Environmental Engineering Fundamentals

At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. acquire the fundamental principles that serve as the foundation for the entire field of environmental engineering; 2. explain how these fundamental principles are applied to water treatment, wastewater treatment, air quality, and solid wastes; and 3. describe mass and energy balances, chemical reactions, environmental regulations and policy, pollution prevention and risk assessment.

Introduction to environmental science. Ecosystem’s considerations, food chain, natural decomposition, recycling. Environmental problems and impact of engineering activities. Various modes of pollution - water, air, and soil contamination, noise pollution; pollution measurement, and quantification. Water and waste-water physical, chemical, and biological characteristics; turbidity and colour, dissolved oxygen, hardness, pH, alkalinity, organic content, sampling and analysis, chemical and biochemical oxygen demand. Basic processes of treatment: flocculation and coagulation, sedimentation, filtration. Mass and energy balances, chemical reaction engineering. Environmental regulations and policy, pollution prevention, risk assessment. 200 Level