Most of us care deeply about stopping pollution and protecting our natural resources. Imagine yourself having more than just a passion for saving our environment, but also possessing the actual know-how to do something about these alarming problems! An environmental engineer is a one who the principles of engineering, soil science, biology, and chemistry to develop solutions to environmental problems. They are involved in efforts to improve recycling, waste disposal, public health, and water and air pollution control. They also address global issues, such as unsafe drinking water, climate change, and environmental sustainability. Environmental engineers held about 53,200 jobs in 2012. They work in a variety of settings because of the nature …show more content…
More than 18 million people live in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Storm water can pick up debris, chemicals, dirt, and other pollutants and flow into a storm water sewer system or directly to our coastal waters. Anything that enters a storm water sewer system is discharged untreated into Reynolds’s Channel. Polluted storm water runoff can have adverse effects on plants, fish, animals & people. We consider wastewater treatment as a water use because it is so interconnected with the other uses of water. Much of the water used by homes, industries, and businesses must be treated before it is released back to the environment. If the term "wastewater treatment" is confusing to you, you might think of it as "sewage treatment." Nature has an amazing ability to cope with small amounts of water wastes and pollution, but it would be overwhelmed if we didn't treat the billions of gallons of wastewater and sewage produced every day before releasing it back to the environment. Treatment plants reduce pollutants in wastewater to a level nature can