wastewater design · MCU22/0192

 

INFECTIOUS AGENTS PRESENT IN RAW DOMESTIC WASTEWATER

 

 

 

 

Organism Disease Remarks
Bacteria
Escherichia coli Gastroenteritis Diarrhoea
(enteropathogenic)
Legionella pneumophila Legionellosis Acute respiratory illness

 

Leptospira (150 spp.)

Leptospirosis

Jaundice and fever
(Weil’s disease)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salmonella typhi Typhoid fever High fever, diarrhoea and
ulceration of small intestine
Salmonella (~1700 spp.) Salmonellosis Food poisoning
Shigella (4 spp.) Shigellosis Bacillary dysentery
Vibrio cholerae Cholera Extremely heavy diarrhoea
and dehydration
Yersinia enterolitica Yersinosis Diarrhoea
Viruses

 

Adenovirus (31 types)

Respiratory disease

 

Enteroviruses (67 types eg.
Polio, echo and Coxsackie

Gastroenteritis, heart
anomalies and meningitis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

viruses)
Hepatitis A Infectious hepatitis Jaundice and fever
Norwalk agent Gastroenteritis Vomiting
Reovirus Gastroenteritis
Rotavirus Gastroenteritis
Protozoa
Balantidium coli Balantidiasis Diarrhoea and dysentery
Cryptosporidium Cryptosporidiosis Diarrhoea
Entamoeba histolytica Amebiasis (amoebic Prolonged diarrhoea with
dysentery) bleeding and abscesses of the
liver and small intestine
Giardia Lamblia Giardiasis Mild to sever diarrhoea,
nausea and indigestion
Helminths
Ascaris lumbricoides Ascariasis Roundworm infestation
Enterobius vericularis Enterobiasis Pinworm
Fasciola hepatica Fascioliasis Sheep liver fluke
Hymenolepis nana Hymenolepiasis Dwarf tapeworm
Taenia saginata Taeniasis Beef tapeworm
Taenia solium Taeniasis Pork tapeworm
Trichuris trichiura Trichuriasis Whipworm
Source: Metcalf and Eddy, Inc., 1991.
Unearthed Geotechnical P/L. 26 Design Report 022-164