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Dr. William B. Anderson retired on January 1, 2025. He maintains a connection to the Water Science, Technology & Policy Group through an adjunct professorship to guide his remaining graduate students through to their degree completion. He was previously a Research Associate Professor and the Associate Director of the group. He has been active in drinking water quality and treatment research for over 45 years, more recently focusing on contaminant adsorption to microplastics, microplastic removal through chemically assisted filtration, pathogen removal, perfluorinated compounds, cyanobacteria and their toxins, and biological filtration. He has served on the Boards of Directors of the Ontario Water Works Association (OWWA) and the Walkerton Clean Water Centre and currently serves on the OWWA Advocacy Steering Committee and the Canadian Water and Wastewater Association Drinking Water Quality Committee. Please note that Dr. Anderson is no longer accepting graduate students.
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.
If you would like to join Bill’s email list for updates straight to your inbox, you can send an email to Bill to be added to the list.
Rise of toxic cyanobacterial blooms in temperate freshwater lakes: causes, correlations and possible countermeasures
For those of you who deal with raw water reservoirs or lakes that are under threat from cyanobacterial blooms (potentially associated with the regulated microcystin LR) you may find this article interesting...
USEPA Contaminant Candidate List 4 (CCL 4) finalized
Hi all…the USEPA’s Contaminant Candidate List 4 (CCL 4) was [...]
USEPA Contaminant Candidate List 4 (CCL 4) finalized
The USEPA’s Contaminant Candidate List 4 (CCL 4) was finalized November 17, 2016. The CCL is a list of contaminants that are currently not subject to any proposed or promulgated national primary drinking water regulations, but are known...
A Methodology for Locating and Managing Dynamic Potential Source Water Contaminant Data
Hi all…the Water Research Foundation has just released a report [...]
USEPA Releases Lead and Copper Rule Revisions White Paper
Hi all…The USEPA recently released its Lead and Copper Rule [...]
Developing a Water Management Program to Reduce Legionella Growth & Spread in Buildings
Hi all…The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released a [...]