Engineers Without Borders

July 9th, 2008

Vote on Updates to Chapter Bylaws

Changes and edits have been made to the original Chapter Constitution and Bylaws. A vote will be held at the August Chapter meeting for the Chapter Members to accept or decline the changes. Absentee votes may be sent via email to the Chapter Secretary, apeirce@lrcwe.com, up to 3 days (11:59pm, August 15th) following the August meeting. If you have any questions or comments regarding the changes please contact Chris Fahlin (FahlinCJ@cdm.com). Click here to view the updated document.

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June 20th, 2008

Fort Collins Chapter Featured on 9NEWS

The Ft. Collins Peru project was featured on 9NEWS June 9th. You can see the story on the 9NEWS website.

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June 19th, 2008

Malingua Pamba Post-Trip Report

“Paulino, the President of Malingua Pamba and Chair of the Water Board reports that not only are the people overjoyed to have easier access to water, but that relationships between communities as well as neighbors have improved; oh, and of course, their health & sanitation are improving…” Read the full report here.

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June 12th, 2008

Lessons from a Malawi Sanitation Project

Low cost Ecological Sanitation programs in Malawi have led to the building of over 11,000 compostproducing toilets since 2003. While the toilets are affordable and simple to construct, the fact that they convert human waste into valuable odor-free compost, enables cost recovery for households and is a prime driver in popularizing EcoSan designs… Click here for the full report. (Reference contributed by Chris Fahlin.)

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June 5th, 2008

EWB Cited in Terra Development’s Annual Report

Terra Development recognized our chapter’s support in its 2007 annual report. EWB Denver is working with Terra on an educational project related to preventing and mitigating acid mine drainage in Bolivia. You may wish to read more about Terra and the project, or download the report.

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May 29th, 2008

Ecuador Project Videos

A new video of our project work in Ecuador has been released. This is the second in a series produced by Joel Haggar with Water Purification Specialists LLC. You can view both videos here on their website. EWB-Denver has been involved with improving water delivery in Malingua Pamba, Ecuador, since August of 2006.