Removal of pharmaceuticals from wastewater through constructed wetland-based systems in rural Canada

• Published in: Environmental Pollution
• Main Author: Chaves Barquero, Luis Gerardo
• Other Authors: Hanson, Mark (Environment and Geography) Wong, Charles (Environment and Geography), Wang, Feiyue (Environment and Geography), Cicek, Nazim (Biosystems Engineering), Brooks, Bryan (Environmental Science, Baylor University)
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Wastewater; Pharmaceuticals; Constructed wetlands; Arctic; Manitoba; Nunavut; Canada; Cambridge Bay
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1993/36185

The main goal of the dissertation was to assess the occurrence and removal of pharmaceuticals in constructed wetlands (CWs) treating wastewaters under Arctic and temperate climates. To this end, we examined the relevance of observations and strength of methods found in the literature for the removal...