Introduction to the urban system, including built environment,
stormwater, water/air quality, pollutant fate/transport, public
health, human behavior, environmental policy, economics, and
conservation. Design elements and engineering standards of
engineered infrastructure, including water treatment,
wastewater treatment, and solid waste management. Water
analysis laboratory experiments will be conducted.
Athena Title
Env Engineering Urban Systems
Prerequisite
(MATH 2250 or MATH 2250E) and ENVE 2610
Pre or Corequisite
(CHEM 1211 and CHEM 1211L) or (CHEM 1311H and CHEM 1311L)
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will understand the breadth of responsibilities of an environmental engineer in urban systems.
Students will understand urban system design, planning, development, and management with engineering constraints.
Students will understand engineering standards and design criteria references and sources.
Students will understand air, water, and land pollution.
Students will understand point and non-point pollution.
Students will understand urban ecology.
Students will understand preservation and conservation of ecosystem services.
Students will understand natural treatment systems.
Students will understand mass balance for open and closed systems.
Students will understand the basic components and operating fundamentals of urban infrastructure.
Students will understand drinking water treatment.
Students will understand wastewater treatment.
Students will understand the importance of storm-water management.
Students will understand waste management.
Students will understand scrubbers.
Students will understand risk assessment in environmental engineering.
Students will understand pollution prevention methods for manufacturing facilities.
Topical Outline
1. Natural resources and sustainability in urban systems
2. Water supply and quality
3. Environmental chemistry
4. Environmental and public health
5. Air quality
6. Management and remediation techniques for point and non-point pollution
7. Environmental policy as a constraint in environmental engineering
8. Engineering technologies for water:
a. Lime softening and coagulation
8. Engineering technologies for water:
b. Clarifiers
8. Engineering technologies for water
c. Anaerobic digestion
8. Engineering technologies for water
d. Activated sludge
8. Engineering technologies for water
e. Disinfection
9. Engineering standards and design criteria
10. Waste management and recycling
11. Industrial ecology and the built environment
12. Concepts of sustainable engineering and design
