##  [Empowering Indigenous Resilience With Treatment Wetlands](/resource/empowering-indigenous-resilience-treatment-wetlands) 

Organization

[University of Alberta (UofA)](/organization/university-alberta-uofa)

[Clearflow Group Inc.](/organization/clearflow-group-inc)

[Karlsruhe Institute of Technology](/organization/karlsruhe-institute-technology)

 

 

Resource Type

[Peer reviewed article](/taxonomy/term/37)

 

 

Author(s)

Muhammad Arslan

Chelsea Benally

Jochen Müller

Muhammad Usman

Jerry Hanna

Mohamed Gamal El-Din

 

 

Original Authors

Muhammad Arslan

Chelsea Benally

Jochen Müller

Muhammad Usman

Jerry Hanna

Mohamed Gamal El-Din

 

 

Contacts

[Mohamed Gamal El-Din](/contact/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.