i am an environmental engineer.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Environmental engineering is the branch of engineering concerned with the application of scientific and engineering principles for protection of human populations from the effects of adverse environmental factors; protection of environments, both local and global, from potentially deleterious effects of natural and human activities; and improvement of environmental quality. Environmental engineering can also be described as a branch of applied science and technology that addresses the issues of energy preservation, protection of assets and control of waste from human and animal activities. Furthermore, it is concerned with finding plausible solutions in the field of public health, such as waterborne diseases, implementing laws which promote adequate sanitation in urban, rural and recreational areas. It involves waste water management, air pollution control, recycling, waste disposal, radiation protection, industrial hygiene, animal agriculture, environmental sustainability, public health and environmental engineering law. It also includes studies on the environmental impact of proposed construction projects. Environmental engineers study the effect of technological advances on the environment.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I am actually an environmental engineer! I just got my master's."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I know a little about it. Some fields of it include public health, waste disposal and air pollution control to name a few."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Water and sanitation are also very important fields"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The Clean Water Act regulates our water pollution regulations here."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That's an incredibly important bill by the EPA"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes it is a federal law here in the United States that governs all water pollution!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Water pollution can be very nasty. Good thing we have been able to prevent problems, for the most part"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes our water laws help us prevent the release of pollutants into our stored drinking water. We are very fortunate."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes we are. Hopefully they last this presidency"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Agreed. As long as no one changes regulation or re-characterizes what water pollutants can enter our stored water."}]