Other Publications

Books

Shotyk, W., Bicalho, B., Cuss, C.W., Grant-Weaver, I., Javed, M.B., Krachler, M., Noernberg, T., Powell, M.A. and Zheng, J. (2024). The Elmvale Groundwater Observatory: A Facility Developed to Sample Pristine, Artesian Groundwaters for Trace Elements. The Groundwater Project. 103 pages. ISBN: 978-1-77470-064-8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.62592/DGFZ5944. The book can be downloaded for free here.

Newspaper and magazine articles

Shotyk, W. and Powell, M.A. The cleanest water on Earth is in Ontario. We must protect it before it’s too late. The Globe and Mail, Toronto, July 2, 2021. View here.

Shotyk, W. The Artesian Springs of the Wye River Watershed: How Mother Nature Creates, Maintains and Provides the Cleanest Water on Earth. Georgian Bay Today, Winter 2018 19, pp. 25-28.

Shotyk, W. The pure spring waters of Springwater Township: bringing new meaning to “water quality”. Interactions, The Journal of the Ontario Society for Environmental Education, February 2012, pp 10-13. 

Shotyk, W. CLEAN3: Developing a “clean” groundwater research well, for “clean” groundwater to be tested in a “clean” lab, for ultralow concentrations of trace metals.The Source, Spring 2010. WellWise Centre, Oro, Ontario, Canada.

Shotyk, W. The Remarkable Natural Filtration of Groundwater, Elmvale, Ontario: Cause for Celebration, Opportunity for Education. Canadian Water Treatment May/June, 2008, pp. 12-13.

Shotyk, W. Think Before You Drink: Antimony Contamination from Arctic Snow to Bottled Water. Canadian Chemical News, May 2006, pp. 18-20.

Published Letters

Shotyk, W. “Open Letter to the General Public, regarding chemical analyses of artesian flows in the Elmvale area, by William Shotyk and colleagues”. Springwater News, Edition 565, p.9, January 23, 2020.

Shotyk, W. “Impacts of Aggregate Extraction on Groundwater Resources”. Springwater News, January 10, 2019, pp. 13. This is an open letter which was originally submitted to the Warden and Simcoe County Council, as well as the Councils of Springwater, Tiny, and Tay Townships.

Shotyk, W. “Elmvale Foundation wins Agricultural Stewardship Award”. Springwater News, Edition 494, p.4, May 4, 2017. 

Shotyk, W. “Facelift for the artesian well north of Elmvale on Cty Rd 27". Springwater News, Edition 401, p.6, October 10, 2013.