Guidelines for the Discharge of Treated Municipal Wastewater in the Northwest Territories (NWT Water Board, 1992)
The Northwest Territories Water Board's 1992 guidelines establish effluent quality standards and receiving water quality objectives for the discharge of treated municipal wastewater throughout the NWT, incorporating revised criteria based on empirical data and addressing summer/winter discharge differences, operational requirements, and site-specific considerations.
- Date
- 1992
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Northwest Territories Water Board, Government of the Northwest Territories, Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Department of Health, Environment Canada, Health and Welfare Canada, Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Northwest Territories Association of Municipalities
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Northern Canada, Southern Canada
- Parameters
- water quality, treated municipal wastewater discharge, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5), suspended solids, phosphorus, fecal coliforms, total coliforms, dissolved oxygen, residual chlorine, toxicity, oil and grease, metals (aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, mercury, nickel, zinc), pH, receiving water quality objectives, effluent quality, mixing zones, wastewater treatment, lagoon systems, outfall design, monitoring and sampling
- Pages
- 30
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