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Dr. William B. Anderson is a Research Associate Professor and the Associate Director of the Water Science, Technology & Policy Group at the University of Waterloo. He has been active in drinking water quality and treatment research for more than 40 years, recently focusing on pathogen identification/removal/inactivation, assessment of adsorbed and desorption of contaminants on microplastics, better understanding of the role of colloidal nutrients on cyanobacterial growth in drinking water reservoirs, perfluorinated compounds, and biological filtration.
The past 15 years, Bill has maintained an email service drawing attention to items of interest to drinking water professionals including, for example, the latest research articles, regulatory updates, outbreak reports, topical issues, and media stories. Bill’s email service has expanded over time to include all interested individuals. These emails are now also archived here in a blog format as they are released, which can be explored by category or simply by scrolling through the posts below.
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Evaluation of Chlorine Treatment Levels for Inactivation of Human Norovirus and MS2 Bacteriophage during Sewage Treatment
I always wondered how effective chlorination of wastewater effluent for the inactivation of viruses was (given the short proximity of some downstream drinking water treatment plants).
Blood Lead Levels and Dental Caries in U.S. Children Who Do Not Drink Tap Water
Finally a large scale study that confirms drinking water fluoridation prevents dental caries has been published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Unfortunately, it also confirms that those with better teeth had higher blood lead levels.
In-stream detection of waterborne priority pollutants, and applications in drinking water contaminant warning systems
Hi all…technology is improving rapidly and real-time water quality monitoring [...]
Economic Assessment of Waterborne Outbreak of Cryptosporidiosis
Hi all…if you’ve wondered about what a cryptosporidiosis outbreak costs [...]
Characterization of Legionella Species from Watersheds in British Columbia
Hi all…we’re all well aware of the presence of Legionella in ‘built [...]
Environmental Transport of Emerging Human-Pathogenic Cryptosporidium Species and Subtypes through Combined Sewer Overflow and Wastewater
Hi all…just when I thought we had a pretty good [...]