Environmental engineering

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The application of science and engineering principles to protect and improve the natural environment.

"Environmental engineering is a professional engineering discipline related to environmental science."
"It encompasses broad scientific topics like chemistry, biology, ecology, geology, hydraulics, hydrology, microbiology, and mathematics."
"[Environmental engineering] creates solutions that will protect and also improve the health of living organisms."
"Environmental engineering is a sub-discipline of civil engineering and chemical engineering."
"While on the part of civil engineering, the Environmental Engineering is focused mainly on Sanitary Engineering."
"Environmental engineering applies scientific and engineering principles to improve and maintain the environment to protect human health."
"Environmental engineers devise solutions for wastewater management, water and air pollution control, recycling, waste disposal, and public health."
"They design plans to prevent waterborne diseases and improve sanitation in urban, rural, and recreational areas."
"They evaluate hazardous-waste management systems to evaluate the severity of such hazards, advise on treatment and containment, and develop regulations to prevent mishaps."
"They implement environmental engineering law, as in assessing the environmental impact of proposed construction projects."
"Environmental engineers study the effect of technological advances on the environment, addressing local and worldwide environmental issues such as acid rain, global warming, ozone depletion, water pollution, and air pollution."
"Environmental engineers study the effect of technological advances on the environment, addressing local and worldwide environmental issues such as [...] air pollution from automobile exhausts and industrial sources."
"Most jurisdictions impose licensing and registration requirements for qualified environmental engineers." Please note that since some questions may have multiple relevant quotes, the provided quotes may not be exhaustive for each question.