A Systematic Review of the Time Series Studies Addressing the Endemic Risk of Acute Gastroenteritis According to Drinking Water Operation Conditions in Urban Areas of Developed Countries

What We Found: This systematic review looked at how drinking water systems work over time. It found a clear link between things like source water quality, how well water gets treated, and the health of the pipes that deliver it, and the number of people getting sick with acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in cities. When water treatment went south, or the distribution system had problems, more people got sick. This happened even when there wasn’t a big, declared outbreak. It really shows why we need constant, multi-layer water treatment.