| The most interesting part is that, before engineering | | | | involve on all environmental related problems. They |
| like the way it is now, it was once only divided into | | | | work on planning, exercise on designing and in |
| only two fields: civil and military engineering. So, in | | | | process of decision making as well. Several areas that |
| other words, civil engineering is regarded as the | | | | environmental engineers must get involved with, air |
| oldest engineering field. Civil engineering was used to | | | | pollution, land remediation, water and water |
| distinguish it from military engineering. | | | | treatment, hazardous waste management, |
| Basically, the field under both military and civil are | | | | environmental toxicology, risk management and risk |
| very similar. They are dealing with almost the same | | | | assessment, to a certain extent public health. They |
| activities such as building bridges, canals, | | | | may also be implicated by such case related to |
| constructions, include but not limited to, wider area, | | | | environmental management, regional planning, river |
| hydraulics, transportation, geotechnical. Basic disparity | | | | management, on a wider topic, environmental policy |
| among those two is located on the purpose. While | | | | and management. The latest even been made as one |
| one serves for public concern, in some cases, acts on | | | | of major course in graduate institute of |
| public behalf, the another serves to fulfill military | | | | environmental engineering. |
| needs. | | | | Topics that environmental engineers get involved can |
| That what John Smeaton feel when he built | | | | not just be limited on what above mentions. Because, |
| structures, constructions, roads in England. He realized | | | | there are extensive and huge bulb that we, |
| that these facilities were made for public, not | | | | environmental engineer, may enter. For example, we |
| designated for military, thus that was why he claimed | | | | may also actively preserve wildlife, concerns with |
| himself as civil engineer. He is well known as a "father | | | | worldwide issue such as acid rain, global warming. |
| of civil engineering". More details about him can be | | | | Global warming is even still under great dispute |
| found on another source. | | | | between environmentalists and global warming |
| Since that, the development civil engineering itself has | | | | skeptics. This is also an opportunity for environmental |
| brought to the differentiation between civil engineer | | | | engineer to get the truth. |
| and environmental engineer. Environmental engineers | | | | |