About the conference
The Water Microbiology Conference 2015 creates a forum for researchers and practitioners focused on microbiology and public health issues to come together around the intersection of the two.
The Conference will blend interactive workshops with scientific symposia and poster socials. The focus will be on water microbiology from watershed to human exposure including current concerns in recreational waters, shellfish harvesting waters, emerging technologies and quantitative tools.
The Conference will offer participants a variety of opportunities to exchange ideas, debate challenging topics and explore potential collaborations.
Conference themes
Sources & Reservoirs
- One Health, including human and animal wastes
- Effluents, discharges, biosolids, biofilms and stormwaters
- Drinking, reclaimed, recreational and irrigation waters
- Rural water supply and sanitation
- Disasters and extreme events
Exposure
- Persistence, transport and fate
- Hazards (including antimicrobial resistance, water based and zoonotic organisms)
- Shellfish, produce, irrigation, water reuse
- Health risks, epidemiology and one health issues
- Emerging pathogens and exposures
Methods
- Rapid molecular and enzymatic methods
- Metagenome, resistome and community analysis
- Method comparison, validation and performance
- Microbial source tracking
- Modeling and prediction
Management & Treatment
- Water and wastewater treatment and disinfection including balancing risks from disinfection byproducts
- Monitoring, criteria and standards
- BMPs and water safety plans including stormwater
- QMRA, decision analysis and surveillance
- Post-treatment microbial dynamics