Peer-reviewed publications / some available for download

Brown, J. and Sobsey, M. 2009. Microbiological effectiveness of locally produced ceramic filters for drinking water treatment in Cambodia. Journal of Water and Health [in press].

Brown, J., Outlaw, T., Clasen, T., Wu, J., and Sobsey, M. 2009. Safe Water for All: Harnessing the Private Sector to Reach the Underserved. Washington, D.C.: International Finance Corporation/World Bank.

Brown, J., Proum, S., and Sobsey, M. 2009. Sustained use of a household-scale water filtration device in rural Cambodia. Journal of Water and Health 7(3): 404-412. [abstract]

Brown, J. and Sobsey, M. 2009. Ceramic media amended with metal oxide for the capture of viruses in drinking water. Environmental Technology 30(4):379-391. [abstract]

Brown, J., Sobsey, M., and Loomis, D. 2008. Local drinking water filters reduce diarrheal disease in Cambodia: a randomized, controlled trial of locally made ceramic filters. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 79(3):394-400. [abstract]

Brown, J., Proum, S. and Sobsey, M. 2008. E. coli in household drinking water and diarrheal disease risk: evidence from Cambodia. Water Science and Technology 58(4): 757-763. [abstract]

Sobsey, M.D., Stauber, C.E., Casanova, L.M., Brown, J., and Elliott, M.A. 2008. “Point of use household drinking water filtration: a practical, effective solution for providing access to safe drinking water in the developing world”. Environmental Science and Technology 42: 4261-4267.

Brown, J., Sobsey, M., and Proum, S. 2007. Use of Ceramic Water Filters in Cambodia. Washington, DC: WSP-World Bank Field Note.

Clasen, T., Brown, J., Collin, S. 2006. Preventing diarrhoea with household ceramic water filters: assessment of a pilot project in Bolivia. International Journal of Environmental Health Research 16(3):231-239. [abstract]

Clasen, T., Brown, J., Collin, S., Suntura, O., and Cairncross, S. 2004. Reducing diarrhea through the use of household-based ceramic water filters: a randomized, controlled trial in rural Bolivia. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 70(6): 651-657.

Clasen, T., Brown, J., Suntura, O. and Collin, S. 2004. “Tratamiento casero de agua con filtros de cerámica por goteo”. Caudal Revista Sectoral de Agua y Saneamiento 4: 20-22.

Clasen, T., Brown, J., Suntura, O., and Collin, S. 2004. Safe household water treatment and storage using ceramic drip filters: a randomized controlled trial in Bolivia. Water Science and Technology 50(1):111-115. [abstract]

Johnson, P., Watson, M., Brown, J., Jefcoat, I.A. 2002. Peanut hull pellets as a single use sorbent for the capture of Cu (II) from wastewater. Waste Management 22(5): 471-480. [abstract]

Brown, P., Brown, J., and Allen, S. 2001. The application of kudzu as a medium for the adsorption of heavy metals from dilute aqueous wastestreams. Bioresource Technology 78:195-201. [abstract]

Brown, J. 2000. Kudzu as a medium for the adsorption of heavy metals in dilute aqueous wastestreams. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE): Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management 4:82-87.