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CE415 EE (Environmental Engineering)

3 Units (lec)
Lecture # 1

Course Description
This course deals with the pollution environments water, air, and solid; waste ,treatment
processes, disposal, and management, government legislation, rules, and regulation related
to the environment and waste management; and environmental management system.

Course Outcomes
After completing the course, the student must be able to :
Understand the various effects of environmental pollution;
Identify, plan, and select appropriate design treatment schemes for waste
disposal;
Understand the importance of waste management and its relevance to the
engineering profession;

Know the existing laws, rules, and regulations of the government on

environmental issues.

What is Environmental Engineering?

Environment
o the surroundings in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates
o encompasses the whole of life on earth and the complex interactions that link
the living world with the physical world
Engineering
o application of scientific principles for the planning, design, operation and
maintenance of structures, equipment or systems for the development and
benefit of society

Thus..
Environment + Engineering =
Application of scientific principles to improve the natural environment for the
development and benefit of the society

What is Environment?
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.
Science & Engineering
Scienceimprove our understanding of natural processes
Engineeringuse this understanding to develop and apply technologies that will maintain
or improve environmental quality

Timeline
1960s
Environmental Engineer title was in used when academic programs in
engineering and public health schools broadened their scope.
Several major disciplines including civil engineering, public health, ecology,
chemistry, and meteorology.
From each foundation, the environmental engineering profession draws
knowledge, skill, and professionalism.
From ethics, the environmental engineer draws concern for the greater good.

Civil Engineering(timeline)

18th Century
Western civilization settled agriculture and the development of agricultural
skills
build public and private structures that engineered solutions to specific
public problems
built purely for defensive purposes
Construction of machines of war
Builders of war machines became known as engineers, and the term
engineer
continued to imply military involvement
Civil Engineering(timeline)
1782
John Smeaton, builder of roads, structures, and canals in England, recognized
that his profession tended to focus on the construction of public facilities
rather than purely military ones, and that he could correctly be designated a
civil engineer.
This title was widely adopted by engineers engaged in public works (Kirby et
al.,
1956 cited in Weiner & Robin, 2003 ).
1802
The first formal university engineering curriculum in the United States was
established at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point
1821
The first engineering course outside the Academy was offered at the American
Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy, which later became Norwich
University.
1835
The Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute conferred the first truly civil engineering
degree.
In 1852
the American Society of Civil Engineers was founded (Wisely,1974 cited in
Weiner & Robin, 2003 ).

Development
Water supply and wastewater drainage were among the public facilities designed by
civil engineers to control environmental pollution and protect public health.
Privatization of water supply
Droughts (Ridgway, 1970 cited in Weiner & Robin, 2003 ).
1652
the first public water supply system consisted of wooden pipes, bored and
charred, with metal rings shrunk on the ends to prevent splitting

 1776
the first citywide system was constructed in Winston-Salem, NC.
The firstAmerican water works was built in the Moravian settlement of Bethlehem,
PA. A wooden water wheel, driven by the flow of Monocacy Creek, powered wooden
pumps that lifted spring water to a hilltop wooden reservoir from which it was
distributed by gravity (American Public Works Association 1976).
1835
One of the first major water supply undertakings was the Croton Aqueduct,
started in 1835 and completed six years later. This engineering marvel
brought clear water to Manhattan Island, which had an inadequate supply
of groundwater (Lankton 1977).

Definition of Terms
POPULATION
A population is one species living in a specific area.
For example, all foxes living in an area form a population.
COMMUNITY
A community is formed from all living populations found in an area.
All the foxes, dandelions, grasshoppers, snakes, hawks, deer, and skunks living in one
area each form their individual populations, but together make up a community
ECOSYSTEM
An ecosystem is formed by the interactions between all living and non-living things
ECOLOGY
Ecology is how living and non-living things affect each other in their environment.
Non-living parts of your community
Buildings
Roads
Bodies of water
Automobiles
Traffic lights
POLLUTION
The introduction of substances or energy into the environment, by people, liable to
cause harm to living creatures or ecological systems.
How did pollution begin?
1. More sophisticated lifestyles.
2. Growing needs of people.
3. Accelerated rates of human and economic activities.
Waste becomes pollution if the level discharged exceeds the capacity of the
environment to absorb it without adverse effect.
The types of pollution that we are going to look at:
Air Pollution
Water Pollution
Land Pollution
Noise pollution
Thermal pollution
Radiation pollution

Air Pollution
Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals, particulate matter, or biological materials
that cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms, or cause damage to
the natural environment or built environment, into the atmosphere
Water Pollution
Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies (e.g. lakes, rivers, oceans and
groundwater).
Land Pollution
Land pollution is the degradation of Earth's land surfaces often caused by human
activities and their misuse of land resources.
Noise Pollution
Noise pollution is excessive, displeasing human, animal or machine-created
environmental noise that disrupts the activity or balance of human or animal life.
References:
Chemical Engineering Department UET Lahore
Weiner, Ruth F., Matthews, Robin A. ( 2003). Environmental Engineering 4 th Ed.