Environmental Engineering

What is Environmental Engineering?

Environmental engineering is the application of scientific and engineering principles to test, improve and maintain aspects of the environment, with a focus on improving soil, air and water quality. The goal is to protect human health and nature's beneficial ecosystems while improving the quality of human life via the environment. Several projects involved include water treatment, waste disposal, control of noise and air pollution, and waste management.

What is the Role of Engineering in Environmental Protection and Monitoring?

We help identify and develop solutions to environmental problems to improve standards of living. Our engineers devise solutions for hazardous materials spills, wastewater management, water and air pollution. We assist with projects aimed at improving the recycling process. We ensure that the applicable treatment methods are suitable for human health and the natural ecosystem.

What is the Importance of a Soil and Water Test?

What are soil and water testing, and what do these processes test for?

A soil test analyzes soil samples to determine if contaminants are present in samples above safe levels. Soil testing is typically used to confirm that a hazardous materials spill or release is either not a threat to public health or the environment, or has been cleaned up to safe levels.

Water testing is vital to the economic, health, and social well-being of the people. Testing and monitoring the quality of water is important to eliminate potential health risks. We ensure that water quality is protected from spills of hazardous materials, and if contamination exists, we can design and incorporate an appropriate treatment.

What is Site Remediation Process?

We use this process to remove or treat polluted or contaminated soil, sediment, surface water and groundwater to reduce the negative impact on public health and the ecosystem. The four steps involved include:

• We assess the site for possible contamination
• We evaluate the degree and extent of contamination
• We develop and design a remediation strategy
• We remediate, mitigate, and monitor the remediation process

Remediation improves a site's current and future potential, ultimately making it more useful and valuable for the owner and healthier for anyone who will be living or working on the site.

The future is likely to see more technological developments, population growth, and increased site development to cater to our needs. Along with all those developments, there are likely to be new environmental challenges to address.