Principal Investigator:Challen Urbanic, Jane Licensed Year(s):201220112010
2009
Summary:
The objective of this research is to assess the performance of lagoons and wetlands in the treatment of municipal wastewater in Canada's Arctic. A secondary objective is to determine the occurrence of trace contaminants in northern wastewaters.
Samples will be taken from the influent (raw sewage) and effluent (treated wastewater) of each lagoon and wetland system in the communities where the r...
Principal Investigator:Drysdale, Jessica A Licensed Year(s):
2009
Summary:
The objective of this study is to identify how arsenic is bound in the sediments, and determine the role of microbial activity in arsenic mobility. It is anticipated that the results of this research will benefit the design of a constructed wetland, which is expected to be part of site remediation.
The researchers propose to sample sediments and surface and pore water from the Ho-Hum Lake wetla...