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A property that is abandoned or underused because of historic environmental contamination.

In the United States, we don't give much thought to what happens to the water that we release down the drain after taking a bath or what happens once we flush a toilet. Most people don't even consider where our drinking water comes from, especially with many of us buying a bottle from the local convenience store. And then there's what happens to the plastic bottle that the water we purchased came in. But the fact is that each one of these daily occurrences is directly tied to the environmental construction sector. This sector builds the conveyance systems, treatment plants, and operations facilities necessary to collect, treat, reclaim, and distribute water. It works to build desalination plants, clean up hazardous sites, and handle other ecological endeavors such as managing and restoring watersheds and wetlands. It is also the sector of the industry that deals with landfill remediation and the redevelopment of the brownfield sites left behind. Often these sites become golf courses, parks, or other recreational areas, and the contractors who mitigated the hazards are often the same contractors who get to complete the restoration work as well. Quite rewarding work, wouldn't you say? If you are one of those individuals who is particularly interested in improving the environment and sustaining the planet, then environmental construction may be the perfect opportunity for you to get your feet wet—literally!