CMIT Solutions in El Salvador

Jim Hood, Owner/President of CMIT Solutions of S. Sonoma & NW Marin Co., recently helped Engineers Without Borders (EWB) - San Francisco Professionals Chapter out with an engineering community service project in El Salvador. Communities in the San Juan de Dios area of El Salvador get potable water from a crater lake in an extinct volcano, Laguna Verde.   Water pump, power, and control/fail safe systems were designed by Jim and a team of EWB engineers.  Jim and his team then worked with the people in San Juan de Dios to implement the project.  "After this experience, I will never take water for granted again", said Jim. About EWB-USA: Engineers Without Borders stands 12,000 strong with 350 projects in over 45 developing countries.  EWB USA has changed the lives of millions of people around the world.  Our vision is a world in which the communities we serve have the capacity to sustainably meet their basic human needs, that our members have enriched global perspectives through the innovative professional educational opportunities that the EWB -USA program provides.  Our mission is for EWB-USA to support community-driven development programs worldwide by collaborating with local partners to design and implement sustainable engineering projects, while creating transformative experiences and responsible leaders.