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• Environmental Engineering is a branch of engineering
that was developed to overcome serious environmental
contamination problems caused by human activities and
the waste they produce.
the integration of sciences and engineering principles to
develop processes that will improve the environment.
• Environmental engineering is a fairly new science, but it
is developing very rapidly and expertise in this science is
needed now and in the future.
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• Pollution can be caused by various sources.
• The spread of pollution can be found in soil,
water and air throughout planet Earth.
• Air pollution, water source pollution, land
pollution, hazardous waste, both solid and liquid,
are found everywhere.
• Environmental engineering studies how to deal
with pollution and manage waste to protect the
environmental health of the earth and its
inhabitants.
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• Environmental engineering is closely related to civil
engineering and public health.
• Clean water supply and sewage systems are
examples of public facilities designed by civil
engineers to control environmental pollution and
protect public health.
• Water availability is an important problem in every
civilization.
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• When water sources are polluted by pollutants, it
will cause problems for the environment and public
health.
• Example: ground water sources are contaminated
by E. Coli bacteria due to poor environmental
sanitation.
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• In the 18th and 19th centuries, poor residents in
European cities were unable to access clean water
because rivers were polluted, clean water was
expensive, or there were no water sources.
• In London, at that time many poor people begged
for water or even stole water. At that time there
were also many disease outbreaks.
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• Water filtration technology began to be used
around the 19th century. The first successful use of
water filtration technology was recorded in Parsley,
Scotland in 1804.
• The use of chlorine as a disinfectant in water was
first carried out in Belgium in 1902 and in America
in 1908.
• Between 1900 – 1920, deaths from infectious
diseases decreased drastically, and is believed to be
the result of the increasingly clean water supplied
to the population.
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• Disposal of human waste can be a serious problem
for public health.
• In the past, many people dumped human waste
directly into drainage channels or rivers.
• In the 19th century, the river Cam (in Cambridge)
and the river Thames (in London) were heavily
polluted for many years.
• Many residents suffer from cholera.
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• In the 1850s, the "Great Sanitary Awakening"
campaign was launched to improve
environmental sanitation.
• Modern environmental engineering began in
London in the 1940s following the Great Stink.
• Civil engineers are responsible for developing
technical solutions to problems related to water
and waste.
• Civil engineering engineers must understand the
basic principles of ecology and ecosystems so as
not to damage the environment and ecosystem.
History and The Importance of Environmental Engineering