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Elementary Environmental Engineering Course Syllabus

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1. Course Overview

  • Population, economic growth, industrialization, urbanization and energy-use as causes of environmental pollution
  • Characteristics of particles, chemistry of solutions and gases, material balances, reaction kinetics, microbiology and ecology as related to the environment
  • Application of environmental principles (technical and non-technical) to water resource management, water and wastewater treatment, air pollution control, solid waste management, environmental impact assessment, sustainable development and environmental ethics

2. Textbooks (latest editions recommended)

  • Mines, R. and Lackey, L. Introduction to Environmental Engineering