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Environmental Engineering
CIV 381
The College of New Jersey
Fall 2014
Education of Instructor
B.E., City College of New York in Civil
Engineering
M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology in
Environmental Engineering
Ph.D., Rutgers University in Environmental
Science
Background of Instructor
Delaware River Basin Commission
Manager, Planning & Information Technology
Consultant Environmental/Engineering
Adjunct Professor
Villanova University Civil & Env Eng
Rider Univ Geology, Env & Marine Sci
TCNJ Civil Engineering
Experience of Instructor
CDM (NYC, Virginia)
Wastewater Treatment
Water Supply and Distribution
Hydrologic & Hydraulic Modeling (HEC, storm surge, etc.)
Experience of Instructor
(contd)
Independent Consultant
Underground Storage Tanks
Site Remediation
Corporate training
Experience of Instructor
(contd)
DRBC (West Trenton, NJ)
Basin Planning
Water Supply & Water Quality Management
Interstate Coordination & Collaboration
Integrated Watershed Management
Teaching
Water Resources Planning & Management (VU)
Watershed Management (UPenn)
Environmental Engineering (TCNJ)
Sustainability
creating, to pass along to our children and to
theirs, a natural resource base whose yields in
economic prosperity, social improvement,
environmental quality, and natural beauty will go
on and on tomorrow and forever because of
political choices we are willing to make today.
Bucks County Planning Comm.
Obstacles to Sustainability
Population Growth
Climate Change
Shale Gas Development
Population Growth
Population has experienced exponential
growth:
The J Curve
1975
4 billion
1AD
200 million
1930
2 billion
1850
1 billion
1650
500 million
1.3 b
1.05b
Climate Change
Seaside Park, NJ
after Superstorm
Sandy
Droughts
Flooding
Increasing Temperatures 2- 4o C
Equal or Increased Precipitation 7 9%
Greater Intensity of Storms/Hurricanes
More Precipitation in Winter Months
Warmer Summers
Working at the Extremes
Floods and Droughts
Storm Surge
Salinity Increases
Conventional well
Unconventional well
Time Factor
Very few hydrocarbon deposits are found in
rocks less than 1 to 2 million years old
Geologist suspect the process is slow and takes
longer than a few tens of thousands of years
Oil and Natural gas are nonrenewable energy
resources
The organic material falling to the sea floors
today will not be useful as petroleum products
in our lifetime
We are here
2. Lag time
3. Irreversible consequences
Sustainability Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GorqroigqM