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Lecture: On-site Wastewater Treatment Options in extreme Conditions

Source separation sanitation is a promising and feasible option in extreme living conditions, such as cold or hot climates, to solve pollution…
Last updated 29 January 2019

Lecture: Pathways of POP to enter the Arctic

There are two different groups of POPs; one is the flyers, represented by a-HCH (organochlorine pesticide), entering the Arctic mainly through…
Last updated 28 January 2019

Lecture: Sewage as important local Pollutant Source in the Arctic aqueous Environments

Modern trace analytical methods in organic analytical chemistry allow for quantifying a multitude of anthropogenic pollutants in the environment.…
Last updated 28 January 2019

Lecture: Sewage as Mirror for Human Population Health

Even the early medical experts of the renaissance period already knew that the fecal and urinal excrement of an individual human were useful for the…
Last updated 28 January 2019

Lecture: Tools for environmental Impact Assessment of Wastewater Treatment

High performance wastewater treatment systems may reduce the pollution load in the receiving water body, but in doing so the environmental burden…
Last updated 28 January 2019

Lecture: Under-utilized Tools for increased rural Sanitation Impact

This section of the course emphasizes the importance of working closely with and understanding the motivations and perspectives of the population…
Last updated 28 January 2019

Lecture: Wastewater in the North - Concerns and Treatment

Domestic and industrial wastewater is water mixed with low amounts of different constituents, which makes the water potentially harmful for the…
Last updated 29 January 2019

Lecture: Wastewater Treatment in China`s severe cold Regions and future Development

This lecture shares characteristics of China's severe cold region sewage treatment plants. High emission standards in the region make it difficult to…
Last updated 22 January 2019

Lecture: Wastewater Treatment in Nunavut (Canada) - Characterization and handling

Northern Canadian communities such as those in Nunavut are exempt from nationally regulated treatment standards and need to meet less strict…
Last updated 26 August 2019

Lecture: Water Supply in the North

There is a higher prevalence of incomplete water and sanitation services in the rural Arctic region compared to the overall national status of Arctic…
Last updated 28 January 2019

Lecture: Water, Food and indigenous Culture

Many behavioral differences between indigenous and non-indigenous populations are based on their different cultural values. These cultural values …
Last updated 28 January 2019

Lecture: WWT in cold Climate - Source separating Systems

Source separation of wastewater means to collect two or more of the different wastewater fractions (urine, faeces and greywater) separately.  Systems…
Last updated 01 February 2019

Lectures

There are several teaching methods, but lecturing is the best known one. It is often used at schools and universities due to the large numbers of…
Last updated 16 April 2019

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Last updated 27 April 2018

Legal forms for social enterprises

When a safe water initiative is reaching scale and becoming profitable, it becomes necessary to choose the right legal status, as tax issues, risk…
Last updated 29 August 2019