{"id":1029,"date":"2022-01-28T10:59:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T17:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/organizations\/ewb\/?page_id=1029"},"modified":"2023-03-18T15:27:54","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T21:27:54","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/organizations\/ewb\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1029\" class=\"elementor elementor-1029\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2846d6c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2846d6c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ae62aaa\" data-id=\"5ae62aaa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a6326eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a6326eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>RWB-USA was founded in 2002 by University of Colorado-Boulder Civil Engineering professor, Dr. Bernard Amadei in order to address some of the most prevalent challenges facing the developing world, including water purification and delivery; sanitation; transportation and infrastructure projects; and sustainable and renewable energy systems.<\/p>\n<p>The organization started with 18 members and one university chapter. 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