Empowering Indigenous Resilience With Treatment Wetlands

Authors
Muhammad Arslan
Chelsea Benally
Jochen Müller
Muhammad Usman
Jerry Hanna
Mohamed Gamal El-Din
Resource Date:
2024

Many Indigenous communities in Canada have little or no access to water treatment facilities. Treatment wetlands could offer a nature-based solution with localized and decentralized wastewater treatment. However, it is crucial that Indigenous ecological knowledge and cultural practices are integrated into the design, implementation, and management of treatment wetlands.