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18-Env-A1 Principles of Environmental Engineering: December 2013

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  1. Question 1 Industrialization, Population and Energy Use as Causes of Pollution
  2. Question 2 Material and Energy Balances — Steady and Unsteady State
  3. Question 3 Solid Waste Management, Environmental Impact Assessment and Ethics
  4. Question 4 Consulting Engineering Advice — Air Toxics, Sustainability and LCA
  5. Question 5 Contaminant Partitioning, Equilibrium Chemistry and Reactor Balances
  6. Question 6 Disinfection Kinetics, Ecology and Treatment Principles
  7. Question 7 Thermal Pollution, Noise, Greenhouse Gases and Acid Precipitation

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National Exams — December 2013 — 04-Env-A1 / Principles of Environmental Engineering. 3 hours duration; closed book with an 8.5×11 in double-sided aid sheet; Casio or Sharp approved calculator only. Any five questions constitute a complete paper (first five answers marked); all seven are solved below for completeness. Each question is worth 20 marks.

Reference texts. Davis & Cornwell, Introduction to Environmental Engineering (6th ed.); Metcalf & Eddy, Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Resource Recovery (5th ed.); MWH’s Water Treatment: Principles and Design (3rd ed.); Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality (Health Canada); Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) water-quality guidelines; Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA).