S&T's Engineers Without Borders plans trip over winter break

The student chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) at Missouri University of Science and Technology is heading to Santiago, Honduras, to help 6,000 people gain access to clean drinking water. Trading their time off from school for a five-day service trip, the students will arrive in Santiago on Monday, Jan. 13, and return on Saturday, Jan. 18. The EWB team will complete its phased installation of a water chlorination system for the community. Last summer, the team installed a chlorine pump at one of the community's three wells. That installation served as a pilot run for the use of chlorination in the community and allowed the team to see if its solution was sustainable and acceptable for the people of Santiago. Team members remotely monitored the system from Rolla during the fall semester by calling water operators in Honduras and contacting Santiago's mayor. They determined that the system had been properly maintained and the community has no opposition to the newly chlorinated water. The following students will travel to Honduras: To view these students click here: http://mst.meritpages.com/achievements/S-T-s-Engineers-Without-Borders-plans-trip-over-winter-break/17514