Alan Roberson is the former Executive Director of the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (ASDWA). He has over 34 years of experience in the development of drinking water policy and federal and state drinking water regulations.
Prior to starting at ASDWA in 2017, he worked in AWWA’s Washington, DC, office for 25 years. During his time at ASDWA and AWWA, he authored or co-authored over 20 peer-reviewed papers, authored or co-authored multiple book chapters, and wrote numerous columns and Feature Articles for Journal AWWA. He has been featured on several podcasts, conducted television and trade press interviews, and made numerous presentations on a wide range of water quality and regulatory issues across the country.
He has been on Fairfax Water’s Board of Directors since 2009 and currently serves as Treasurer and Chair of the Water Quality & Supply Committee. He also is an adjunct instructor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, teaching a drinking water policy class annually at the Summer Institute.
He has a Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering from Georgia Tech and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. He received the Fuller Award from the Virginia Section of AWWA in 2025.
