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Joby Boxall is affiliated with the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and environmental science, with particular emphasis on subfields such as civil and structural engineering, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, water science and technology, environmental engineering, and ocean engineering.

The work of Joby Boxall spans a range of topics centered on water management and quality, including water systems and optimization, water treatment and disinfection, water quality monitoring technologies, geotechnical engineering and underground structures, as well as specialized areas like Legionella and Acanthamoeba research, water-energy-food nexus studies, and urban stormwater management solutions.

Frequent publication venues for Boxall include:

  • Water Research
  • AQUA - Water Infrastructure Ecosystems and Society
  • Water
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Among recent papers associated with this researcher are:

  • Drinking Water Temperature around the Globe: Understanding, Policies, Challenges and Opportunities (2020), published in Water
  • Reducing carbon emissions by integrating urban water systems and renewable energy sources at a community scale (2020), published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Implications of Climate Change: How Does Increased Water Temperature Influence Biofilm and Water Quality of Chlorinated Drinking Water Distribution Systems? (2021), published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Intermittent Water Supply Impacts on Distribution System Biofilms and Water Quality (2021), published in Water Research
  • Uncharted waters: the unintended impacts of residual chlorine on water quality and biofilms (2020), published in npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Boxall frequently collaborates with several coauthors who contribute to the breadth of their research. Notable collaborators include:

  • Stewart Husband
  • Vanessa Speight
  • Katherine E. Fish
  • Richard Collins
  • Simon Tait

Best Publications

  • Discolouration in potable water distribution systems: a review.

    J H G Vreeburg;J B Boxall

  • Influence of hydraulic regimes on bacterial community structure and composition in an experimental drinking water distribution system.

    I. Douterelo;R.L. Sharpe;J.B. Boxall

  • Methodological approaches for studying the microbial ecology of drinking water distribution systems

    Isabel Douterelo;Joby B. Boxall;Peter Deines;Raju Sekar

  • Development and Verification of an Online Artificial Intelligence System for Detection of Bursts and Other Abnormal Flows

    S. R. Mounce;J. B. Boxall;J. Machell

  • Novelty detection for time series data analysis in water distribution systems using support vector machines

    Stephen R. Mounce;Richard B. Mounce;Joby B. Boxall

  • Asset deterioration and discolouration in water distribution systems.

    P.S. Husband;J.B. Boxall

  • Biofilm structures (EPS and bacterial communities) in drinking water distribution systems are conditioned by hydraulics and influence discolouration

    K. Fish;A.M. Osborn;J.B. Boxall

  • Modeling Discoloration in Potable Water Distribution Systems

    J. B. Boxall;A. J. Saul

  • Comparative study of instantaneous frequency based methods for leak detection in pipeline networks

    M.F. Ghazali;S.B.M. Beck;J.D. Shucksmith;J.B. Boxall

  • Laboratory studies investigating the processes leading to discolouration in water distribution networks.

    P.S. Husband;J.B. Boxall;A.J. Saul

  • The bacteriological composition of biomass recovered by flushing an operational drinking water distribution system.

    I. Douterelo;S. Husband;J.B. Boxall

  • Characterising and understanding the impact of microbial biofilms and the extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) matrix in drinking water distribution systems

    Katherine Fish;Andrew Mark Osborn;Joby Boxall

  • Drinking water temperature around the globe : understanding, policies, challenges and opportunities

    Claudia Agudelo-Vera;Stefania Avvedimento;Joby Boxall;Enrico Creaco

  • Microbial analysis of in situ biofilm formation in drinking water distribution systems: implications for monitoring and control of drinking water quality

    Isabel Douterelo;M. Jackson;C. Solomon;J. Boxall

  • Analysis and Prediction of Transverse Mixing Coefficients in Natural Channels

    J. B. Boxall;I. Guymer

  • Dynamics of Biofilm Regrowth in Drinking Water Distribution Systems.

    I. Douterelo;S. Husband;V. Loza;J. Boxall

  • Portable LED fluorescence instrumentation for the rapid assessment of potable water quality.

    Jonathan Bridgeman;A. Baker;D. Brown;J. B. Boxall

  • Succession of bacterial and fungal communities within biofilms of a chlorinated drinking water distribution system.

    I. Douterelo;K.E. Fish;J.B. Boxall

  • Estimation of burst rates in water distribution mains

    J. B. Boxall;A. O'Hagan;S. Pooladsaz;A. J. Saul

  • Bacterial community dynamics during the early stages of biofilm formation in a chlorinated experimental drinking water distribution system: implications for drinking water discolouration.

    I. Douterelo;Rebecca Sharpe;J. Boxall

  • Characterisation of the Physical Composition and Microbial Community Structure of Biofilms within a Model Full-Scale Drinking Water Distribution System

    Katherine E. Fish;Richard Collins;Nicola H. Green;Rebecca L. Sharpe

Frequent Co-Authors

Rob Dwyer-Joyce
Rob Dwyer-Joyce University of Sheffield
Wieslaw J. Staszewski
Wieslaw J. Staszewski AGH University of Science and Technology
Bryan W. Karney
Bryan W. Karney University of Toronto
A. Mark Osborn
A. Mark Osborn RMIT University
Zoran Kapelan
Zoran Kapelan Delft University of Technology
Luca Susmel
Luca Susmel University of Sheffield
Dragan Savic
Dragan Savic University of Exeter
Tim D. Fletcher
Tim D. Fletcher University of Melbourne
Ian Postlethwaite
Ian Postlethwaite Newcastle University

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