Water Supply and Distribution in Guatemala: We Have the Responsibility to Impact Others (TEDx Talk)

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Water Supply and Distribution in Guatemala: We Have the Responsibility to Impact Others (TEDx Talk)

Paige Peters is an engineer and CEO who has put her passion for protecting water into action to solve real-world community problems.

Peters' research while pursuing her Master’s degree in Civil Engineering at Marquette led her to found Rapid Radicals Technology, LLC in 2014. Peters has also taken her interest in sustainability global through collaboration with the R&D Chair for Global Water Stewardship the Madison Area Professional Chapter of Engineers Without Borders, where she focuses on water supply and distribution projects in Guatemala. Peters shows us that we all have the ability and responsibility to impact others.

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Her work is founded on passion, fueled by talent, enforced by action, and never taken for granted. Paige has expressed her passion for water treatment and protection through various endeavors, most recently the development of Rapid Radicals Technology, LLC. Paige graduated with a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from Marquette University.

In 2015, she returned to Marquette University to pursue her M.S. in Environmental Engineering with an emphasis on water and wastewater treatment. The research focus was developing a high-rate advanced wastewater treatment process, particularly focused on combined sewer and sanitary sewer overflows, and that turned into the foundational technology of RRTech.

Between her time as an undergraduate student and her graduate work, Paige worked as a consulting environmental engineer in Madison, WI designing solid waste and wastewater management solutions.

Outside of the laboratory, Paige is a professional mentor with the Madison Area Professional Chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB-MAPC). This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. 

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