Environmental Engineering

Expand your scientific knowledge for the protection of human health and the environment. The environmental and water resources engineering (EWRE) program at UMass Amherst engages students in research on areas such as drinking water quality and treatment, groundwater hydraulics and quality, hazardous wastes, municipal and industrial wastewater treatment, solid wastes, water quality and pollution, water resources, and water supply. Graduates have gone on to work in public and private industries as well as in a research capacity in academia.