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Environmental Science and Engineering: Lecture #1

This document provides an introduction to environmental science and engineering. It defines key terms like environment, environmental engineering, environmental science, and lists some recommended books. It describes the main components and branches of environmental engineering like water treatment, waste management, and environmental impact assessment. Finally, it discusses environmental quality and pollution, defining pollution and outlining some of the main issues around water quality.

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Environmental Science and Engineering: Lecture #1

This document provides an introduction to environmental science and engineering. It defines key terms like environment, environmental engineering, environmental science, and lists some recommended books. It describes the main components and branches of environmental engineering like water treatment, waste management, and environmental impact assessment. Finally, it discusses environmental quality and pollution, defining pollution and outlining some of the main issues around water quality.

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Environmental Science

and Engineering

Ahmed Abdelhakam

Lecture #1
Introduction
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Recommended Books

1. Introduction to Environmental Engineering, L.Davis


2. Water Supply Engineering, S.KGarg
3. Environmental Pollution & Control, P.Aarne
4. Environmental Management, Dr.Biswaryo

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What is the Environment…?
• Living & Non-Living Components surrounding us is known as
Environment.
• Environment is consists of Air, Water & Land.
• Environment is a sum of social, economical, Biological,
Physical & Chemical factors which constitutes surrounding of
the man, who is both creator & modular of his environment

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What is difference between
Environmental Engineering &
Environmental Science?
❑ Environmental Engineering can be defined as
• The application of Engineering Principles under
limits to the protection & enhancement of the
quality of the Environment and the protect and
enhance the public health & welfare”.

❑ Environmental Science can be defined as


• “ Study of various Environmental issues (such
as issues of water pollution, Air pollution &
Land pollution), it does not include applications
of Engineering principles to protect quality of
the Environment.
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Duties of Environmental Engineer
• Environmental Engineer deals with the
structures, equipment, systems that are
designed to protect & enhance the
quality of the Environment and to protect
& enhance the public health & welfare.
• For example Environmental Engineer
Plan, Design, Construct, Operate and
Maintain the Water Treatment Plants to
supply pure water to the Public.
• Environmental Engineer also conduct an
EIA of various Engineering Projects &
give mitigation options.

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Branches of Environmental
Engineering
• Environmental Chemistry & Micro-biology.

• Drinking water Treatment, Distribution & Monitoring.

• Sewage & Industrial wastewater treatment, disposal


and water pollution control.

• Strom water drainage & Control.

• Solid & Hazardous waste management.

• Air & Noise Pollution & Control.

• Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

• Environmental quality modeling & monitoring.

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Environmental Terminologies
Following terms of Environment are most important and
we must know about these technical terms.
1. Ecology

2. Organisms

3. Species

4. Ecosystem

5. Micro Organism

6. Microbes

7. Pathogens

8. Biodiversity
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Environmental Terminologies
• Ecology: Ecology deals with the living & non-living components
of the environment in relation to their surrounding.
• Organisms: Any living entity Animal or Plant which capable of
growth and reproduction are called organisms.
• Species: A group of organisms having common attributes/quality
are called Species.
• Ecosystem: A group of organisms interacting among themselves
& surrounding Environment forms an eco-system which includes
both living & non-living components of the Environment.
• Micro Organism: Very small living entity see only with the help
of microscope is called micro-organisms.
• Microbes: Micro Organisms are simply called microbes, all
microbes are not harmful for human health.
• Pathogens: Harmful microbes which causes disease.
• Biodiversity : The verity of life forms on earth & its process.

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Environmental Segments
❑ Environment is consists / composed of following four
segments

1. Lithosphere.

2. Hydrosphere.

3. Biosphere.

4. Atmosphere.

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Environmental Pollutions
1. Pollution is defined as undesirable change in Physical, Chemical
& Biological characteristics of Water, Air or Soil, that will harmfully
affected the Human life and other organisms.

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Environmental Changes
Environment changes are carried by following two ways

1. Natural Changes
• Natural Process
• Natural Disasters (Earthquakes,
Floods, Sea storms, Droughts
2. Anthropogenic Changes
• Technology
• Industrial Revolution
• Transportation
• Urbanization
• Dam Construction
• Intensive Agriculture implements

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Environmental Quality
• Water is one of the most important material required to sustain life
& is considered as the source of human illness. It is rarely
available in nature because it has great tendency to dissolve
various substances in it while flowing on the surface of earth.
• The topic of water quality focuses on the presence of foreign
substances in it & their effect on human & other aquatic life.
• Where as WHO listed over 100 chemicals in guide lines for
drinking water.
• In addition, the public need water that is soft, non-corrosive, free
from pathogens & suspended solids.
• Due to inferior quality of water millions of children die every year.
In the world under the age of 5years, due to water born diseases.
• Water quality for one purpose is not good / suitable for other
purpose.
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Questions

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