1.Dengue: a water-related mosquito-borne disease -- 2.Water, environmental surveillance and molecular epidemiology of poliovirus in India -- 3.Hepatitis A and E in potable water: a threat to health -- 4.Waterborne viral gastroenteritis: an introduction to common agents -- 5.Cholera and drinking water -- 6.Typhoid fever and water -- 7.Shigellosis: an emerging water-related public health problem -- 8.Campylobacteriosis and water: an overview -- 9.Pathogenic mycobacteria and water -- 10.Water, mosquitoes and malaria -- 11.Water, amoebiasis and public health -- 12.Cyclosporiasis: an emerging potential threat for water contamination -- 13.Neurocycticercosis: an emerging waterborne parasitic disease of public health importance -- 14.Human cryptosporidiosis and drinking water: looking beyond HIV -- 15.Water and food borne trematodiases in humans -- 16.Water and lymphatic filariasis -- 17.Recent update on echinococcosis and water -- 18.Ascariasis and water: an overview -- 19.Soil-transmitted helminths and water.-Water and chemicals -- 20.Water quality issues needing technological interventions: sustainable availability for all -- 21.Pollution of aqueous matrices with pharmaceuticals.-22.Pesticide toxicity, water and health -- 23.Water quality and health issues in southwest parts of Punjab state, India -- 24.Groundwater chemical contamination: the implication for human health.