GREEN TECHNOLOGY

Green Technology

Table of Contents

Introduction3

Discussion4

Overview of Green technology5

Water Supply5

Sewage Disposal and Water Pollution Control6

Stormwater Management7

Solid and Hazardous Waste Management8

Air and Noise Pollution Control10

Other Environmental Factors11

Environmental Interrelationships12

Conclusion14

References15

Appendix17

Green Technology

Introduction

Green technology engages the function of engineering principles to the design, planning, operation and construction of the following systems:

Noise and Air pollution control

Drinking water distribution and treatment

General community sanitation

Sewage disposal and water pollution control

Solid and hazardous waste management

Stormwater control and drainage

The facilities and structures that serve these functions, including pumping stations, pipelines, waste disposal sites, and treatment plants, form a major portion of civilization's infrastructure; the private and public works that permit human communities to function and thrive effectively.

The way of green technology includes 02 basic aims:

Environmental health protection to protect the quality of our natural surroundings, including water, air, and land.

Public health protection to assist to prevent the show of diseases among humans.

In fact, there is substantial overlap of these 02 aims due to the relationship between the quality of ecological conditions and the well-being and health of individuals. Actually, the terms environmental health and public health are synonymously used. This paper discusses green technology. This also paper provides a review of basic and pertinent topics related to green technology.

Thesis

Green technology engages the function of engineering principles to the design, planning, operation and construction of different fields such as noise and air pollution control, drinking water distribution and treatment and general community sanitation.

Discussion

Green technology is typically believed to be a part of the civil engineering work, which has usually been called on to design, plan, operate, and build the services necessary for ecological health protection. Until quite just, this particular field field within civil engineering had a number of different names. It was also called;

Environmental health engineering

Pollution control engineering

Environmental technology

Public health engineering

Sanitary engineering

Whatever the occupation is called, a skilled and knowledgeable team of technologists, technicians, and engineers is required to achieve its basic aims. (Alex 2008)

Green technology is an interdisciplinary field since it includes quite a few dissimilar technical topics. Besides such conventional civil engineering topics as hydrology and hydraulics, these contain geology, chemistry, ecology, biology, and others. This variety makes the field interesting and challenging. Luckily, it is not essential to be a specialist in all these topics to apply and comprehend the essential rules of green technology. (Prince 2009)

Overview of Green technology

Before beginning a study of the many different topics that make up green technology, it would be helpful to have an understanding of the overall goals, problems, and alternative solutions available to practitioners in this field. (Christian 2007)

To present an overview of such a broad subject, we can consider an engineering project involving the subdivision and development of a tract of land into a new community, which will include residential, commercial, and industrial centers. Whether the project owner is a governmental agency or a private developer, a wide spectrum of environmental issues will have to be considered before construction of the new community can ...