ABSTRACT
As future working environmental professionals, it is not sufficient to understand the causes and effects of environmental problems in qualitative terms only. The environmental professional must also be able to express the perceived problem and its potential solution in quantitative terms. To do this, the environmental professional must be able to draw on the basic sciences such as chemistry and hydrology and others to predict the fate of pollutants in the environment and to design effective mitigation measures and treatment systems to reduce impacts. In this chapter, we discuss fundamental chemistry and basic hydraulics for environmental professionals.
