Lincoln,
NE,
United States
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
A major obstacle for eco-friendly communities involves ensuring access to purified, secure water for both urban and farming needs. Environmental specialists create and construct systems to eliminate chemical and biological impurities from potable water, while also extracting energy and valuable compounds from sewage. These professionals additionally research how pollutants move through and persist in the atmosphere, waterways, underground aquifers, and earth, formulating cleanup approaches to safeguard these resources for human wellbeing and ecosystem functions.