Microbiological water quality in a decentralized Arctic drinking water system

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Authors

Stephanie Gora · Dalhousie University

Tim Anaviapik Soucie · Community Care

Nicole E. McCormick · Dalhousie University

C. Carolina Ontiveros · Dalhousie University

Vincent L’Hérault · ARCTIConnexion

Megan K. Gavin · Nunavut Arctic College

Benjamin F. Trueman ·

Abstract

Drinking water samples were collected from the water source, water delivery truck, domestic water storage tanks, and at the point of use in a decentralized drinking water system in Pond Inlet, Nunavut, a predominantly Inuit community in Canada's Arctic region.

Topics & Keywords

Indigenous Studies and Ecology Fluoride Effects and Removal Water Treatment and Disinfection

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Clean water and sanitation

Publication Details

Published in: Environmental Science Water Research & Technology

Volume 6, Issue 7, pp. 1855-1868

DOI: 10.1039/d0ew00019a

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