See also: WSP in Europe and the UK and Rock filters

►Cold Regions Utilities Monograph, 3rd ed. (ASCE Publications, 1996) − preview (Google Books)

►Waste stabilisation ponds in extreme continental climates: a comparison of design methods from the USA, Canada, northern Europe and the former Soviet Union (WST, 2003)

►Cold and continental climate ponds [chapter 18 of Pond Treatment Technology (IWA Publishing, 2005); University of Leeds Library catalogue entry] − excerpts here (pages 381−407).

Kazakhstan
Influence of annual climate variability on design and operation of waste stabilisation ponds for continental climates (WST, 2007)
The potential for facilitating spring discharge from continental climate waste stabilisation ponds by carry-over of treated wastewater: concepts and experimental findings (WST, 2007)
Wastewater reuse in central Asia: implications for the design of pond systems (WST, 2007)
A computer simulation of the oxygen balance in a cold climate winter storage WSP during the critical spring warm-up period (WST, 2003)

Canada
Guidelines for the planning and design of wastewater lagoon systems in cold climates (Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 1991)
Anaerobic treatment of human waste in northern communities (Canadian Journal of Civil Engin- eering, 1980)
Microbiology of domestic wastes − I. Physiological activity of bacteria indigenous to lagoon operation as a function of seasonal change (Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 1968)
Microbiology of domestic wastes − II. A comparative study of the seasonal physiological activity of bacteria indigenous to a sewage lagoon (Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 1969)

Sweden
Wastewater treatment by chemical precipitation in ponds (Abstract of doctoral thesis, Luleå Univ- ersity of Technology, Sweden, 1991)
Swedish field experiences with chemical precipitation in stabilization ponds (Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 1987)
Sustainability of wastewater treatment with microalgae in cold climate, evaluated with energy and socio-ecological principles (Ecological Engineering, 2004)
Microalgae at wastewater pond treatment in cold climate: an ecological engineering approach (Doctoral thesis, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden, 2004)
Microalgae at Wastewater Treatment in Cold Climate (Licentiate thesis, Luleå University of Techn- ology, Sweden, 2002)
Note: Luleå University of Technology, Sweden, is “the northernmost university of technology in Scandinavia”.