The fi eld of wastewater microbiology is advancing rapidly, thanks to improved methodology
dominated by novel molecular techniques. This is helping environmental microbiologists,
molecular biologists, and environmental engineers gain a deeper knowledge of what
is inside the wastewater “ black box. ”
The fourth edition of Wastewater Microbiology, compared with the third edition,
updates the reader on fundamental and molecular biology topics and deals exclusively
with wastewater topics. Furthermore, the present edition of Wastewater Microbiology
includes a new chapter titled Microbial Source Tracking of Fecal Contamination. This
timely topic is of great interest to environmental microbiologists and engineers for tracking
the sources of fecal contamination in receiving waters.