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Journal 2019 of the Northern Territories Water and Waste Association Water & Sanitation Practices in the European and Russian Arctic PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT#40934510 PHOTO CREDIT: ARCHBOULD.COM Operator training, close to home you work in a small community your training should too • Courses designed for operators of small, northern or remote water and wastewater systems. • Train online or attend in person. • Prepare for certification and continue your education with our wide range of relevant training, designed to suit your needs. Yukon College delivers exceptional experiences - registering, tutoring, training and education, and career counselling. Contact us today! 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Suite 300, 6 Roslyn Road TABLE OF CONTENTS Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3L 0G5 Editor’s notes: Ken Johnson ........................................................................................................................................... 6 www.delcommunications.com President The water supply in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway ................................................................................. 8 DAVid LANGSTAFF Water and sanitation in the Russian Arctic ....................................................................................................... 10 Editor-in-Chief LYNDON MCLean Community wastewater infiltration system at Setermoen, [email protected] Troms County, Arctic Norway ..................................................................................................................................... 14 Editor KEN JOHNSON Wastewater treatment systems serving community of Tromso, Arctic Norway ........................ 18 [email protected] Waste management improvements in Greenland ...................................................................................... 20 Sales Manager DAYNA OULION Water sewer system retrofit in Fort Smith, NWT ........................................................................................... 22 Toll Free: 1-866-424-6398 Advertising Account Executives Haines Junction, Yukon lagoon desludging project .................................................................................... 24 BRENT ASTROPE BRIAN gerOW Project delivery: New water treatment plant impacts Cambridge Bay, Nunavut ..................... 28 ROSS JAMES MIC PATERSON Iqaluit, Nunavut supplemental water supply .................................................................................................. 32 KARI PHILIPPOT The search for lower-cost water in the far north ......................................................................................... 34 Production services provided by: NTWWA president’s report: Megan Lusty ......................................................................................................... 36 S.G. 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Contact one of our knowledgeable filtration specialists to learn how AWI’s approach to filter optimization can help you reach your filter performance goals. Filter Media Design & Supply Canada 403-255-7377 USA 801-566-1700 awifilter.com Editor’s Notes KEN JOHNSON The European and Russian Arctic theme of the Journal developed from personal contacts I have made over the past several years dur- ing my travel, tours, presentations, and research in Greenland, Alaska, and Finland, as well as a week-long graduate course teaching oppor- tunity in Tromso, Norway in July 2019. Travel to Tromso, Norway was mendous chance for northern Canadian water professionals to gain a rare opportunity to experience the geography and climate of the perspectives and knowledge that could influence how we might do European Arctic and share knowledge and experiences with cold re- things in the future. gion water experts from Norway, Denmark, China, Russia, and Alaska, Thanks to Pearl Benyk for her annual editorial input to the Journal , as well as 50 students from a dozen different countries around the which makes great articles even greater. Additional cold region water world. The European and Russian