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PSB’s Santiago named Engineer of the Year

The Texas Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE) El Paso Chapter recognized Public Service Board member Santiago as the 2019 El Paso Engineer of the Year at a Feb. 15 ceremony.

Discover engineering at Innovating Our Future

Twenty-one organizations, including the University of Texas at El Paso, the Texas Department of Transportation and the Fab Lab of El Paso, are collaborating with EPWater on the family engineering event. “By relating various engineer projects throughout El Paso, we hope that we are able to make that connection between the community and the importance of inspiring our youth in science and engineering,” said April Thoreson, Water Conservation Education Specialist.

Engineers Week - Teamwork fosters tunnel project

As EPWater moves to address aging infrastructure across El Paso, the utility’s attention centered on replacing deteriorating lines in charge of providing water to the Downtown community. Complicating the project was the path of the water line, which required tunneling beneath 10 sets of railroad tracks, which had to remain in use. This meant the traditional open cut method or trenching could not be used.

Engineers Week – Magnolia Stormwater Project

Thanks to the Magnolia Stormwater Project and several other completed stormwater projects in the area, the flooding along I-10 in Central El Paso is a distant memory for drivers who grew accustomed to dealing with it after storms.

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