Environmental engineers focus on problems related to the quality of water, air, soils and sediments.  They work in areas of drinking water treatment and distribution systems, wastewater collection and treatment systems, solid waste disposal, air pollution control, hazardous waste management, and contaminated site remediation.  Water resources engineers work in areas related to the quantity of water, in which aspects of hydrology and hydraulics are applied to water supply management (cities, industries, agriculture, floods, and droughts), environmental protection and restoration, and habitat protection and rehabilitation.

Undergraduates interested in pursuing careers in Environmental Engineering should consider courses related to water chemistry, reactor design, ecology, geographic information systems, and microbiology.

The University of Arkansas also offers graduate degree programs in Environmental Engineering, including an ABET-accredited M.S. degree specially tailored for students who do not have an ABET-accredited undergraduate engineering degree.  For information about the MSENE, please visit http://www.engr.uark.edu/msene