Archive for the ‘Introduction to Environmental Engineering’ Category

Public health: short history

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

Industrial revolution had changed everything including lifestyle, mindset throughout industry world as well as on sanitation condition. The sanitation condition was very sad, at least this was expressed in the Report from the Poor Law Commissioners on an Inquiry into the Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Population of Great Britain. ...

Wastewater treatment plant: the beginning

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

As you probably already aware, waste disposal methods had been found from ancient time. Sewers were found in the prehistoric cities of Crete and ancient Assyrian areas. Sewers built by the Romans, although at the first were mainly for carrying storm water, but in practice sewers were used to carry ...

Sewer, sewerage… in history

Friday, March 16th, 2007

On the early application of human waste disposal, nuisance and health problem always be primary effect caused by such activity. Just imagine, often the method of disposal consisted of nothing more than flinging out the content of the pots out the window!

Water treatment: impure water, back to history

Sunday, March 11th, 2007

Impure water is a water that contaminated by unwanted elements. It can be particles, colloids, debris. Of course, for both drinking water or clean water for household activities, these impurities are not wanted. Thus, it is important for us to treat source water to remove these elements. That is why ...

Engineer Term: Civil and Environmental Engineer

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

We know that most part especially throughout europe and US, environmental engineering is usually part of civil engineering. This is because inside civil engineering, contains information, field of study which are now studied under environmental engineering. Upon graduation, we will be designated a "engineer" title. The term of civil engineer ...

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