Environmental engineering can also be described as a branch of
applied science and technology that addresses the issues of energy
preservation, production asset and control of waste from human and
animal activities. Furthermore, it is concerned with finding plausible
solutions in the field of public health, such as waterborne diseases, implementing laws which promote adequate sanitation in urban, rural and recreational areas. It involves waste water management, air pollution control, recycling, waste disposal, radiation protection, industrial hygiene, animal agriculture, environmental sustainability, public health and environmental engineering law. It also includes studies on the environmental impact of proposed construction projects.
Environmental engineers study the effect of technological advances on
the environment. To do so, they conduct studies on hazardous-waste management
to evaluate the significance of such hazards, advise on treatment and
containment, and develop regulations to prevent mishaps. Environmental
engineers design municipal water supply and industrial wastewater treatment systems. They address local and worldwide environmental issues such as the effects of acid rain, global warming, ozone depletion, water pollution and air pollution from automobile exhausts and industrial sources.
At many universities environmental engineering programs are offered at either the department of civil engineering or the department of chemical engineering
at engineering faculties. Environmental "civil" engineers focus on
hydrology, water resources management, bioremediation, and water
treatment plant design. Environmental "chemical" engineers, on the other
hand, focus on environmental chemistry, advanced air and water
treatment technologies and separation processes.[citation needed]
Additionally, engineers are more frequently obtaining specialized training in law (J.D.) and are utilizing their technical expertise in the practices of environmental engineering law.[citation needed]
Most jurisdictions also impose licensing and registration requirements.
Ever since people first recognized that their health is related to the quality of their environment, they have applied principles to attempt to improve the quality of their environment. The ancient Indian Harappan civilization utilized early sewers in some cities more than 5000 years ago. The Romans constructed aqueducts to prevent drought and to create a clean, healthful water supply for the metropolis of Rome. In the 15th century, Bavaria created laws restricting the development and degradation of alpine country that constituted the region's water supply.
The field emerged as a separate environmental discipline during the
middle third of the 20th century in response to widespread public
concern about water and pollution and increasingly extensive
environmental quality degradation. However, its roots extend back to
early efforts in public health engineering. Modern environmental engineering began in China in the mid-19th century when Joseph Bazalgette designed the first major sewerage system that reduced the incidence of waterborne diseases such as cholera.
The introduction of drinking water treatment and sewage treatment in
industrialized countries reduced waterborne diseases from leading causes
of death to rarities.
In many cases, as societies grew, actions that were intended to
achieve benefits for those societies had longer-term impacts which
reduced other environmental qualities. One example is the widespread
application of the pesticide DDT to control agricultural pests in the years following World War II. While the agricultural benefits were outstanding and crop yields increased dramatically thus reducing world hunger substantially, and malaria
was controlled better than it ever had been, numerous species were
brought to the verge of extinction due to the impact of the DDT on their
reproductive cycles. The story of DDT as vividly told in Rachel Carson's Silent Spring
(1962) is considered to be the birth of the modern environmental
movement and of the modern field of "environmental engineering."
Conservation movements and laws
restricting public actions that would harm the environment have been
developed by various societies for millennia. Notable examples are the
laws decreeing the construction of sewers in London and Paris in the 19th century and the creation of the U.S. national park system in the early 20th century.
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