Microbial communities of wastewater in the Canadian Arctic

• Main Author: Gromala, Monica
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Waterloo 2019
• Subjects: microbiology; microbial ecology; wastewater; waste stabilization pond; Arctic wastewater; microbial diversity; Arctic; Sewage; Sewage lagoons; Arctic regions; Canada; Nunavut; Cambridge Bay; The Baker; Kugluktuk; Baker Lake
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/15512

Wastewater management in the Canadian Arctic is challenging due to the extreme climate and lack of conventional treatment system infrastructure. To resolve these issues, most Northern communities use waste stabilization ponds (WSPs) as their sole form of wastewater management. In this type of system...