GE 302, Industry and Environment

1. Introduction to the environment, ecosystems and environmental pollution (definition of some environmental terms, categories of pollutants, examples on different types of  pollution, natural cycles of important components).
2. Water pollution (water quality, water quantities, pollutants and their  standard limits and treatment; wastewater quantity, characteristics, reuse and discharge standards, and treatment)
3. Air pollution (types of pollutants, standards, and control)
4. Solid wastes (quantity, characteristics, management, and disposal)
5. Noise pollution (introduction, rating systems, effects on people, sources, and control).
6. Fundamentals of EIA.