introduction to environmental engineering

1. CEE 153
Introduction to Environmental
Engineering Science
Prof. Keith D. Stolzenbach

2. What do Environmental Engineers Do?
• Water and air pollution control
• Recycling, waste disposal, and public health issues
• Conduct hazardous-waste management studies in
which they evaluate the significance of the hazard,
offer analysis on treatment and containment
• Design municipal water supply and industrial
wastewater treatment systems
• Conduct research on proposed environmental
projects, analyze scientific data, and perform
quality control checks

3. Jobs – plenty of them!

4. Citizen Action Groups

5. Course Logistics I
• Lectures define the scope and content of the course!
• Text: Masters, G.M. and W.P. Ela, Introduction to
Environmental Engineering and Science, 3rd Edition
(second edition is OK)
• Teaching Assistants: Mavis Wong (mavis@seas.ucla.edu)
and Ben Feinberg (feinberg@seas.ucla.edu)
• Homework: 7 weekly problem sets; grade is percent of
problems attempted with reasonable effort
• Optional weekly problem sessions: to be scheduled – fill
out and hand in schedule form today

6. Course Logistics II
• Office hours for Prof. Stolzenbach: Thursday
12:00-1:30 or by appointment, but dropping by
is also a good bet; TA office hours will be set
next week.
• Web site: http://courseweb.seas.ucla.edu
• Exams: one midterm and one final – closed
book except for summary sheet
• Grading: roughly homework 20%, midterm
30%, and final 50%
• Students who need a PTE number to enroll
may get one from the list at the front of class
today.

7. Water Supply
Will there be enough water to drink?

8. Water
Imports to
Southern
CA

9. Southern
CA Water
Supplies
California
Aqueduct – 23%
Los Angeles
Aqueduct – 13%
Colorado River
Aqueduct – 32%
Runoff – 5%
Groundwater – 27%

10. Water Treatment
Is the water safe to drink?

11. Arsenic in LA City Drinking Water
Old standard
of 50 ug/L
New standard
of 10 ug/L

12. Disinfection Byproducts

13. Toxic Metals - Chromium

14. Toilet to Tap?

15. Wastewater Treatment
Is dilution the solution to pollution?

16. Southern CA Coastal Waste Disposal

17. Where Does the Sewage Go?

18. Source Reduction at the LA
Hyperion Treatment Plant

19. Surface Water Quality
How clean is the water?

20. What is causing high
levels of bacteria on
Huntington Beach?

21. Stormwater Runoff Pollution

22. The LA River Flood Control System

23. Groundwater
A sometimes irreplaceable resource

24. Groundwater
is a Major
Component
of Southern
CA Water
Supply

25. Leaky Gasoline Tanks

26. MTBE in West
Los Angeles
Drinking
Water Wells

27. TCE in San Fernando Valley
Groundwater

28. Solid and Hazardous Waste
Bury it or burn it?

29. Where Will LA Bury Its Trash?

30. Local
Hazardous
Waste
Risks

31. Radioactive Waste
How long is long?

32. Is Yucca Mountain Safe?

33. Where Will CA Put Its Low
Level Radioactive Waste?

34. Air Quality
How much more can we do in LA?

35. Regional Standards Work

36. Why Is the Worst Air Quality to
the East of the Sources?

37. Local Pollutant Dispersion

38. Indoor Air Pollution - Radon

39. Global Issues
Science and international politics

40. Less Snow in
the Sierras
Means Less
Water in LA!

41. See you next week
Have a great weekend!