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Civil Engineering — Environmental Engineering Option

What is Environmental Engineering?

Environmental engineers minimize society’s impact on the environment, playing an integral role in designing a sustainable future. They combine mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and geology to develop solutions for a wide range of environmental problems including adapting to the effects of climate change and managing increased demand of water supplies.

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Careers in Environmental Engineering

Environmental engineers can work in consulting, industry, government, non-government organizations or research.

Possible careers include:

• Forecasting and mitigating climate change impacts
• Green infrastructure
• Drinking water services
• Water resource management 
• Clean up of contaminated sites 
• Design of municipal infrastructure 
• Informing policy development

For an inventory more than 120 environmental career profiles, see ECO Canada.

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Environmental Engineering students can participate in the International Development option which introduces students to the complex societal, political and economic issues impacting engineering activities in less developed communities.

Students participating in the ID option are encouraged to complete a summer placement abroad between years 3 and 4. ID students have travelled to Madagascar, the Gambia, Ghana, China and India.

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Opportunities in Environmental Engineering

Recent graduates from Western’s Civil Engineering (Environmental Engineering Option) program now work for companies including:

AE, AECOM, Bellatrix Exploration, CAWST, CH2MHill, Dillon Consulting, EarthFX, Geosyntec, GM BluePlan, Golder Associates, Google, Imperial Oil, Savron and more.

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