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WE ARE SEEKING VOLUNTEERS

WE ARE SEEKING VOLUNTEERS

Infrastructure Equity Through Volunteering

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For a decade, Community Engineering Corps (CECorps) has utilized the collective technical expertise, volunteer networks, and resources of our founding partners ASCE, AWWA, and EWB-USA—powerhouses in the infrastructure and development sectors. We recognize that there are many engineers who feel called to use their time and expertise to support those in need! CECorps connects volunteers to meaningful opportunities to grow their skill set and network while addressing infrastructure inequities in underserved communities. We can help you find fulfilling ways to engineer local impact.

Services We Provide

Community Engineering Corps volunteers provide pro-bono engineering services that may include consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning and design of engineering works and systems, engineering studies and the review of construction for the purpose of assuring substantial compliance with drawings and specifications.

CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES

Community Engineering Corps has individual and team opportunities for interested volunteers. Review the current list and submit an application for opportunities that interest you.

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Maui, HI - Water Project

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San Sebastian, PR Drinking Water Project

Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico | Water & Wastewater Structures Committees/Events Civil Works
A non profit organization operating across Puerto Rico is focusing on the preservation of affordable, sustainable, and high-quality housing for the elderly and other vulnerable populations. Their efforts are focused on modernizing communities, adapting them to Puerto Rico’s current needs, and making improvements that enhance the residents quality of life. For their San Sebastian location, they require support assessing the potable water system.
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Las Marias, PR - Agriculture and Stormwater Project

Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico | Water & Wastewater Structures Committees/Events Civil Works
As a way to support their mission of providing economic opportunities and promoting self-sufficiency for the people of Puerto Rico, a local non profit organization runs a small agricultural farm, producing native crops such as coffee and papaya. They are currently struggling to manage stormwater runoff as water, from even light rain, is causing damage to their crops and structures. The organization requires support in understanding the root of this issue and developing a sustainable solution that would allow them to recycle excess water for alternative uses.
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Warren County, MO Wastewater Project

Missouri
Missouri | Water & Wastewater Structures Committees/Events Civil Works
A nonprofit wastewater utility association provides wastewater treatment services to approximately 20 households in a rural Missouri community. The treatment facility is a single cell lagoon system, with a 1-acre lagoon located on a 1.5 acre lot. The utility has been regularly issued orders of noncompliance from their primacy agency (Missouri Department of Natural Resources) for exceeding the maximum levels of ammonia allowed under identified on their NPDES permit.

The utility has a chlorination/dechlorination system to maintain compliance with their NPDES permit E.coli limits, but does not have the technical or financial capacity required to add the required treatment for ammonia, resulting in ongoing notices of violation.
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Lee County, SC - Drinking Water Project

South Carolina
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Wyandotte County, KS Civil & Arch Project

Kansas
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A non-profit, Young Women on the Move (YWOM), helps middle and high school girls in Wyandotte County live healthier and more prosperous lives. They are operating out of a 100-year-old church donated to them in 2017. They have several needs stemming from that space as well as opportunities to expand their environmental justice impact and provide pathways to careers that support those goals. YMOM is planning to renovate a portion of the church. Additionally, adjacent to the church is a condemned property owned by the organization. YWOM is interested in having the property demolished to turn it into an outdoor classroom.
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Open Project Opportunities for CECorps Volunteers

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Technical Review Committee

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Legal Review Committee

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Las Marias, PR - Agriculture and Stormwater Project

Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico | Water & Wastewater Structures Committees/Events Civil Works
As a way to support their mission of providing economic opportunities and promoting self-sufficiency for the people of Puerto Rico, a local non profit organization runs a small agricultural farm, producing native crops such as coffee and papaya. They are currently struggling to manage stormwater runoff as water, from even light rain, is causing damage to their crops and structures. The organization requires support in understanding the root of this issue and developing a sustainable solution that would allow them to recycle excess water for alternative uses.
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Open Project Opportunities for CECorps Volunteers

| Water & Wastewater Structures Committees/Events Civil Works
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Maui, HI - Water Project

| Water & Wastewater Structures Committees/Events Civil Works
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San Sebastian, PR Drinking Water Project

Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico | Water & Wastewater Structures Committees/Events Civil Works
A non profit organization operating across Puerto Rico is focusing on the preservation of affordable, sustainable, and high-quality housing for the elderly and other vulnerable populations. Their efforts are focused on modernizing communities, adapting them to Puerto Rico’s current needs, and making improvements that enhance the residents quality of life. For their San Sebastian location, they require support assessing the potable water system.
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Lee County, SC - Drinking Water Project

South Carolina
South Carolina | Water & Wastewater Structures Committees/Events Civil Works
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Open Project Opportunities for CECorps Volunteers

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Kootenai County, ID - Drinking Water Project

Idaho
Idaho | Water & Wastewater Structures Committees/Events Civil Works
A nonprofit water utility district, which provides drinking water to a rural community in Kootenai County, ID, is looking to update its existing systems. The community’s drinking water infrastructure was developed in the 1960s, and has surpassed its useful service life. The utility is seeking Community Engineering Corps’ support to assist in the development of a Facilities Plan (Preliminary Engineering Report and Environmental Report), which will be used in an application for funding for the system’s rehabilitation. The utility is a small, community-owned water system that has not yet been able to find any assistance to finance a Facilities Plan.

This project is in partnership with the Rural Community Assistance Corporate (RCAC). RCAC plans on completing the Environmental Report component of the Facilities Plan.
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Yavapai County, AZ - Drinking Water Project

Arizona
Arizona | Water & Wastewater Structures Committees/Events Civil Works
A water supply company in rural Yavapai County, AZ, has an aging water system that is beginning to experience failure. One well stopped producing in the summer of 2023, and there are several aging subsystems that the company does not know how to operate, as the technology is outdated, and the associated documents were lost in a fire several years ago. The most urgent need is to replace the pump control systems, ensuring the pumps are able to turn on and off depending on tank fill levels.

Second, the amount of water in the storage tanks changes too rapidly during demand surges. To ensure a steady supply, the client is hoping to increase their storage capacity and replace the well that stopped producing last summer.

Lastly, the company has noted that to service parts of the system, sections need to be shut down, suspending water access to certain areas. The company is looking to install redundant pipes to allow a bypass, ensuring there is no interruption in service for clients.
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Wyandotte County, KS Civil & Arch Project

Kansas
Kansas | Water & Wastewater Structures Committees/Events Civil Works
A non-profit, Young Women on the Move (YWOM), helps middle and high school girls in Wyandotte County live healthier and more prosperous lives. They are operating out of a 100-year-old church donated to them in 2017. They have several needs stemming from that space as well as opportunities to expand their environmental justice impact and provide pathways to careers that support those goals. YMOM is planning to renovate a portion of the church. Additionally, adjacent to the church is a condemned property owned by the organization. YWOM is interested in having the property demolished to turn it into an outdoor classroom.
Water & Wastewater icon Structures icon Committees/Events icon Civil Works icon

Open Project Opportunities for CECorps Volunteers

| Water & Wastewater Structures Committees/Events Civil Works
Water & Wastewater icon Structures icon Committees/Events icon Civil Works icon

Warren County, MO Wastewater Project

Missouri
Missouri | Water & Wastewater Structures Committees/Events Civil Works
A nonprofit wastewater utility association provides wastewater treatment services to approximately 20 households in a rural Missouri community. The treatment facility is a single cell lagoon system, with a 1-acre lagoon located on a 1.5 acre lot. The utility has been regularly issued orders of noncompliance from their primacy agency (Missouri Department of Natural Resources) for exceeding the maximum levels of ammonia allowed under identified on their NPDES permit.

The utility has a chlorination/dechlorination system to maintain compliance with their NPDES permit E.coli limits, but does not have the technical or financial capacity required to add the required treatment for ammonia, resulting in ongoing notices of violation.
Water & Wastewater icon Structures icon Committees/Events icon Civil Works icon

Open Project Opportunities for CECorps Volunteers

| Water & Wastewater Structures Committees/Events Civil Works
Water & Wastewater icon Structures icon Committees/Events icon Civil Works icon

Open Project Opportunities for CECorps Volunteers

| Water & Wastewater Structures Committees/Events Civil Works
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Technical Review Committee

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Volunteer With Us!

If you'd like to express general interest in the program and join our roster of volunteers, fill out our online form and a staff member will connect with you directly.

VOLUNTEER PROJECT PROCESS

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CECorps

Community Engineering Corps provides a framework for our volunteers to work on a solution to the community’s identified needs. This framework protects you and the professionals working with you. CECorps volunteers are covered by professional liability insurance – important in the litigious USA – but only if you operate within the parameters of the program.

  • Look for open opportunities on the web
  • If already engaged with a community, encourage them to apply

  • Collaborate with the community to develop a Work Plan and complete an Engineering Service Agreement
  • Undergo CECorps Technical and Legal Review

  • Carry out the work plan: Collaborate with the community to develop appropriate solutions
  • Undergo CECorps Technical Review

  • Present the solution to key stakeholders
  • Handoff all deliverables to community partner

  • Closeout the project with CECorps
  • Complete volunteer survey

*CECorps conducts long-term M&E

The vetted process and policies follow well-established industry practice that meets a professional standard of care. It ensures professionalism and commitment toward the communities we serve.

CECorps is celebrating over 10 years of Impact addressing U.S. infrastructure inequity. 

Learn about the state of U.S. infrastructure and our work over the years on our Impact Page.

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