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18-Env-A1 Principles of Environmental Engineering: December 2017

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  1. Question 1 Mass and Energy Balance, Contaminant Partitioning and Microbiology
  2. Question 2 Environmental Impact Assessment, Sustainable Development and Life Cycle Analysis
  3. Question 3 Environmental Ethics and Water and Wastewater Treatment
  4. Question 4 Particle Characteristics, Chemistry of Solutions and Thermal Pollution
  5. Question 5 Population, Economic Growth and Industrialization as Causes of Environmental Pollution
  6. Question 6 Air Pollution Control of Air Toxics, Solid Waste Management and Environmental Quality Objectives, Standards and Guidelines
  7. Question 7 Water Resource Management, Greenhouse Effect, Noise Pollution and Technical/Non-Technical Environmental Principles

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National Exams — December 2017 — 04-Env-A1 / Principles of Environmental Engineering. 3 hours duration; closed book with a candidate-prepared 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.); Sawyer, McCarty & Parkin, Chemistry for Environmental Engineering and Science; Mihelcic & Zimmerman, Environmental Engineering: Fundamentals, Sustainability, Design; Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality (Health Canada); Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) water-quality and municipal solid-waste guidelines; Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) and Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA 2012); ISO 14040/14044 (Life Cycle Assessment); Bies & Hansen, Engineering Noise Control; Andrews, Canadian Professional Engineering and Geoscience (professional ethics).