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2024

de Brito Cruz D, Schmidt PJ, Emelko MB, 2024. Drinking Water QMRA and Decision-making: Sensitivity of Risk to Common Independence Assumptions about Model Inputs. Water Research, 259:121877.

Hamilton KA, Harrison JC, Mitchell J, Weir M, Verhougstraete M, Haas CN, Nejadhashemi AP, Libarkin J, Aw TG, Bibby K, Bivins A, Brown J, Dean K, Dunbar G, Eisenberg JNS, Emelko MB, Gerrity D, Gurian PL, Hartnett E, Jahne M, Jones RM, Julian TR, Li H, Li Y, MacDonald Gibson J, Medema G, Meschke JS, Mraz A, Murphy H, Oryang D, Owusu-Ansah Ed-GJ, Pasek E, Pradhan AK, Razzolini MTP, Ryan MO, Schoen M, Smeets PWMH, Soller J, Solo-Gabriele H, Williams C, Wilson AM, Zimmer-Faust A, Alja’fari J, Rose JB, 2024. Research Gaps and Priorities for Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA). Risk Analysis, 1-16.

Orlova J, Amiri F, Bourgeois AK, Buttle JM, Cherlet E, Cuss CW, Devito KJ, Emelko MB, Floyd WC, Foster DE, Hutchins RHS, Jamieson R, Johnson MS, McSorley HJ, Silins U, Tank SE, Thompson LM, Webster KL, Williams CHS, Olefeldt D, 2024. Composition of Stream Dissolved Organic Matter Across Canadian Forested Ecozones Varies in Three Dimensions Linked to Landscape and Climate. Water Resources Research, 60(5):e2023WR035196.

Zhu Z, Schmidt PJ, Parker WJ, Emelko MB, 2024. A Framework to Quantify Uncertainty in Microplastics Concentrations in Wastewaters and Sludges Incorporating Analytical Recovery Information into Data Analysis. Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 96(16):6245-6254.

Bourgeois AK, Tank SE, Floyd WC, Emelko MB, Amiri F, 2024. Hydrology Predominates Over Harvest History and Landscape Variation to Control Water Quality and Disinfection By-Product Formation Potentials in Forested Pacific Coast Watersheds. ACS ES&T Water, 4(4):1335-1345.

Chowdhury OS, Schmidt PJ, Anderson WB, Emelko MB, 2024. Advancing Evaluation of Microplastics Thresholds to Inform Water Treatment Needs and Risks. Environment & Health, In Press.

Cameron ES, Krishna A, Emelko MB, Müller KM, 2024. Sporadic Diurnal Fluctuations of Cyanobacterial Populations in Oligotrophic Temperate Systems can Prevent Accurate Characterization of Change and Risk in Aquatic Systems. Water Research, 252:121199.

2023

Fines RW, Stone M, Webster KL, Leach JA, Buttle JM, Emelko MB, Collins AL, 2023. Evaluation of Legacy Forest Harvesting Impacts on Dominant Stream Water Sources and Implications for Water Quality Using End Member Mixing Analysis. Water, 15(15):2825.

de Brito Cruz D, Brown TJ, Jin C, Kundert KL, Ruecker NJ, Ballantyne L, Schmidt PJ, Anderson WB, Emelko MB, 2023. Filter Operation Effects on Plant-Scale Microbial Risk: Opportunities for Enhanced Treatment Performance. AWWA Water Science, 5(5):e1357.

Schmidt PJ, Acosta N, Chik AHS, D’Aoust P, Delatolla R, Dhiyebi H, Glier M, Hubert CRJ, Kopetzky J, Mangat C, Pang X-L, Peterson S, Prystajecky N, Qiu Y, Servos M, Emelko MB, 2023. Realizing the Value in “Non-standard” Parts of the qPCR Standard Curve by Integrating Fundamentals of Quantitative Microbiology. Frontiers in Microbiology – Systems Microbiology, 14:1048661.

Blackburn EAJ, Dickson-Anderson SE, Anderson WB, Emelko MB, 2023. Biological Filtration is Resilient to Wildfire Ash-associated Organic Carbon Threats to Drinking Water Treatment.  ACS ES&T Water, 3(3):639-649.

2022

Rahman MF, Anderson WB, Peldszus S, Huck PM, 2022. Ion-Exchange Treatment of Perfluorinated Carboxylic Acids in Water: Comparison of Polystyrenic and Polyacrylic Resin Structures and Impact of Sulfate on their Performance. ACS ES&T Water, 2(7):1195-1205.

Pan Z, Brouwer R, Emelko MB, 2022. Correlating Forested Green Infrastructure to Water Rates and Adverse Water Quality Incidents: A Spatial Instrumental Variable Regression Model. Forest Policy & Economics, 140:102756.

Derx J, Linke R, Savio D, Emelko MB, Schmidt P, Schijven J, Pang L, Sommer R, Stevenson M, van den Berg H, Rutjes S, Farnleitner AH, Blaschke AP, 2022. From Groundwater to Drinking Water – Current Approaches for Microbial Monitoring and Risk Assessment in Porous Aquifers. Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences Reference Module, In: Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, 2nd ed., 3:580-594.

Schmidt PJ, Cameron ES, Müller KM, Emelko MB, 2022. Ensuring that Fundamentals of Quantitative Microbiology are Reflected in Microbial Diversity Analyses based on Next-generation Sequencing. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13:728146.

2021

Cameron ES, Schmidt PJ, Tremblay BJ-M, Emelko MB, Müller KM. 2021. Enhancing diversity analysis by repeatedly rarefying next generation sequencing data describing microbial communities. Scientific Reports, 11:22302.

Blackburn EAJ, Emelko MB, Dickson-Anderson S, Stone M, 2021. Advancing on the promises of techno-ecological nature-based solutions: A framework for green technology in water supply and treatment. Blue-Green Systems, 3(1):81-94.

Watt C, Emelko MB, Silins U, Collins AL, Stone M. 2021. Anthropogenic and climate-exacerbated landscape disturbances converge to alter phosphorus bioavailability in an oligotrophic river. Water, 13(22):3151.

Stone M, Krishnappan BG, Silins U, Emelko MB, Williams CHS, Collins AL, Spencer SA, 2021. A new framework for modelling fine sediment transport in rivers includes flocculation to inform reservoir management in wildfire impacted watersheds. Water, 13(17):2319.

Scott DB, Van Dyke MI, Anderson WB, King PW, Huck PM, 2021. Batch Test to Evaluate Microbial Disinfectant Decay and the Onset of Nitrification. AQUA Water Infrastructure, Ecosystems and Society, 70(7):1012-1023.

Rahman MF, Mahmud MJ, Sadmani AHMA, Chowdhury AI, Anderson WB, Bodruzzaman ABM, Huq S, 2021. Previously Unrecognized Potential Threat to Children from Manganese in Groundwater in Rohingya Refugee Camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Chemosphere, 266:129128.

Aly SA, Anderson WB, Huck PM, 2021. In-line Coagulation Assessment for Ultrafiltration Fouling Reduction to Treat Secondary Effluent for Water Reuse. Water Science & Technology, 83(2):284-296.