D. D. Mara (1972). The use of agar dip-slides for estimates of
bacterial numbers in polluted waters. Water Research 6, 1605−1607.
D. D. Mara (1973). Low cost facilities for the bacteriological
examination of drinking water samples. Water Research 7, 1243−1246.
D. D. Mara (1974). A note on the design of facultative sewage
lagoons. Water Research 8, 493−496.
Comment by G. v. R. Marais (Water Research 8, 497−8).
A. A. Opara, D. D. Mara and D. W. F. Wheater
(1977). Teepol and triton media for the
enumeration of Escherichia coli by
membrane filtration. Water Research 11, 949−954.
R. G. Feachem and D. D. Mara (1977). Water and wastewater
engineering in low income communities in developing countries [informal
discussion]. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Part 1 62,
163−165.
D. D.
Mara and R. G. Feachem (1980). Technical and public health aspects of low-cost
sanitation programme planning. Journal
of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 83, 229−240.
D. W. F. Wheater, D. D. Mara, L. Jawad and J. I.
Oragui (1980). Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli in
sewage and fresh water. Water Research 14, 713−721.
J. I. Oragui
and D. D. Mara (1981). A selective medium for the enumeration of Streptococcus
bovis by membrane filtration. Journal of Applied Bacteriology 51 (1), 85−93.
D. D. Mara and J. I. Oragui
(1981). Occurrence of Rhodococcus
coprophilus and associated actinomycetes in faeces, sewage and freshwater. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 42 (6), 1037−1042.
D. D. Mara (1984). On-site
sanitation. Diarrhoea Dialogue
(18), 7.
G. Sinnatamby, M. McGarry and D. Mara
(1985). Sewerage: shallow systems offer
hope to slums. World Water 9 (1), 39−41.
D. D. Mara and J. I. Oragui (1985).
Bacteriological methods for distinguishing between human and animal faecal
pollution of water: results of fieldwork in Nigeria and Zimbabwe. Bulletin of the World Health Organization
63 (4), 773−783.
D. D. Mara and G. S.
Sinnatamby (1986). Rational design of septic tanks in warm climates. The
Public Health Engineer 14 (4), 49−55.
H. W. Pearson, D. D. Mara and C. Bartone (1987). Guidelines for the minimum evaluation of the
performance of full-scale waste stabilization pond systems. Water
Research 21, 1067−1075.
H. W. Pearson, D. D. Mara, W. Thompson and S.
Maber (1987). Studies on high altitude
waste stabilization ponds in Peru. Water Science and Technology 19 (12), 349-353.
D.
D. Mara (1987). Waste stabilization
ponds: problems and controversies. Water Quality International (1), pp. 20–22.
Pearson, H. W., Mara, D. D. and
Mills, S. W. (1988). Rationalizing waste
stabilization pond design: the biological factor. In Water
Pollution Control in Asia (ed. T. Panswad,
C. Polprasert and K. Yamamoto), pp. 691−697.
Oxford:
Pergamon Press.
U. Blumenthal, M. Strauss, D. D. Mara and S.
Cairncross (1989). Generalised model of
the effect of different control measures in reducing health risks from waste
reuse. Water Science and Technology
21 (Brighton), 567−577.
J.
V. Pinfold, N. J. Horan and D. D. Mara (1988). The faecal
coliform fingertip count: a potential method for evaluating the
effectiveness of low cost water supply and sanitation initiatives. Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 91, 67-70.
J. I . Oragui and D. D. Mara (1989). Simple
method for the detoxification of wastewater ultrafiltration
concentrates for rotavirus assay by indirect immuno- fluorescence. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 55 (2), 401-405.
J. V. Pinfold, N. J. Horan and D. D. Mara (1991). Seasonal effects on the reported incidence of acute diarrhoeal disease in northeast Thailand. International Journal of Epidemiology 20 (3), 777-786.
J. Pinfold, J. Hubley and D. D.
Mara (1991). A hygiene intervention study in northeast Thailand. Waterlines
10 (1), 9−12.
J. V. Pinfold, N. J. Horan and D. D. Mara (1991). Seasonal effects on the
reported incidence of acute diarrhoeal disease in northeast Thailand. International Journal of Epidemiology 20 (3), 777−786.
R. M.
Ayres, R. Stott, D. L. Lee, D. D. Mara and S.
A. Silva (1991). Comparison of techniques
for the enumeration of human parasitic helminth eggs in treated wastewater. Environmental
Technology 12
(7), 617–623.
D. D. Mara, S. W. Mills, H. W.
Pearson and G. Alabaster (1992). Waste
stabilization ponds: a viable
alternative for small community treatment systems. Journal
of the Institution of Water and Environmental Management 6 (1), 72−78.
T.
P. Curtis, D. D. Mara and S. A. Silva (1992).
Influence
of pH, oxygen & humic substances on ability of sunlight to damage fecal
coliforms in waste stabilization pond water. Applied and Environmental
Microbiology 58 (4), 1335−1345.
R. M. Ayres, R. Stott, D. D. Mara
and D. L. Lee (1992). Wastewater reuse
in agriculture and the risk of intestinal nematode infection. Parasitology Today 8 (1), 32–35.
R. M. Ayres, G. P.
Alabaster, D. D. Mara and D. L. Lee (1992).
A
design equation for human intestinal nematode egg removal in waste
stabilization ponds. Water Research 26 (6), 863−865.
D. D. Mara and H. W. Pearson (1992). Sequential batch-fed effluent storage reservoirs: A new concept of wastewater treatment prior to unrestricted irrigation. Water Science & Technology 26 (7-8), 1459-1464.
J. V. Pinfold, N. J. Horan, W. Wirojangud and D.
D. Mara (1993). The bacteriological
quality of rainjar water in rural northeast Thailand. Water
Research 27 (2), 297−302.
R. M.
Ayres, D. D. Mara, D. L. Lee and W. N. Thitai (1993). Monitoring full-scale waste stabilisation ponds in
Kenya for nematode egg removal. Environmental Technology 14 (3), 295–300.
J.
I. Oragui, H. M. Arridge, D. D. Mara, H. W. Pearson and S. A. Silva
(1993). Enumeration of salmonellae in
wastewater by the MPN technique. Water Research 27, 1697−1699.
D.
D. Mara, P. Edwards, D. Clark and S. W. Mills (1993). A rational approach to the design of
wastewater-fed fishponds. Water Research 27, 1797−1799.
R.
M. Ayres, D. L. Lee, D. D. Mara and S. A. Silva (1993). The accumulation, distribution and viability
of human parasitic nematode eggs in the sludge of a primary facultative waste
stabilization pond. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 87 (3), 256-258.
D. D. Mara and N. J.
Horan (1993). BOD test for tropical
countries: discussion. Journal of the Environmental Engineering
Division, American Society of Civil Engineers 119 (4), 764-766.
T. P. Curtis, D. D. Mara, N. G. H. Dixo and S. A.
Silva (1994). Light penetration in waste
stabilization ponds. Water Research 28, 1031−1038.
H. D. Taylor, M. P. Gambrill, D. D. Mara and S.
A. Silva (1994). Upgrading a low-cost
physicochemical wastewater treatment plant to solve operational problems. Water
Science and Technology 29 (12),
247-254.
D. D. Mara and S. W. Mills (1994). Who's afraid
of anaerobic ponds? Water Quality
International (2), 34−36.
D. D. Mara (1994). Waste stabilization ponds and effluent
standards. Lecture given to the New
Zealand Water and Wastes Association at the University of Auckland, 21
September.
E. C. Kaltenthaler, A. M. Elsworth, M. S. Schweiger, D. D. Mara and D. A.
Brauxholtz (1995). Faecal contamination
on children's hands and environmental surfaces in primary schools in Leeds. Epidemiology and Infection 115
(3), 527−534.
D. D. Mara and G. P. Alabaster (1995). An environmental classification of
housing-related diseases in developing countries. Journal
of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 98 (1),
41−51.
H. W. Pearson, D. D. Mara and H. A. Arridge
(1995). The influence of pond geometry
and configuration on facultative and maturation waste stabilisation pond
performance and efficiency. Water Science and Technology 31 (12), 129−139.
H. Arridge, J. I. Oragui, H. W. Pearson, D. D.
Mara and S. A. Silva (1995). Vibrio cholerae O1 and Salmonella
spp. removal compared with the die-off of faecal indicator organisms in waste
stabilisation ponds in northeast Brazil.
Water Science and Technology 31 (12), 249−256.
J. I. Oragui, H. Arridge, D. D. Mara, H. W.
Pearson and S. A. Silva (1995).
Rotavirus removal in experimental waste stabilisation pond systems with
different geometries and configurations. Water Science and Technology 31 (12), 285−290.
S. A. Silva, R. de
Oliveira, J. Soares, D. D. Mara and H. W. Pearson (1995). Nitrogen removal in pond systems with
different configurations and geometries. Water Science and Technology 31 (12), 321-230.
H. D. Taylor, R. K. X. Bastos, H. W. Pearson and
D. D. Mara (1995). Drip irrigation with
waste stabilisation pond effluents:
solving the problems of emitter fouling. Water Science and Technology
31 (12), 417−424.
D. D. Mara (1995). Faecal coliforms everywhere, but not a cell
to drink. Water Quality International (3), 29−30.
D. D. Mara (1996). Waste stabilization ponds: effluent quality
requirements and implications for process design. Water
Science and Technology 33 (7),
23−31.
R. de Oliveira, S. A.
Silva, A. L. C. Araujo, J. Soares, D. D. Mara and H. W. Pearson (1996). The performance of a
pilot-scale series of ten ponds treating municipal sewage in northeast
Brazil. Water Science and Technology 33
(7), 57−61.
R. Lawty, J. de B. Ashworth and D. D. Mara
(1996). Waste stabilization pond decommissioning: a painful but necessary
decision. Water Science and Technology 33
(7), 107−115.
J. Soares, S. A.
Silva, R. de Oliveira, A. L. C. Araujo, D. D. Mara and H. W. Pearson (1996). Ammonia removal in a
pilot-scale WSP complex in northeast Brazil. Water Science and Technology 33
(7), 165−171.
H. W. Pearson, D. D. Mara, J. I. Oragui, L. R.
Cawley and S. A. Silva (1996). Pathogen
removal dynamics in experiment deep effluent storage reservoirs. Water Science and Technology 33 (7), 251−260.
H. W. Pearson, D. D. Mara, H. Arridge, L. R.
Cawley and S. A. Silva (1996). The
performance of an innovative tropical experimental waste stabilization pond
system operating at high organic loadings.
Water Science and Technology 33 (7), 63−73.
O. Vazquez-Montiel,
N. J. Horan and D. D. Mara (1996). Management of domestic
wastewater for reuse in irrigation. Water Science and Technology 33 (10/11), 355−362.
U. J. Blumenthal, D.
D. Mara, R. M. Ayres, E. Cifuertes, A. Peasy, R. Stott, D. Lee and G.
Ruiz-Palacios (1996). Evaluation of the WHO
nematode egg guideline for restricted and unrestricted irrigation. Water
Science and Technology 33 (10/11),
277−283.
D. D. Mara and D. Clapham (1997). Water-related
carcinomas: an environmental classification.
Journal of Environmental
Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, 123 (5), 416−422.
D. D. Mara (1997). Waste stabilization ponds:
appropriate response. Water Quality International, May/June, pp. 36−37.
D. D. Mara (1997). Ponds’ wasted opportunity. Water
Quality International, Sept-ember/October, p. 11.
D. D. Mara, C. A. Cogman, P. Simkins and M. C. A.
C. Schembri (1998). Performance of the
Burwarton Estate waste stabilization ponds.
Journal of the Chartered
Institution of Water and Environmental Management, 12 (4), 260−264.
D. D. Mara (1998). Low-cost sewerage. In Sanitation
Promotion (ed. M. Simpson-Hébert and S. Wood). pp. 249−262. Report No. WHO/EOS/98.5. Geneva:
World Health Organization/Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council.
K.
P. Tsagarakis, D. D. Mara and A. N. Angelakis (1998). Evaluation of municipal wastewater treatment
plants in Greece. Technika Chronika I, Athens,
18 (3), 97−109 [in Greek with extended English summary].
D. D. Mara and H. W. Pearson (1999). A hybrid
waste stabilization pond and wastewater storage and treatment reservoir system
for wastewater reuse for both restricted and unrestricted crop irrigation. Water
Research 33 (2), 591−594.
D. D. Mara and R. G. A. Feachem (1999). Water- and excreta-related diseases: unitary
environmental classification. Journal of Environmental Engineering,
American Society of Civil Engineers 125
(4), 334−339.
U. J. Blumenthal, A. Peasey, G. Ruiz-Palacios
and D. D. Mara (1999). Guidelines for
Wastewater Reuse in Agriculture and Aquaculture: Recommended Revisions Based on
New Research Evidence. WELL Study Task
No. 68, Part I. London: London School of
Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
A. Peasey, U. J. Blumenthal, D. D. Mara and G.
Ruiz-Palacios (1999). A Review of Policy
and Standards for Wastewater Reuse in Agriculture: A Latin American
Perspective. WELL Study Task No. 68,
Part II. London: London School of
Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
D. D. Mara and A. S. P. Guimarães (1999). Simplified sewerage: potential application in
industrialized countries. Urban Water 1 (3), 257−259.
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