ENVIRONMENTAL

ENGINEERING
Sidra Jabeen
Assistant Professor

Environment is the surroundings or conditions in which

a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.

Our environment, the world in

which we live and work, is a mirror
of our attitudes and expectations.

Earl Nightengale

What Environment means to us!!!

What Environment means to us!!!

Environmental Pollution
Environmental pollution is the contamination of the physical and biological
components of the earth/atmosphere system to such an extent that normal
environmental processes are adversely affected

Types Of Environmental Pollution

There are three major types of environmental pollution:
Air pollution
Water pollution
Soil / Land pollution

Air Pollution

Smoke from chimneys

Automobile exhaust
Burning of fossil fuels
Forest fires and open pile burning

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Effluent outfalls from factories and refineries

Oil spills
Bathing and washing utensils in rivers
Throwing food wrappers and other wastes in
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Soil / Land Pollution

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WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES?

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Acid rain
Haze
Effects on wildlife
Ozone depletion
Global warming
Diseases in humans like lung cancer, asthma,
Irritation of eyes, nose, mouth and throat,
reproductive systems and other respiratory ailments.

Acid rain

Haze

Green house Effect & Global Warming

Effects on humans

Water Pollution causes:

i. Effects the marine life (death of marine
animals like fishes, turtles, whales, dolphins)
ii. Effects the human life (Water-borne diseases
like typhoid, cholera, dysentery)
iii. Eutrophication

Effects on marine life

Effects on Humans

Eutrophication

Land Pollution causes:

i. Leaching from landfills
ii. Foul odor and breeding ground for mosquitoes
iii. Reduces soil fertility

Leaching from landfills

Effects on animals

Effects on humans

Course Outline

Introduction to the ecology of environment

Material cycles in ecosystem
Natural hazards (natural impacts on water, air and land)
Air pollution and its control
Water pollution and its control
Industrial noise pollution and its control
Land pollution and its control
Impact of technology on ecology of system
Energy and its impacts on environment
EIA methods and techniques for impact prediction and evaluation
Waste water treatment methods and technologies
Solid waste management techniques
Hazard and operability study (HAZOP)
Health, safety and environment (HSE)

 Text book:
Introduction to Environmental Engineering by Mackenzie.L.Davis &
David A. Cornwell (2nd Edition)

Reference books:
Sewage & industrial effluent treatment by John Arundel (2nd edition)
Concepts in environment by P.R.Trivedi, Gurdeep Raj
Environment pollution by H.M.Dix
Noise pollution & Control by S.P.Singal
Industrial air pollution control system by William.L.Heumann
Chemical principles of environmental pollution by B.J.Alloway &
D.C.Ayres (2nd edition)
Hazardous waste management by Lacrega. Buckingham,Evans
(McgrawHill international edition)