Grantee Research Project Results

2003 Progress Report: A Prospective Epidemiological Study of Gastrointestinal Health Effects Associated with Consumption of Conventionally Treated Groundwater

EPA Grant Number: R830376
Title: A Prospective Epidemiological Study of Gastrointestinal Health Effects Associated with Consumption of Conventionally Treated Groundwater
Investigators: Moe, Christine L. , Rose, Joan B. , Huffman, Debra , Payment, Pierre
Current Investigators: Moe, Christine L. , Moll, Deborah , Nilsson, Kenneth , Hooper, Stuart
Institution: Emory University , University of South Florida , INRS - Institut Armand-Frappier , Michigan State University
Current Institution: Emory University , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , University of South Florida
EPA Project Officer: Page, Angela
Project Period: October 1, 2002 through September 30, 2005 (Extended to September 30, 2008)
Project Period Covered by this Report: October 1, 2002 through September 30, 2003
Project Amount: $1,820,900
RFA: Microbial Risk in Drinking Water (2001) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Drinking Water , Human Health , Water

Objective:

The objectives of this research project are to: (1) estimate the risks of endemic gastrointestinal illness (GI) associated with the consumption of conventionally treated groundwater in the United States; and (2) determine the relative contributions of source water quality, treatment efficacy, and distribution system vulnerability to endemic waterborne disease. This study involves a 12-month, double-blinded, randomized drinking water intervention trial with 900 households that will measure rates of GI drinking water groups that receive different levels of treatment.

Progress Summary:

Progress during Year 1 of the project is as follows:

· Study questionnaires, consent forms, brochures, and other documentations have been designed and produced.

· The Emory University Institutional Review Board approved the study protocol and data collection forms on August 28, 2003.

· Distribution system vulnerability assessment is 90 percent complete. When complete, target household recruitment neighborhoods will be identified as more or less vulnerable to microbial contamination.

Future Activities:

We will finalize our vulnerability assessment and identify final target neighborhoods; recruit study households; and initiate interventions scheduled for March 1, 2004.

Journal Articles:

No journal articles submitted with this report: View all 12 publications for this project

Supplemental Keywords:

drinking water, groundwater, health effects, human health, pathogens, microbial water quality, epidemiology, intervention study, health, water, biochemistry, environmental chemistry, environmental microbiology, health risk assessment, risk assessments, bacteria, dietary ingestion exposures, drinking water contaminants, drinking water treatment, exposure, exposure assessment, gastrointestinal health, gastrointestinal health effects, groundwater contamination, groundwater disinfection, human exposure, human health effects, human health risk, microbial contamination, microbial effects, treatment, water disinfection., Health, RFA, Scientific Discipline, Water, Health Risk Assessment, Risk Assessments, Environmental Chemistry, Epidemiology, Biochemistry, Drinking Water, health effects, microbial contamination, human health, treatment, water quality, gastrointestinal health, human exposure, groundwater contamination, dietary ingestion exposures, groundwater disinfection, microbial effects, microbial risk, drinking water contaminants, exposure, groundwater, drinking water treatment, gastrointestinal health effects, other - risk assessment, waterborne disease, human health effects, human health risk, bacteria, exposure assessment

Progress and Final Reports:

Original Abstract

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