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Engineers Without Borders presentation
Engineers Without Borders is a nonprofit organization founded in 2000 with 291 chapters and over 12,000 members worldwide. The document discusses several of EWB's projects providing biodiesel in Jamaica, building a dormitory in Thailand, and developing a water treatment system in Mae Nam Khun capable of treating 55,000 liters per day through partnerships with local universities, businesses, and international organizations. It emphasizes the importance of clean water, noting 1.5 million deaths annually from waterborne illness.
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- 2. Department of Civil& Environmental Engineering Phillip Thompson [email_address] Building Partnerships
- 3. Background Founded 2000291 Chapters 12,000+ members
- 4. Engineers Without BordersPuget Sound Chapters
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- 6. EWB Process ProjectApproval NGO Site Assessment TAC Design Implementation
- 7. Jamaica: Biodiesel forEmergency Responders Negril, Jamaica Rotary support Logistics Waste Oil Jamaica Biodiesel Project
- 8. Jamaica: Biodiesel forEmergency Responders Kitchen and Dining Hall Emerald City Rotary Thailand Dormitory
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- 21. World Health Organization2008 Approximately 1.5 million people die every year from water-borne illness .
- 22. “ Every daymore children die from dirty water than HIV/AIDS, malaria, war and accidents all put together…Water is the most important environmental and human-rights issue of them all. [The worst effects of climate change will be felt decades from now.] The world is running out of fresh water today.” - Maude Barlow National Chair Council of Canadians
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- 26. About the SystemTreats maximum of 55,000 liters per day Removes 99.99% percent of bacteria UV Disinfection
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Editor's Notes
- #5 Hello, and thank you for your interest in the Puget Sound Chapters of Engineers Without Borders. This presentation will give a brief overview of EWB, the Puget Sound chapter projects, our partner organizations, and our kind supporters.
- #8 EWB-PSP members and a local school teach have designed and built a prototype for a bio-diesel reactor that will be installed this August in Negril, Jamaica. Waste vegetable oil from the hospitality industry will provide a renewable fuel source for emergency responders, benefiting three surrounding parishes.
- #9 EWB-PSP members and a local school teach have designed and built a prototype for a bio-diesel reactor that will be installed this August in Negril, Jamaica. Waste vegetable oil from the hospitality industry will provide a renewable fuel source for emergency responders, benefiting three surrounding parishes.
- #22 Equivalent to a 757 crashing every hour