Articles, Papers and Studies
Aquagenx water quality test kits have been used in the field throughout the world since 2013. Our test kits also have been evaluated extensively in labs and in the field by independent parties to compare them to standard reference methods. Aquagenx test kits perform extremely well and compare favorably to standard reference methods, including other tests that are more complicated, expensive and less portable. In addition, Aquagenx test kits receive excellent marks for usability and ease-of-use.
2024
Predictors of household drinking water E. coli contamination: Population-based results from rural areas of Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique,
Niger, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia
International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health→
Asymptomatic bacteriuria screening for developing countries using a modified water quality test kit
Applied and Environmental Microbiology→
Surface-derived groundwater contamination in Gulu District, Uganda: Chemical and microbial tracers
Science of The Total Environment→
Comparison of the Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL) E. coli Compartment Bag Test Method to the World Health Organization Tricycle Protocol in North Carolina Surface Waters
Journal of Environmental Health→
Lack of wastewater treatment in a small town drives the spread of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli in irrigation waters
Journal of Environmental Quality→
Evaluation of the Safe Water Optimization Tool to Provide Evidence-Based Chlorination Targets in Surface Waters: Lessons from a Refugee Setting in Uganda
Environmental Science & Technology→
Reliable Water Quality Monitoring by Women in Low-Resource Communities
ACS ES&T Water→
Evaluation of a participatory citizen approach to monitor microbial water quality of self-supply in urban Indonesia
Urban Water Journal→
Spatial Variability of Water Quality From Hand-Dug Wells and Their Contaminant Sources In Peri-Urban Areas of Koforidua, Ghana
Environmental Contaminants Reviews (ECR)→
Drinking water safety evaluation in the selected sub-Saharan African countries: A case study of Madagascar, Uganda and Rwanda
Science of the Total Environment→
Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Diagnostics for Low Resource Settings Using a Modified Water Quality Test Kit
The Journal of Urology→
The influence of seasonality and multiple water source use on household water service levels
Cleaner Water→
Land use in the Seychelles – Rethinking the Sustainability of Tourism
ETH Zurich Research Collection→
Spatial Distribution and Health Risk Assessment of Groundwater Pollution in Kotlakhpat Industrial Complex, Lahore
Water, Air & Soil Pollution→
The contribution of decentralized water systems on water quality in Maniema province, DRC
International Journal of Environmental Health Research→
Contaminated water and an indication of risk: examining microbial contamination in the water used by consumers and commercial growers in fresh produce systems in Nepal
Journal of Food Protection→
2023
Environmental monitoring of antimicrobial resistant bacteria in North Carolina water and wastewater using the WHO Tricycle protocol in combination with membrane filtration and compartment bag test methods for detecting and quantifying ESBL E. coli
PLOS Water→
Evaluation of a participatory citizen approach to monitor microbial water quality of self-supply in urban Indonesia
Urban Water Journal→
Field-testing solutions for drinking water quality monitoring in low- and middle-income regions and case studies from Latin American, African and Asian countries
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering→
Microbiological assessment of drinking water around Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
Population Medicine→
Design, Methods, and Select Baseline Results from a School Nutrition Project for Adolescents in Bangladesh
Current Developments in Nutrition→
Pathogen Pathways Study for Children Under Two Years in the FIOVANA Intervention Areas of Southeastern Madagascar
USAID Summary Brief→
Deep tubewell use is associated with increased household microbial contamination in rural Bangladesh: Results from a prospective cohort study among households in rural Bangladesh
Environmental Pollution→
Pathogen Pathways Study For Children Under Two Years In the USAID Fiovana Intervention Areas Of Southeastern Madagascar
Final Report: USAID, PRO-WASH, Aquaya Institute→
Water Quality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria: Challenges Associated with Water Quality Assessments and Implications for Resilience
The American Chemical Society→
Sources and microbiological quality of domestic water in three rural communities in the southern Caribbean
IWA Journal of Water & Health→
2022
Pathogen Pathways Study For Children Under Two Years In the USAID Fiovana Intervention Areas Of Southeastern Madagascar
USAID Final Report→
Technological Innovations for Rural Water Supply In Low-Resource Settings
USAID and Partners→
Antibiotic resistance genes of public health importance in livestock and humans in an informal urban community in Nepal
Nature.com/Scientific Reports→
Karst aquifers and water resource contamination in Haiti
Hydrogeology Journal→
Acute health risks to community hand-pumped groundwater supplies following Cyclone Idai flooding
Science of the Total Environment→
Technical Guide on Drinking Water Quality Monitoring
USAID, PRO-WASH, Water Institute at UNC→
2021
Water Poverty Indices of three rural communities in the southern Caribbean
IWA Water Supply→
Misdiagnosing Our Water Quality? A Cumulative Water-Sampling Method Suggests Need for New Standards in the United States
ThinkIR: The University of Louisville’s Institutional Repository→
Water circulation and impact on water quality in the southwest of Efate Island, Vanuatu
Marine Pollution Bulletin→
Environmental tracers to evaluate groundwater residence times and water quality risk in shallow unconfined aquifers in sub Saharan Africa
Journal of Hydrology→
Tryptophan-like fluorescence as a high-level screening tool for detecting microbial contamination in drinking water
Science of The Total Environment→
Adapting a safe water storage container to improve household stored water quality in rural Burkina Faso: a cluster randomized trial
IWA Journal of Water, Sanitation & Hygiene for Development→
WASH in the market house: A situation analysis of water, sanitation and hygiene services in market places in Vanuatu
International WaterCentre and Griffith University PDF→
Attributes of drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene associated with microbiological water quality of stored drinking water in rural schools in Mozambique and Uganda
International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health→
Factors associated with water quality, sanitation, and hygiene in rural schools in 14 low- and middle-income countries
Science of The Total Environment→
Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in healthcare facilities of 14 low- and middle-income countries: to what extent is WASH implemented and what are the ‘drivers’ of improvement in their service levels?
IWA H2O Open Journal→
How are we actually doing? Comparing water and sanitation in Kenya with MDG and SDG criteria
IWA Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development→
Occurrence of Lead and Other Toxic Metals Derived from Drinking-Water Systems in Three West African Countries
Environmental Health Perspectives→
Enhancing Access to Safe Drinking Water in Remote Fijian Communities: Modeling and Implementing a Pilot Rain-Rank Disinfection Program
Environmental Engineering Science→
Impacts of Dairy Effluent on Quality of the Kipsonoi River, Bureti Sub County, Bomet County, Kenya
European International Journal of Science and Technology (PDF)→
Climate Responsive and Inclusive Water Security Planning in Rural Solomon Islands – Pilot Outcomes
Abstract in PDF Format→
Sanitary inspection, microbial water quality analysis, and water safety in handpumps in rural sub-Saharan Africa
npj Clean Water→
2020
Considering Alternate Pathways of Drinking-Water Contamination: Evidence of Risk Substitution from Arsenic Mitigation Programs in Rural Bangladesh
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health→
Surface Water Treatment in Palorinya Refugee Settlement, Uganda
Médecins Sans Frontières Field Research→
The reality of water quality monitoring for SDG 6: a report from a small town in India
IWA Journal of Water, Sanitation & Hygiene for Development→
Evaluation of an Inexpensive Handwashing and Water Treatment Program in Rural Health Care Facilities in Three Districts in Tanzania, 2017
MDPI Water→
Assessment of the Feasibility and Acceptability of Using Water Pasteurization Indicators to Increase Access to Safe Drinking Water in the Peruvian Amazon
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene →
The reality of water quality monitoring for SDG 6: A report from a small town in India
Journal of Water, Sanitation & Hygiene for Development→
WaSH CQI: Applying continuous quality improvement methods to water service delivery in four districts of rural northern Ghana
PLOS ONE→
Child undernutrition in households with microbiologically safer drinking water and ‘improved water’ in Tanna, Vanuatu
Journal of Water & Health→
Evaluating the Level of the Household Water Service Provided by a Private Water Enterprise in Ghana
MDPI Water→
What are the main factors influencing the presence of faecal bacteria pollution in groundwater systems in developing countries?
Journal of Contaminant Hydrology→
Drinking water quality and consumer perceptions at the point-of-use in San Rafael Las Flores, Guatemala
Water Practice & Technology→
Application of tools to monitor environmental conditions, identify exposures, and inform decision-making to improve infection prevention and control practices in Malawian maternity wards
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment→
Environmental quality, gender and health outcomes in Southern Ghana
Environment, Development and Sustainability→
2019
Household Water Quality Testing and Information: Identifying Impacts on Health Outcomes and Sanitation- and Hygiene-Related Risk-Mitigating Behaviors
SAGE Journals→
Water Source Correlates with E. Coli Contamination and Markers of Environmental Enteric Dysfunction in Rural Ugandan Infants
Current Developments in Nutrition→
What are the main factors influencing the presence of faecal bacteria pollution in groundwater systems in developing countries?
Journal of Contaminant Hydrology→
Tryptophan-like fluorescence as a measure of microbial contamination risk in groundwater
Science of The Total Environment→
Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli and Antimicrobial Drug Resistance in a Maharashtrian Drinking Water System
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene→
Biological Sand Filter Performance Test Using Multiple Methods for Pathogen Detection: a Longitudinal Field Study in Kenya
Water, Air, & Soil Pollution→
A methodology for assessment of the physical sub-system of hand pumped boreholes: initial insights from Ethiopia
IRC→
Water source quality testing in Gezira State, Sudan, using the compartment bag test
Applied Water Science→
Quality of water sources in Southwestern Uganda using the compartment bag test (CBT): a cross-sectional descriptive study
IWA Journal of Water, Sanitation & Hygiene for Development→
Predictors of water quality in rural healthcare facilities in 14 low- and middle-income countries
Journal of Cleaner Production→
Rainwater catchments in rural Alaska have the potential to produce high-quality water and high quantities of water for household use
IWA Journal of Water & Health→
Faecal contamination of groundwater in rural Vanuatu: prevalence and predictors
IWA Journal of Water & Health→
Water source quality in Ahenema Kokoben, Ghana
IWA Journal of Water, Sanitation & Hygiene for Development→
Water quality and physical hydrogeology of the Amarapura township, Mandalay, Myanmar
Hydrogeology Journal→
Deep tubewell microbial water quality and access in arsenic mitigation programs in rural Bangladesh
Science of The Total Environment→
Water quality for guest health at remote Amazon ecotourism lodges
Tourism Management→
2018
Multiple water source use in rural Vanuatu: are households choosing the safest option for drinking?
International Journal of Environmental Health Research →
Factors associated with post-treatment E. coli contamination in households practising water treatment: a study of rural Cambodia
International Journal of Environmental Health Research →
UPGro Hidden Crisis Research Consortium : project approach for defining and assessing rural water supply functionality and levels of performance
Natural Environment Research Council→
Rapid Detection of Escherichia coli in Water Using Sample Concentration and Optimized Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Chromogenic Substrates
Current Microbiology→
Performance Evaluation of Gravity-Fed Water Treatment Systems in Rural Honduras: Verifying Robust Reduction of Turbidity and Escherichia coli during Wet and Dry Weather
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene→
Evaluation of use, acceptability, and effectiveness of household water filter systems in Honduras, 2016–2017
Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development→
Evaluation of the effectiveness of a latrine intervention in the reduction of childhood diarrhoeal health in Nyando District, Kisumu County, Kenya
Cambridge University Press→
A novel household water insecurity scale: Procedures and psychometric analysis among postpartum women in western Kenya
PLOS One→
Innovations in WASH Impact Measures: Water and Sanitation Measurement Technologies and Practices to Inform the Sustainable Development Goals
World Bank Group→
2017
Monitoring for Progress
Water Quality Products Magazine→
Evaluating Human Sensory Perceptions and the Compartment Bag Test Assays as Proxies for the Presence and Concentration of Escherichia coli in Drinking Water in Western Kenya
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene→
Water, sanitation, and hygiene in schools: Status and implications of low coverage in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia
International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health→
Household Microbial Water Quality Testing in a Peruvian Demographic and Health Survey: Evaluation of the Compartment Bag Test for Escherichia coli
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene →
Increasing the Sustainability of Rural Water Service: Findings from the Impact Evaluation Baseline Survey in Nicaragua
World Bank Group eLibrary→
Microbial source tracking in shellfish harvesting waters in the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica
IWA Water Research →
Behavioural determinants associated with E. coli contamination post-treatment in households that practise water treatment in rural Cambodia
Waterlines→
Baseline Assessment of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WaSH)vInfrastructure and Practices in Government Schools of the Trapeang Chour Commune, Cambodia
Journal of Environment and Health Sciences→
The Impacts of Household Water Quality Testing and Information on Safe Water Behaviors: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Ghana
University of Bonn Center for Development Research→
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in Rural Health-Care Facilities: A Cross-Sectional Study in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene →
Perceptions and determinants of households’ participation in a randomized evaluation on water quality testing and information in Southern Ghana
IWA Water Policy Journal→
WASH Poor in a Water-Rich Country: A Diagnostic of Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo
World Bank Group→
2016
Testing: Simple & Reliable
Water Quality Products Magazine→
Measuring the impact of multiple-use water services in Tanzania and Burkina Faso: water service quality, nutrition, and health
Rural Water Supply Network→
The Sustainable Development Goals for Water: The Need to Consider Perception, Preference, and Safety
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene →
Looking beyond headline indicators: water and sanitation services in small towns in Ethiopia
IWA Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development→
Semi-quantitative estimation of Escherichia coli levels in public drinking water sources in northern Haiti
IWA Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development→
2015
Evaluation of Microbial Water Quality Tests for Humanitarian Emergency and Development Settings
Procedia Engineering→
The challenge of improving boiling: lessons learned from a randomized controlled trial of water pasteurization and safe storage in Peru
Epidemiology & Infection→
Well water quality in rural Nicaragua using a low-cost bacterial test and microbial source tracking
IWA Journal of Water and Health→
“Improved” But Not Necessarily Safe: An Assessment of Fecal Contamination of Household Drinking Water in Rural Peru
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene→
Microbial Quality of Improved Drinking Water Sources: Evidence from Western Kenya and Southern Vietnam
IWA Journal of Water and Health→
2014
Evaluation of the Compartment Bag Test for the Detection of Escherichia coli in Water
Journal of Microbiological Methods→
Microbial Quality of Improved Drinking Water Sources: Evidence from Western Kenya and Southern Vietnam
IWA Journal of Water and Health→