Performance assessment of arctic tundra municipal wastewater treatment wetlands through an arctic summer

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 160-173

  Yates, Colin N ^a   Wootton, Brent C ^b   Murphy, Stephen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Fleming College   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Arctic; Cold climate; Natural tundra wetland; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES; ARCTIC TUNDRA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; COLD CLIMATE; E. COLI; FREEZE-UP; GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; NATURAL BACKGROUNDS; NATURAL SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY TREATMENT; SNOWMELT; WETLAND SYSTEMS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; RECLAMATION; WETLANDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SNOWMELT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; WETLAND;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NUNAVUT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84860279217     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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