"Future Innovators" Student Tours, Feb. 23 and 24
EL PASO, Texas – For National Engineers Week (February 19-25), El Paso Water will host local high school students for conversations on science and engineering careers and provide demonstrations of two innovative El Paso Water facilities.
Thursday, Feb. 23:
| WHO: |
Parkland High School Students |
| WHAT: |
Future Innovators Tour: EPWater will lead a tour of the Fred Hervey Water Reclamation Plant, which has been treating used water and recharging the Hueco Bolson aquifer since 1985. Students will learn about engineering and other water sector careers and take part in an aquifer recharge demonstration. |
| WHERE: |
Fred Hervey Water Reclamation Plant
11700 Railroad Drive (map)
El Paso, TX 79934 |
| WHEN: |
February 23, 9:00 am -11:00 am |
Thursday, Feb. 23:
| WHO: |
Riverside High School Students, UTEP College of Engineering Students |
| WHAT: |
Future Innovators Tour: EPWater will lead a tour of the desalination plant, which transforms salty groundwater into fresh drinking water. Students will hear from an EPWater engineer about water sector careers, and UTEP College of Engineering students will lead a demonstration on the reverse osmosis water treatment process. |
| WHERE: |
Kay Bailey Hutchison Desalination Plant
10751 Montana Ave (map)
El Paso, TX 79935
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| WHEN: |
February 24, 9:00 am – 11:00 am |