The release of wastewater contaminants in the Arctic: A case study from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada

• Main Authors: Chaves-Barquero, Luis G., Luong, Kim Hoang, Mundy, C., Knapp, Charles W., Hanson, Mark L., Wong, Charles S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Scopus 2016
• Subjects: Ártico; Productos Farmacéuticos; Aguas Residuales; Riesgos; Research Subject Categories::FORESTRY; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES and LANDSCAPE PLANNING; Arctic; Cambridge Bay; Canada; Nunavut; Tundra
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/2238/9842; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749116306108

Artículo The treatment of municipal wastewater in the Arctic is challenging due to a variety of financial, operational, climatic and technical issues. To better understand the efficacy of current wastewater treatment in this region and the hazard posed to receiving waters, we assessed the occurrence...