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EWB@WSU partners with BWB@WSU in assisting disadvantaged communities across Northwestern America and around the world to improve quality of life through sustainable, environmental, and economically sound engineering projects, all the while developing an internationally responsible student body. As a member of EWB-USA, we are a non-profit registered student organization at Washington State University and operate solely on a volunteer-base.
         Imperative
At present there are more than 6 billion people on planet Earth, in 25 years there will be 8 billion, and 97% of the growth will be in developing countries.

  • Over 80% live in poverty
  • One-third have no electricity
  • Over a third die yearly from famine
  • Over 3 billion (half the world's population) have inadequate access to clean water and sanitation
  • 6,000, mostly children, die each day due to unsafe drinking water, inadequate sanitation, and poor hygiene

    statistics from http://www.un.org/

Golf Course Tour


Mon, 2008-04-14 17:00

245 Airport Road

ETF has arranged a tour of the new WSU golf course so that we may personally asses the water issue. To attend meet at 245 Airport Road at 5:00pm, not the normal meeting room. The location has been described as a central maintenance headquarters for the golf course. The normal EWB meeting will still take place at the normal location and time.

East Africa - Kenyan Site Survey (Summer 2007)

EWB@WSU's Site Survey Video: May 26 - June 15



EWB@WSU sent three students and one professor from WSU, Carrie Schramm, Alex McDonald, Zakaria Mohamed, and Dr. J. Dan Dolan, to SE Kenya to survey a proposed 17 mile (28 km) waterline for 35k people. The site survey trip was very successful. Working with the Student Movement for Real Change, EWB linked up with a local Kenyan NGO - Muthaa Community Development Foundation.

New York Times

EWB@WSU's Sudan project was recently featured in the New York Times.

Article by WSU student Chey Scott of the Daily Evergreen Read More>>