Environmental engineering combines scientific and engineering principles to improve and maintain the environment in order to protect human health, natural resources, and natural environments.

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Since the dawn of civilization, humans have transformed the environment to accommodate ...

In the past, environmental engineering focused primarily on the design and construction of water and wastewater treatment systems and municipal solid waste management. However, because environmental ...

Sustainability engineering and environmental engineering launches a modern approach to environmental engineering. Rather than only considering conventional waste emission treatment, we use a broad ...