Wastewater 2023

4. This condition is usually self-limiting with mild diarrhea
13. Cryptosporidium and Giardia are a member of this group
14. A type of therapy required for Cholera patients
15. A pathogenic protist transmitted to humans primarily through contaminated water and sometimes food
18. Term for stool produced by Cholera patients
19. Causes “washer woman’s hand” symptoms
20. Predominant site of colonisation for waterborne infectious agents
22. This disease is usually spread by aerosols
23. A method that is useful in the removal of Cryptosporidium oocysts
24. A flagellated protist that is usually transmitted to humans in faecally contaminated water
25. A free-living amoeba found in soil and water runoff

1. Term for infection caused by microbial contamination of materials shared by a large number of individuals
2. Thick-walled cells of Cryptosporidium that are shed in the faeces of infected animals
3. Water used for drinking and cooking
5. This type of water is associated with public ponds, lakes, swimming pools etc.
6. This can be dried and used as a fertiliser
7. A type of enterovirus that can cause paralysis
8. Cholera produces this to elicit its effects
9. Used to remove large objects from wastewater
10. Shape of rod associated with Vibrio cholerae
11. Allow 60% of pollutants in the wastewater to settle
12. V. cholerae attaches to these cells in the small intestine
16. Motile stage associated with Giardia parasites
17. City associated with the biggest Cryptosporidium outbreak in the US
21. Legionella pneumophila is commonly found here