The following table lists some common waterborne illnesses with their symptoms, causes, and incubation period.

Waterborne Diseases

Disease	Pathogen	Symptoms	Causes	Incubation
Adenovirus Infection	Adenoviridae virus	Vary depending on which part of the body is infected	Drinking contaminated water	5-8 days
Amebiasis	Entamoeba histolytica parasite	Diarrhea, stomach pain, and stomach cramping	Fecal matter of an infected person (usually ingested from a pool or an infected water supply)	2 to 4 weeks
Campylobacteriosis	Campylobacter jejuni bacteria		Chicken, unpasteurized milk,contaminated drinking water	2 to 10 days
Cryptosporidiosis	Cryptosporidium parasite	Stomach cramps, dehydration, nausea, vomiting, fever, weight loss	Fecal matter of an infected person (can survive for days in chlorinated pools)	2 to 10 days
Cholera	Vibrio choleraebacteria	Watery diarrhea, vomiting, and leg cramps	Contaminated drinking water, rivers and coastal waters	Two hours to 5 days
E. Coli 0157:H7	Escherichia coli bacteria	Diarrhea (may be bloody), abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, fever, HUS	Undercooked ground beef, imported cheeses, unpasteurized milk or juice, cider, alfalfa sprouts,contaminated water supply	1 to 8 days
Giardiasis	Giardia lamblia parasite	Diarrhea, excess gas, stomach or abdominal cramps, and upset stomach or nausea	Swallowing recreational water contaminated with Giardia	1 to 2 weeks
Hepatitis A	Hepatitis A virus	Fever, fatigue, stomach pain, nausea, dark urine, jaundice	Ready-to-eat foods, fruit and juice, milk products, shellfish, salads, vegetables, sandwiches,contaminated water supply	28 days
Legionellosis	Legionella pneumophila bacteria	Fever, chills, pneumonia, anorexia, muscle aches, diarrhea and vomiting	Contaminated water	2-10 days
Salmonellosis	Salmonella bacteria	Abdominal pain, headache, fever, nausea, diarrhea, chills, cramps	Poultry, eggs, meat, meat products, milk, smoked fish, protein foods, juice,contaminated water supply	1-3 days
Vibrio Infection	Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Vibrio vulnificus bacteria	Nausea, vomiting, headache (a quarter of patients experience dysentery-like symptoms)	Raw shellfish, oysters	1 to 7+ days
Viral Gastroenteritis	Calicivirus virus	Diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, cramps, headache, muscle aches, tiredness, slight fever	Water, ready-to-eat foods (salad, sandwiches, bread) shellfish	24 to 48 hours