Environmental Engineering

Water Treatmeat and Supply. Before water is consumed, it has to be collected first from either underground or above-ground sources. Therefore, source control is one of the most important tasks of water supply. Except for a few municipalities where the source water derived from deep aquifers, source water has to be treated to remove contaminants such as pathogenic bacteria, heavy metals, and pesticide residues. The process of treatment involves the removal of suspended solids and the use of chemicals or ultraviolet (UV) radiation to disinfect unwanted organisms so that the effluent water satisfies quality requirements dictated by the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act. For water used by industrial plants such as paper mills or nuclear power plants, special treatment is needed and its discharge is regulated. 

Nuclear Waste Disposal. Nuclear waste comes from used fuel rods in nuclear power plants. Though the degree of radiation from these spent fuel rods is low, long-term exposure to low-level radiation is hazardous to human health. Disposal of these wastes has few options. The basic approach is to store them in places far from human habitat. Furthermore, it must be assured that the storage containers will not leak to the environment in any way. Leakage to underground water would be disastrous 

Environmental Impact Assessment. Environmental engineers are often called upon to assess the impacts on human health and the natural environment by a new development, a new industrial plant, or even a new commercial establishment such as a large shopping mall. Such assessment may entail the study of noise, traffic, water consumption and discharge, power requirements, air pollution potential, and other factors. 

Environmental engineering as a part of civil engineering is unique in its extensive applications of knowledge from health sciences and biology and chemistry. Its practice is also very much impacted by environmental laws enacted at the state and national levels. 

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L. K. Wang and N. C. Pereira, eds.. Handbook of Environmental Engineering Vol. 1—Air and Noise Pollution Control, The Humana Press, CHfton, N.J., 1979. 

Manufacturing Engineering. Industrial engineering, equipment engineering, production-machine maintenance, iastmmentation engineering and maintenance, tooling and operation of machine shop, chemical and environmental engineering, and the technical Hbrary are within this area. 

T. Marhaba and S. Medler, Proceedings of 1994 National Conference on Environmental Engineering, 1994. 

R. Noyes, Unit Operations in Environmental Engineering, Noyes Pubhcations, Park Ridge, N.J., 1994. 

R. N. Miller, "A Field-Scale Investigation of Enhanced Petroleum Hydrocarbon Biodegradation ia the Vadose Zone Combining Soil Venting as an Oxygen Source with Moisture and Nutrient Addition," doctoral dissertation submitted to the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department,... 

T. D. Reynolds, Enit Operations and Processes in Environmental Engineerings Wadsworth, Inc., Belmont, Calif., 1981. 

John S. Jeris, Sc.D., P.E., Professor of Environmental Engineering, Manliattan College Environmental Consultant Member, American Water Works Association, Water Environment Federation Section Director (Section 2.5, Waste Management)... 

Henry R Bungay/ P.E., Ph D / Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Chemical Society, American Society for Microbiology, American Society for Engineering Education, Society for General Microbiology. (Section Editor)... 

Factors in Control-Equipment Selection In order to solve an air-poUrrtion problem, the problem mrrst be defined in detail. A nrrm-ber of factors mrrst be considered prior to selecting a particrrlar piece of air-polhrtion-control eqrripment. In general, these factors can be grorrped into three categories environmental, engineering, and economic. 

Kottegoda, N. T. and Rosso, R. 1997 Statistics, Probability and Reliability for Civil and Environmental Engineers. NY McGraw-Hill. 

Corbitt, 1990. "Standard Handbook of Environmental Engineering, "edited by Robert Corbitt, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 1990. 

Davis, 1999. W. Davis, Professor and Coordinator, Environmental Engineering Program, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, (423) 974-7728, personal communication with E. Albright, October 28, 1999. 

TOXIC, PUFF, SPILLS, INPUFF, AND INPUFF 2.0 Bowman Environmental Engineering P.O. Bo 29072 Dallas, TX 75229 (214) 241-1895 In ascending order of data complexity, these systems address toxic gas releases using models designed for each type of release, based on emission rate, facility characteristics and weather data. 

For the environmental engineer, this handbook provides extensive technical data on toxic chemical properties and detailed instructional aid on how to properly prepare toxic chemical release inventory reporting. The volume contains numerous examples on preparing SARA Title III chemical release reports and provides a compendium of State and Regional contacts within the Environmental Protection Agency. 

Wells, S. A. and Dick, R. I. (1989) "Mathematical Modeling of Compressible Cake Filtration," Proceedings ASCE National Environmental Engineering Conference, Austin, TX, 788-795... 

Wells, S. A. (1990) "Determination of Sludge Properties for Modeling Compressible Cake Filtration from Specific Resistance Tests," Proceedings A.S.C.E. National Environmental Engineering Conference, Washington, D.C., 125-131... 

Davis, M. L. and Cornwell, D. A. Introduction to Environmental Engineering. McGraw-Hill, Inc. New York, 1991. 

Sponsor/Developing OrgankfUion Department of Defense, Civil and Environmental Engineering Development Office, Tyndall Air Force Base, Panama City, Florida, 32403. Computer The code is 200 lines of FORTRAN, hence, it should compile and run on most PC. Cost. Unknown. 

S,. Viinakami, S. Kato, S. Akabayashi. Visualizanon with laser light sheet applied u , inrcmal and external airflows in building environmental engineering. In fluid Cuntrol vo . 2, Tokyo, 1985. 

Prepare procedures for creating speciality plans covering reliability, safety, environmental engineering, etc. 

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