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EGGG 167 CEE Lecture 2 Environmental Engineering and Risk Analysis.

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1 EGGG 167 CEE Lecture 2 Environmental Engineering and Risk Analysis

2 Environmental Engineering  Work in Environmental Consulting Firms, Government Agencies, and Industry  Ensure That We Have Clean Air and Water  Study, Evaluate, and Solve Air, Water, and Land Pollution Problems

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6 EPA Regions

7 Environmental Engineering  Water Quality  Water and Wastewater Treatment  Solid and Hazardous Waste Management  Air Quality  Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology  Environmental Law

8 Exposure Atmosferic Deposition Erosion & Runoff Untreated discharges Predicted Exposure Concentration (PEC) Effects Predicted No Effect Concentration (PNEC) WWTP P. Van Sprang - Ni-BLM workshop, Ghent, 13-10-2004 Lab- and field studies (ecotoxicity tests) Aquatic Risk Assessment

9 Effects: Laboratory Toxicity Tests algaeinvertebratesfish crustacean insect Aquatic ecosystem Sediment ecosystem Predicted No Effect Concentration (PNEC) Safe environmental concentration P. Van Sprang - Ni-BLM workshop, Ghent, 13-10-2004

10 Environmental Science and Technology

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13 Di Toro, D. M., Mahony, J. D., Hansen, D. J., Scott, K. J., Carlson, A. R., & Ankley, G. T. (1992). Acid volatile sulfide predicts the acute toxicity of cadmium and nickel in sediments. Environ. Sci. Tech., 26(1), 96-101.

14 Sediment Dredging

15 Sediment Capping

16 Potomac Estuary Algal Bloom

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