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Foundations of Environmental Engineering

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As an environmental engineer, I like to classify myself as a "pragmatic environmentalist". Instead of pondering radical sociopolitical changes to decrease humanity's impact on the environment, environmental engineers use the mathematic and scientific tools at our disposal to mitigate environmental degredation to the best of our ability. This text emphasizes this distinction, and it is practical to the extreme.

The text addresses many of the current environmental concerns, including air and water pollution and global climate change. However, instead of discussing at length the implications on human health, environmental quality, and society that these threats present, the text jumps immediately into the mathematical and scientific foundations that are used to solve these problems. Many solved example problems aid students in developing the skills in chemistry and the "mass-balance approach" to solving environmental engineering problems that are necessary in future design-level engineering courses.

Overall, an excellent textbook for an introductory environmental engineering course, and an excellent reference for anyone taking the civil or environmental F.E. exam.