Environmental Impact of Structures
Environment
Environmental Engineering
Environmental Engineers Roles
Environmental Engineering Objectives
Environmental Systems
Sustainability
Environment
External factors that affect the lives and development of organisms,
which includes air, water and land.
Environmental Engineering
Application of scientific and engineering principles to maintain the
environment to protect human health and ecosystems
Environmental Engineering Objectives
Water Quality Management
Waste Management
Air Quality Control
Soil Pollution Control
Environmental Engineering Objectives Environmental Engineers Roles
Ensure availability of clean water
Design treatment systems to purify
Water Quality Management water
Safe disposal of wastewater
Environmental Engineering Objectives Environmental Engineers Roles
Develop methods for safe
Waste Management (Solid and
collection, recycling and disposal of
hazardous wastes
solid and hazardous waste
Reduce air pollution by mitigating
Air Quality Control
the effects of industrial emissions
Implementing sustainable
Soil Pollution Control
agricultural practices
Environmental Systems
Water Resource Management
Solid Waste Management
Air Resource Management
Multimedia
Water Resource Management
Water Resource Management
Wastewater
Water Supply
Disposal
Subsystem
Subsystem
Sources
Groundwater
Surface Water (pumped
from wells)
Streams Lakes Rivers
Wastewater Disposal
Subsystem
• To prevent contamination of
water supply
• To eliminate risk of
waterborne diseases
• To avoid legal or health-
Why proper disposal related issues that may arise
is important? if country’s regulations not
followed
• To reduce the need of costly
medical treatments related
to waterborne diseases (as:
cholera and typhoid)
Types of contaminants/pollutants Common sources of pollution
Biological pollutants (as:
bacteria & viruses)
Industrial wastes
Chemical pollutants (as:
pesticides and herbicides)
Agricultural runoff
Excessive nutrients (as:
nitrogen and phosphorus)
Household
activities
Physical pollutants (as:
sediments and plastics)
Plastic wastes
Thermal pollution (high water
temp. dec. oxygen in water)
Stormwater runoff
Oil and Grease from ships and
factories
Types of sewers
Combined
Sanitary Storm
(rainwater) (sanitary &
(wastewater)
storm)
Air Resource Management
Differences between air resource management and water resource
management
Air Water
Whatever Qty
required it is
delivered free of Quantity is limited, if
Quantity charge. required Qty inc. its
charge inc.
Can’t be treated
Quality
Can be treated
Solid Waste Management
Before the 20th Century:
History
• Waste was left in open spaces or buried in pits.
Late 19th Century:
Recycling
• Cities began establishing Programs
waste collection systems
and directing them to specific
(Europe areas.
recycling rates of 30-40%.)
Mid-20th Century:
Modern Landfills
• The emergence of modern landfills for more
organized waste disposal.
Waste-to-Energy
21st Century:
Technologies like recycling, waste-to-energy (WTE)
plants, and reducing landfill use emerged.
• Many cities are aiming for "zero waste" goals.
Multimedia Systems
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Definition: refers to pollution that affects more than
one environmental medium—meaning it doesn’t
just impact air, water, or soil individually but rather
moves between them.
Examples:
• Acid Rain: Formed when sulfur and nitrogen
oxides are released into the air, but it later
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impacts soil and water when it falls
• Burning Solid Waste: Causes air pollution,
which is controlled by scrubbing with water,
but the pollutants will transfer to water, leading
to water pollution.
Sustainability
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Definition: meeting the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs.
Examples:
• Use recyclable resources.
• Designing products for reuse, repair, and
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recycling instead of disposal
• Using hydrogen as a clean fuel for cars, planes,
and industries.
• Planting forests within cities to improve air
quality and biodiversity.
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