CE 326 Principles of Environmental Engineering

What You Said Was the Most Serious Environmental Problem (Fall 1999)

governments of US and others

soil erosion

lack of waste facilities and clean water

running out of natural resources

nuclear/hazardous wastes

air pollution in cities

polluting cities

pollution 3

controlling human waste

supply of quality of fresh water

destruction of ozone layer

air pollution 4

factory air pollution

water pollution 2

trash/refuse production or people

combustion engines, basic waste

depletion of natural resources

pollution of groundwater and lack of adequate research to determine root causes and hazards of the pollutant e.g. MTBE pollution in CA

I don’t know. I think a lot of it is exaggerated

excess garbage

loss of natural resources

finding new places to create landfills and building them so they function correctly

air and water pollution