The Ontario Rural Wastewater Center is dedicated to promoting the effective use of wastewater treatment technologies for environmentally sustainable rural development.

A report published in November 2011 by Parks Canada, for consultation, regarding conservation of southern mountain caribou in Canada's national parks.

A Technical Note from the NAIT Boreal Reclamation Program.

Vegetation Management Treatment technical note from the NAIT boreal research centre

technical note from the NAIT Boreal Reclamation Program, revegetation in the boreal forest

A technical note from the NAIT Boreal Reclamation Program, related to revegetation in the boreal forest.

Technical Note from the NAIT Boreal Reclamation Program, related to reforestation and tree selection.

A technical note from the NAIT boreal reclamation program, related to reforestation in the boreal forest.

Three Alberta wellsites were evaluated for the effects of various topsoil replacement levels and the addition of different organic amendments, 10 years after their initial reclamation.

An overview of the Lower Athabasca region in regards to the important social, economic and environmental factors that would have an impact on the development of the regional land-use plan. 

This is adapted from a presentation by Bill Irvine, Fossil Water, Calgary, at the June 8 workshop on Wicked Problems in Natural Resources and Land-use. Each speaker on the panel for the session on Rural Subdivision Wastewater Treatment as a Wicked Problem was asked to address:

Alf Durnie, Administrator, Private Sewage Systems, Alberta Municipal Affairs summarizes what we know, what we don't know and what we need for better decisions on rural subdivision wastewater treatment. Mr. Durnie has worked the Alberta Association of Municipal Distrcts and Counties in developing training courses integrating subdivision planning and sewage treatment selection.