Category: News

South Africa Project Update

Greetings, The EWB-Bergnek Project Team and the Bergnek community are extremely grateful for your interest and support of the Bergnek Water Supply and Distribution project. My hope for this letter is to be able to give you a glimpse of our trip, the people of Bergnek, the hopes they have for their community, and our plans going forward. Our recent …

EWB Johnson Space Center Chapter Fundraiser

Our friends at the Johnson Space Center Chapter of EWB-USA are hosting a fundraiser at St. Arnold’s Brewery on April 26th from 2-5PM. It’s going to be a great time to socialize and learn about the JSC’s project in Maejanoi, Thailand, not to mention sampling the refreshing beverages that St. Arnold’s offers. So help us spread the word and come and …

South Africa Travel Blog Part II by Joe Schwiterman

See here for Part 1 of Joe’s travel blog After our initial field work, we began developing initial solutions based on our observations of how the community pumps, stores and distributes water, keeping in mind that ‘This is Africa’ and theft is a real problem. The efficiency of the process could be improved by sizing the pumps and running them appropriately …

South Africa Travel Blog Part 1 by Joe Schwieterman

EWB Assessment Trip to Bergnek Our assessment team for the Bergnek Water Expansion Project was an interesting group of five persons with varying ages and experience. This helped us ask all the necessary questions and leave with a lot of answers to proceed with design. The length of trip was just short of 2 weeks, which was ideal to accomplishing …

January Meeting New Location!

Due to some scheduling conflicts, our normal meeting places were not available for this month’s general chapter meeting. Instead we will hold our meeting on Wednesday, January 14th from 7-9PM at the Bechtel Office in Room 4A of 3000 Post Oak Blvd, Houston TX, 77056. We apologize for the late notice and any inconvenience. We have a lot of great …

South Africa Fundraiser

Come join us for a Happy Hour fundraiser to support the Central Houston EWB Chapter. Enjoy appetizers, drink specials, and the company of your fellow Houstonians all while supporting a great cause at Midtown’s 3rd Floor bar. Bring your friends!

Ready for liftoff…

If you’re reading this, then hooray! It worked! You’ve found your way to the new and improved EWB-USA Central Houston Professional Chapter website. If you don’t know who or what that is, then have a quick look around the site and be sure to check out EWB-USA‘s site to learn about our parent organization. We’ve completely redesigned the website from the ground …