1. Pollution Prevention & Remediation (PPR) Specialization Overview 10-14-09 Leader: Trish Holden (holden@bren.ucsb.edu ; x3195)holden@bren.ucsb.edu

3. PPR is about Now, and the Future  Legacy 80,000 synthetic chemicals and <3,000 tested for toxicity Contaminated soil, water, sediments, air Effects on biota, and ecosystems Foundational knowledge, paradigms and tools  characteristics governing pollutant transfer  waste treatment  remediation  Emerging New chemicals and materials (e.g. “nano”) New role of “green” mfr and industrial ecology Expanded concerns in legacy pollutants  synergies between pollutants  human effects  interactions (e.g. climate)

4. PPR Program Elements Definition Transport Distribution Toxicity/ Risk Remediation Prevention Decision-making

5. PPR Program Goals  Prepare you for careers in PPR Consulting Industry Government NGOs  Enable your long-term success Strong foundation + transferable knowledge Learn how to think about PPR-type problems Learn solutions and how to choose Reinforce MESM skills  communication  project management

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7. PPR: Website http://www.bren.ucsb.edu/academics/mesm_specialization/pollut_prevent.htm

8. PPR: Group Projects  Nanomaterials industry EHS + product stewardship Baseline (2006) funded by ICON, proposed by MESM students Update (2009) funded by UCSB CNS, focus on risk perception  Evaluation of bacteriological water quality in Las Palmas Creek  Public utility strategies for CO 2 sequestration  Analysis of food scrap recycling to reduce solid waste  Wetlands mitigation at the Casmalia waste site  Goleta Slough breaching effects on coastal water quality  Urban stormwater infiltration  Ecological risk of MTBE plume, Port Hueneme  Goleta Oldtown brownfields redevelopment  Bioswale management of storm runoff

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