500 Chihuahua farmers are benefitting from a 20-year-old Tec student’s prize-winning filtration invention
Luis Ángel Robles Morales, an engineering student from a farming family, was honored with a 2026 Garza Sada Award for his water-use-extending filtration system, which has already proved its worth where it counts: out in the fields. The post 500 Chihuahua farmers are benefitting from a 20-year-old Tec student’s prize-winning filtration invention appeared first on Mexico News Daily
A 20-year-old engineering student named Luis Ángel Robles Morales from Chihuahua has won a national award for developing an irrigation filter that can help farmers use water more efficiently. The 2026 Eugenio Garza Sada Award, worth 1 million pesos, was presented to Robles on September 2 by Tecnológico de Monterrey and FEMSA. The inventor said his filter prevents clogs in drips and sprinkler systems that can lead to wasted water, disrupted harvests, and higher maintenance costs.
Benefiting over 500 farmers in south-central Chihuahua, the filter's design features a carbon-steel casing and a PVC internal element that doubles filtration capacity and self-cleans through water flow. Costs range from 30,000 to 100,000 pesos, compared to 300,000 to 500,000 pesos for traditional systems. Robles will allocate his prize money equally between the project and an international entrepreneurial experience.
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