What is Environmental Engineering?

Environmental Engineering identifies technologies, policies and strategies at local, regional, national and global levels to ensure the sustainable use and development of natural and artificial environmental elements; developing and implementing technical tools for the implementation of sustainable development; it is an engineering branch that effectively uses technical, economic, legal, administrative, political, social and cultural tools to achieve these goals.

Environmental engineers;

Design and construction of drinking water supply, protection of water resources against pollution, transmission and treatment facilities, * Design and construction of drinking water, sewage, rain water network,

Selection, design, construction and operation of domestic and industrial wastewater treatment plants, * Discharge of treated wastewater into receiving environments, modeling and investigation of possible effects,

Evaluation of air emissions and quality measurements for air pollution control, distribution modeling and evaluation of air pollutants,

Project design services for the preparation of industrial use waters, * Environmental impact assessment (EIA) for industrial and infrastructure investments, * Risk analysis and evaluation,

Engineering services for collection, transportation, storage, recovery and disposal of solid wastes, * Studies on removal and removal of hazardous and hazardous wastes,

Environmental management and planning,

Environmental chemistry and environmental microbiology analysis, evaluation,

Protection and modeling of soil and underground resources against pollution,

It has a wide range of job opportunities such as control of noise pollution.

The Ministry of Environment and Urbanization can be employed in public institutions such as the Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs, State Hydraulic Works, Municipalities, as well as private institutions or consultancy firms. In addition, it has the opportunity to find employment in universities such as universities and TUBITAK.