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EGGG 167 CEE Lecture 2 Environmental Engineering and Risk Analysis
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Environmental Engineering Work in Environmental Consulting Firms, Government Agencies, and Industry Ensure That We Have Clean Air and Water Study, Evaluate, and Solve Air, Water, and Land Pollution Problems
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EPA Regions
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Environmental Engineering Water Quality Water and Wastewater Treatment Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Air Quality Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology Environmental Law
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Exposure Atmosferic Deposition Erosion & Runoff Untreated discharges Predicted Exposure Concentration (PEC) Effects Predicted No Effect Concentration (PNEC) WWTP P. Van Sprang - Ni-BLM workshop, Ghent, 13-10-2004 Lab- and field studies (ecotoxicity tests) Aquatic Risk Assessment
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Effects: Laboratory Toxicity Tests algaeinvertebratesfish crustacean insect Aquatic ecosystem Sediment ecosystem Predicted No Effect Concentration (PNEC) Safe environmental concentration P. Van Sprang - Ni-BLM workshop, Ghent, 13-10-2004
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Environmental Science and Technology
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Di Toro, D. M., Mahony, J. D., Hansen, D. J., Scott, K. J., Carlson, A. R., & Ankley, G. T. (1992). Acid volatile sulfide predicts the acute toxicity of cadmium and nickel in sediments. Environ. Sci. Tech., 26(1), 96-101.
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Sediment Dredging
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Sediment Capping
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Potomac Estuary Algal Bloom
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