建筑英语Lesson 5 .docVIP

Lesson 5 Environmental Engineering Environmental engineering is a branch of engineering that is concerned with pollution by the structures, machines, systems, and processes that are involved in human activities. The development of civilization has caused perturbation of much of the Earths ecosystem, resulting in pollution of the air, land, and water. It is the task of the environmental engineer not only to design systems to assuage this pollution but also to educate people in protecting their surroundings from additional pollution. The practice of environmental engineering is divided int