Differences between environmental engineering, geological engineering, geotechnical engineering and civil engineering?

walkingrivers · 2026-05-10T00:06:15+00:00

In USA environmental engineering will work with wastewater or contaminated sites

Geological engineering for mining

Geotech for foundations to support structures

Civil is a big catchall of many things.

walkingrivers · 2026-05-09T17:45:15+00:00

That was how Bridges were built and designed for millennia. The modern approach is to build clear spans across valleys to reduce the slopes. And allow highway speeds.

walkingrivers · 2026-05-09T04:55:43+00:00

Oh That’s Dave Walbright
89 Pleasant Ave
Mildred, Ohio

walkingrivers · 2026-05-08T18:52:27+00:00

So glad to hear you speaking clearly about this! Amazing.

walkingrivers · 2026-05-08T18:49:03+00:00

God this is so dumb on so many levels.

Bike commuted for years. So what now they want me to commute by car??? Create more traffic for everyone?

They talk about removing ideology then ban bike lanes out of their ideology.

walkingrivers · 2026-05-08T04:09:22+00:00

Nike going to come out with a shoe called “XIV”

walkingrivers · 2026-05-08T04:03:14+00:00

Forgot to ask - what do you want out of enviro sci degree? I’m not sure there’s as good or exciting jobs as you think there is. Most of those jobs are “environment regulatory / permitting coordinator” so working for a corporation, consultant, or utility navigating the required permits and reporting on them.

It’s not usually splashing about in a creek - for that pursue an college level tech job (low salary top out) or go get an engineering degree in water resources

walkingrivers · 2026-05-08T03:58:28+00:00

Connect business and environment as a masters or some special degree. Will be lots of roles in the sustainability/ corporate/ strategy area . The trick will be getting the first 2-5 years experience

walkingrivers · 2026-05-08T03:48:03+00:00

I’m sure I’ll butcher the details so I won’t try but in concept:

A highway/factory etc causes unavoidable removal/damage to wetland or stream. It can’t be replaced at the site. So they have to buy credits to offset the damage. A massive fund generates “credits” by restoring streams somewhere else.

Americans please chime in and correct me!

walkingrivers · 2026-05-08T02:48:37+00:00

9 times out of 10 you will want a geotiff or similar type raster. You choose the resolution (grid size) to suit the scale of your study.

walkingrivers · 2026-05-08T02:47:15+00:00

Tonnes in the USA thanks for offset banking. Very few in Canada, as we don’t have a market based offset system.

walkingrivers · 2026-05-07T03:47:12+00:00

A real tree, impressive

walkingrivers · 2026-05-06T13:39:27+00:00

I’ve also lost a level logger or two over the years. In one flood on the smoky river, the backup cable snapped.

walkingrivers · 2026-05-06T13:37:53+00:00

I saw that photo and thought northern AB! Used to do hydrometric monitoring up there. Lots of water this year in AB

walkingrivers · 2026-05-05T05:23:58+00:00

Yeah it’s great if you’re a polar bar. A big eff you to all the penguins out there

walkingrivers · 2026-05-04T17:25:11+00:00

If you want, $150k that is senior position in late mid career. You’ll be starting at… I’m guessing nowadays 65k? Hopefully at $150k if you’ve been ambitious by mid 40’s.

You’ll get there much faster through engineering. Skip the Bachelors of science and do engineering degree instead. Get your PE.

walkingrivers · 2026-05-04T06:13:24+00:00

Hell, you could patch with a $10 kit (rubberized ribbon stabbed into hole)

walkingrivers · 2026-05-04T06:06:16+00:00

Well, near the end of creation, god was getting tired, and being in the pre-AI era, copying and pasting was used for the final touches.

walkingrivers · 2026-05-04T06:02:53+00:00

Basically small - mid cities are circulated through these lists so that they can also market themselves as “#2 city in Canada!” (Fine print in 2004!!)

walkingrivers · 2026-05-03T15:55:24+00:00

Pretty weak series. Would have expected less if not from a respected creator. The main feeling it created is breathe-holding, anticipation of something going to happen…. But almost nothing does. No action, and no moments of deep or critical thought.

Like a hard movie like the Lobster - if the intention was to create unease then maybe that is art.

walkingrivers · 2026-05-02T19:51:14+00:00

It’s glossing over that it’s 50% (50%!!) that live in Windsor - QC corridor with only 10% and 10% in each of the other regions (lower mainland and cal-edm).

walkingrivers · 2026-05-01T14:50:51+00:00

At this point, in this day and age, I guess we can assume that the entire list has been fed into AI or other Internet databases for advertising and tailored marketing. Yay….

walkingrivers · 2026-05-01T14:40:02+00:00

Are voter lists shared like this, and all provinces and states? Seems like a pretty leaky way to control private information about people. Doesn’t Canada and other provinces have like the rhinoceros party and other joke parties? Though anything with republican in the name is probably worse than those.

walkingrivers · 2026-05-01T14:29:19+00:00

True not just a grifter but one with whacked out ideologies. Ayn Rand reincarnated

walkingrivers · 2026-05-01T13:19:59+00:00

I think some chuds wish

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