The Division of Environmental Engineering (DEE) is an interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate-level division providing service to faculty and students of departments within the College of Engineering (Civil and Environmental, Mechanical and Aerospace, Electrical and Computer, and Biological and Irrigation) and the Departments of Biology; Plants, Soils, and Biometeorology; and Chemistry and Biochemistry. The principal objectives of the DEE are to expose students to a high quality science and engineering education, to prepare them to be well informed about environmental problems, and capable of developing innovative, technically sound solutions to those problems. The program is compatible with long-term training and ongoing education, and we encourage participation of practicing environmental engineering professionals. Transfer students are easily accommodated.

Faculty within the Environmental Engineering Division have joint appointments with the Utah Water Research Laboratory (UWRL), and with the Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Department. The Environmental Engineering Division has focused research programs in Hazardous and Toxic Waste Management, Water Supply and Treatment, Air Quality Management, Basin Scale Water Quality Management, and Natural Systems Engineering. A multimedia thrust within each program is carried out by a multidisciplinary group of engineers and scientists conducting basic and applied field research in such areas as: fate and transport of toxic and hazardous contaminants in soil and surface/groundwater environments; performance evaluation and design of biological and plant-based hazardous waste remediation systems; modeling and measurement of basin-scale water quality and ecosystem impacts of water resources and basin development; water and wastewater treatment; and natural systems physical habitat simulation modeling. The Environmental Quality Laboratory supports the experimental research program within the Division. Research in environmental engineering conducted at the UWRL is supported by a variety of funding sources including the State of Utah, industry, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Energy (DOE), other federal agencies, consulting firms, and other private organizations