The revised and updated second edition of Water and Sanitation-Related Diseases and the Changing Environment offers an interdisciplinary guide to the conditions responsible for water and sanitation related diseases. This comprehensive text discusses pathogens, vectors, and their biology, morbidity, and mortality that result from a lack of safe water and sanitation. It explores the distribution of these diseases and the conditions necessary to reduce or eradicate them.

The book includes contributions from authorities in fields such as climate change, epidemiology, environmental health, environmental engineering, global health, medicine, medical anthropology, nutrition, population, and public health. Each chapter delves into the causes of individual diseases with basic information about the diseases, data on distribution, prevalence, and incidence, along with interconnected factors like environmental influences.

The text covers access to and maintenance of clean water, as well as guidelines for the safe use of wastewater, excreta, and grey water. It also provides examples of solutions that have been implemented successfully in various contexts. Written for students, professionals in infectious disease, public health and medicine, chemical and environmental engineering, and international affairs, this second edition is an essential resource for understanding and addressing water and sanitation-related challenges.