Sustainable Engineering : "Regional and Local Environmental Issues"

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

Waste management and pollution abatement

•  Water contamination/pollution
•  Air pollution
•  Land/Soil pollution

 Land, Mining and Forest Rights

 Degradation of forests and loss of biodiversity

 Issues of environment sustainability

ENVIRONMENT ISSUES & CHALLENGES

Local scale :

pollution due to inorganic & organic compounds near sources

Regional scale :

pollution due to (scale 500 to1000 km) acid deposition, eutrophication, regional ozone, etc

Global scale :

Stratospheric ozone loss,antarctic ozone hole, global warming, climatic change, etc.

WATER ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

•  Contamination of drinking water

•  Water pollution (due to wastewater discharge)

•  Biological pollutants (septage and pit-laterine outlets)

•  Emerging pollutants/micro pollutants

•  Depletion of water sources/scarcity of water (need for water reuse/recycle)

• Need for alternative sources