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Questions:
1. What do you know on
the term “Environment”?
—2. What are the
different environmental issues that affects the earth and humanity?
—3. Why an environmental
issue?
—4. What can you do to
improve the situation or provide solution to these environmental issues?
—5. Are Humans
Responsible to the State or Condition of the Environment, NOW? Why?
Environmental Science
- — branch of knowledge that involves the study of different components of
the environment that interact and result in such phenomena, which can be either
beneficial or harmful for the environment and the beings dependent on it for
their sustenance.
Engineering
- —It is a profession
that applies science and mathematics to make the properties of matter and
sources of energy useful in structures, machines, products, systems, and
processes
Environmental Engineering
- is manifest by sound engineering thought and practice in the solution
of problems of environmental sanitation, notably in the provision of safe, palatable, and ample
public water supplies;
the proper disposal of or recycle of waste water and solid wastes; the adequate
drainage of urban and rural areas for proper sanitation; and the control
of water, soil, and atmospheric pollution, and the social and environment
impact of these solutions.
Furthermore, it is concerned with engineering problems in the field of
public health, such as control of athropod-borne diseases, the elimination of
industrial health hazards, and the provision of adequate sanitation in urban,
rural, and recreational areas, and the effect of technological advances on the
environment.
(ASCE)
Focus of Environmental Engineering
1. —Provision of safe,
palatable, and ample public water supplies
2. —Proper disposal of or
recycling of wastewater and solid wastes
3. —Control of water,
soil, and atmospheric pollution (including noise as an atmospheric pollutant)
Environmental Code of Ethics
1. —Use knowledge and
skill for the enhancement and protection of the environment
2. —Hold paramount the
health, safety and welfare of the environment
3. —Perform services only
in areas of personal exercise
4. —Be honest and
impartial in serving the public, your employers, your clients, and the
environment
5. —Issue public
statements only in an objective and truthful manner
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