Introduction to Environmental

Engineering

DEFINITION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Environmental engineering
is the application of science and engineering principles
to improve the environment (air, water, and/or land
resources), to provide healthy water, air, and land for
human habitation and for other organisms, and to
remediate polluted sites.

What is Environmental Engineer?

Environmental engineers are the technical
professionals who identify and design solutions for
environmental problems.
Environmental engineers provide safe drinking water,
treat and properly dispose of wastes, maintain air
quality, control water pollution, and remediate sites
contaminated due to spills or improper disposal of
hazardous substances.
They monitor the quality of the air, water, and land.
And, they develop new and improved means to
protect the environment

Environmental Engineer?
Environmental engineers possess the scientific and
technical knowledge to identify, design, build, and
operate systems that make modern society
possible.
They involve traditional engineering components
such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, and
engineering design.
Environmental engineering education and practice
also includes a range of other disciplines, such as
biology, microbiology, ecology, public health,
geology, meteorology, economics, political science,
and computer science.

Where do environmental engineers work?

Environmental engineers work in many places. Some of the
common ones are:
engineering consulting firms that design and construct air and water
pollution-control systems,
industries that need to treat their air or wastewater discharges,
private and municipal agencies that supply drinking water,
companies that treat and dispose of hazardous chemicals,
companies that operate treatment facilities for municipalities or industries,
government agencies that monitor and regulate waste discharges,
universities that teach and conduct research on environmental control,
private and government laboratories that develop the new generations of
pollution-control systems,
international agencies that transfer knowledge and technology to the
developing world, and
public-interest groups that advocate environmental protection.

Synopsis
This course introduces the cause, effect and
method to control pollution. The course
covers the three major categories of industrial
pollution; water pollution, air pollution and
industrial/schedule waste management.

Learning Objectives
Illustrate water quality parameters for understanding effect of
water pollution to the environment and public health for
sustainable development
Analyze wastewater treatment processes and facilities
Design system to treat domestic and industrial wastewater
effluent
Analyze types of air pollution and air pollution control system
in determining types of air pollution emission from industries
Analyze hazardous waste according to the requirement set by
the local and international requirement
Adopts an ethical approach when discussing in activities to
develop, promote and implement public policy

Assessment Method

T -Test
A - Assignment
P- Project report
EX - Exam

Generic Skills Addressed

Problem Solving
Ethics
Lifelong Learning

Assessment
TEST: 20%
Assignments/Quiz/E-LEARNING: 15%
Case Study (Group Project): 15%
Final Exam: 50%

References
Text Book
Davis, M.L. and Cornwell, D.A., "Introduction to
Environmental Engineering", 5th edition.
McGraw Hill, 2013
Others
Environmental Quality Act 1974
Warren Viessman, Jr.,Mark J. Hammer Water
Supply and Pollution Control, Pearson. 2009