Engineers Without BordersUSA

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Engineers Without Borders-USA Rotary
International
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Outline

• EWB-USA and Rotary International
• EWB in Dallas / Fort Worth
• Drinking Water Project in India

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EWB-USA and Rotary International

• Over fifty completed Rotary sponsored projects
  and many in process (partners since 2000).
• EWB-USA featured in Rotarian Magazine, on RI
  website, and at conventions
• Booth at RI Chicago (2005) and at Copenhagen
  convention (2006)
• Connect with a Rotary chapters wherever we go
• Hyderabad, India (July 2006)
• Chennai, India (April 2006)
• Ongole, India (April 2007)

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UN Millennium Development Goals

• EWB-USA and Rotary are working together to
  address Goal 7
• Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people
  without sustainable access to safe drinking water
  and basic sanitation

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EWB-USA Mission Statement
Building a better world One
community at a time.
Engineering professionals
Engineering students
EWBPartners
Developing communities
Means
Experience
Energy
Incentive
Practical, sustainable, and reproducible
solutions to the communitys self identified
needs
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EWB-USA Mission Statement
Building a better world One
community at a time.
North TexasProfessionalChapter
SMUStudentChapter
Park City HyderabadRotary
BPP SRPP, India
Needs1) Drinking Water2) Washing Water
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EWB-USA in Dallas / Fort Worth

• Chapters
• North Texas Professional Chapter (2004)
• UTA Student Chapter (2006)
• SMU Student Chapter (2007)
• Current Projects
• Irrigation Water in Bolivia
• Drinking Water in India
• Drinking Water in Mexico

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EWB-USA in Dallas / Fort Worth

• Chapters
• North Texas Professional Chapter (2004)
• UTA Student Chapter (2006)
• SMU Student Chapter (2007)
• Current Projects
• Irrigation Water in Bolivia
• Drinking Water in India
• Drinking Water in Mexico

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Project History First Trip

• EWB contacted in April 2005 by SDRWC, a charity
  located in Ongole, Andhra Pradesh
• Project Scope 45 coastal fishing villages
• Project Implementation began January 2006
• Project Collaboration between EWB teams in
  Texas, California, Massachusetts, and Minnesota

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March/April 2006 Implementation

• March 31- April 18
• Four engineers
• Four communities
• Addressed immediate drinking water needs

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Borewells

• Installed 16 borewells across 4 communities using
  local labor

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School Pump Project

• Installed new groundwater well and pump to supply
  a primary school with 5400 liters of clean water

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Solar Pump Station

• Constructed Solar Powered Pumping station and
  storage tank

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Solar Pump Station
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Solar Pump Station
The tank says Jalamma Palem in the local
language of Telugu
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Solar Lights

• After the solar pump, the community installed
  their own solar streetlight
• EWB only had to translate two words Panel and
  Battery

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Solar Lights
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Project History Second Trip

• Goals- Install Drinking Water Stations- Scope
  Wash Station- Change Local Partner (SDRWC ?
  Rotary Hyderabad)
• Dates July 2005
• Project Collaboration between North Texas,
  Houston, and SMU

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EWB-USA in Dallas / Fort Worth

• Chapters
• North Texas Professional Chapter (2004)
• UTA Student Chapter (2006)
• SMU Student Chapter (2007)
• Current Projects
• Irrigation Water in Bolivia
• Drinking Water in India
• Drinking Water in Mexico

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Next SMU Project Valle Hermoso, Mexico
Texas
Mexico
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Next SMU Project Valle Hermoso, Mexico
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Potential Project - Mexico
Next SMU Project Valle Hermoso, Mexico
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• Thank You!