The Columbia University chapter of Engineers Without Borders aims to address the problems facing people both locally and overseas by leveraging the skills, talents, and passions of Columbia University students and the sponsorships formed with our organization. Their Yuba County team is focused on working with the Lake Francis Estates to find solutions to their aging wastewater infrastructure. While Engineering needs such as insufficient water supply and arsenic contamination are some of the key elements, EWB is focused on, they also are mainly concerned with working alongside the community to find alternatives that are cheaper as to lessen the financial burden on the primarily low income users. It is because of their focus on the connection between engineering innovation and betterment of the human condition that they have been awarded the Robert D Lilley Award for Socially Responsible Engineering.