I think so. CERM is pretty much I used for WR PM exam.Is the CERM enough for the environmental part of the Water Resources P.M. Exam?
Thanks for the info. What do you think about the Wastewater Handbook for Metcalf & Eddy. Is it important to have? Which other books do you recommend for the exam?My answer: It depends.
I think that the CERM doesn't provide very good treatment of environmental topics in general. I ended up using other references for water treatement, wastewater treatment, groundwater, and other environmental topics.
That answer will be even more nebulous because water resources will be combined with environmental where it appears that many environmental subjects have been trimmed but if you look carefully, they seem to still be present.
Do you have any specific questions regarding problem types or books?
JR
IMHO, the Metcalf & Eddy text was essential because I have been so-far removed from doing wastewater treatment problems that I needed to be able to have a straight-forward guide that offered a cookie cutter approach. I didn't feel that the CERM didn't do well in providing information regarding wastwater treatment.Thanks for the info. What do you think about the Wastewater Handbook for Metcalf & Eddy. Is it important to have? Which other books do you recommend for the exam?
That is COMPLETELY true - I did need to use the text in order to make sure I could work answers from it. I had used Metcalf & Eddy extensively in my undergrad education (Env Eng), so it wasn't like starting all over.Metcalf & Eddy is very good, but only if you're prepared to get to know it. It's the standard, and I use it at work all the time. Answered a few questions on the ENV PE almost straight out of it, which were NOT in the ENVRM.
The Fetter text covers groundwater mechanics as well as contaminant hydrology. Contaminant hydrology IS fair game for the Civil PE/Env Depth section. Now, based on the revised specification where they combined Env/WR - I couldn't say the same with much confidence.I like Applied Hydrogeology by Fetter, too. But I can't think right now if that was only good for groundwater contamination, or for general groundwater problems. I'm not sure, but I think the Civil WR/enviro covers just GW resources, not so much contaminant hydrology????
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