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Pollution Prevention & Remediation (PPR) Specialization Overview

Pollution Prevention & Remediation (PPR) Specialization Overview. 10-11-10 Leader: Trish Holden ( holden@bren.ucsb.edu ; x3195). PPR is about Now, and the Future. Legacy 80,000 synthetic chemicals and <3,000 tested for toxicity Contaminated soil, water, sediments, air

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Pollution Prevention & Remediation (PPR) Specialization Overview

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  1. Pollution Prevention & Remediation (PPR) Specialization Overview 10-11-10 Leader: Trish Holden (holden@bren.ucsb.edu ; x3195)

  2. PPR is about Now, and the Future • Legacy • 80,000 synthetic chemicals and <3,000 tested for toxicity • Contaminated soil, water, sediments, air • Effects on biota, and ecosystems • Foundational knowledge, paradigms and tools • characteristics governing pollutant transfer • waste treatment • remediation • Emerging • New chemicals and materials (e.g. “nano”) • New role of “green” mfr and industrial ecology • Expanded concerns in legacy pollutants • synergies between pollutants • human effects • interactions (e.g. climate)

  3. PPR Program Elements Decision-making Definition Prevention Transport Remediation Distribution Toxicity/ Risk

  4. PPR Program Goals • Prepare you for careers in PPR • Consulting • Industry • Government • NGOs • Enable your long-term success • Strong foundation + transferable knowledge • Learn how to think about PPR-type problems • Learn solutions and how to choose • Reinforce MESM skills • communication • project management

  5. Discussion Break Questions?

  6. PPR: Website http://www.bren.ucsb.edu/academics/mesm_specialization/pollut_prevent.htm

  7. PPR: Example Group Projects • Nanomaterials industry EHS + product stewardship • Baseline (2006) funded by ICON, proposed by MESM students • Update (2009) funded by UCSB CNS, focus on risk perception • Guidance (2010) funded by UC CEIN, focus on delivering to CA DTSC and Industry a synthesis of guidance focused on small firms • Evaluation of bacteriological water quality in Las Palmas Creek • Analysis of food scrap recycling to reduce solid waste • Wetlands mitigation at the Casmalia waste site • Ecological risk of MTBE plume, Port Hueneme • Goleta Oldtown brownfields redevelopment • Bioswale management of storm runoff • Pharmaceuticals contamination in surface waters • Life cycle analysis of eco-sneakers

  8. Themes in GPs • Identifying / comparing alternatives • Pollution prevention • Waste management • Environmental management • Diagnosing and remedying a problem • Field study / lab analysis • Data analysis / interpretation

  9. Discussion Break Questions?

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