourceswith animal wastes• Poor or no drinking-water treatment• Contaminated water used for ready-to-eatfood crops• Contaminated recreational waters• Type <strong>and</strong> numbers of pathogens presentin the contaminated waters (quantitative<strong>and</strong> qualitative risks)PRIORITYWATERBORNEPATHOGENSHUMAN HEALTH• Frequency <strong>and</strong> severity of waterbornedisease• Local (endemic) disease• Ease of treatment• Ease of prevention• How many outbreaks have beendocumented due to consumption ofcontaminated drinking-water?Figure 2.1 Questions to facilitate the interrelation of seemingly diverse subjects such as animalwaste, water quality <strong>and</strong> human health.Pathogens ranking 1 <strong>and</strong> 2 applying these criteria will be the focus of discussionin the remaining chapters. While those that ranked lower may be of significantimportance in some parts of the world or under specific circumstances,epidemiological data suggests that the organisms in the first two categories posethe greatest global public health risks, <strong>and</strong> that control of these pathogens inanimal populations, improved waste management, run-off controls <strong>and</strong>remediation, effective monitoring of water contamination, better water storage

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