ARTICLES BY SARA JEROME

• Brewery Pollution Challenges Water Quality

  Wastewater from breweries is creating pollution problems in Lake Champlain.

• Bottled Water Contains More Plastics Than Tap Water

  Drinking bottled water may mean guzzling down tiny bits of plastic.

• Water Contamination Could Put Beer At Risk

  Dangers to the water supply are not just bad for water utilities. They also pose a risk to another vital resource: beer.

• Whiskey Plants Charged With Polluting Tennessee’s Waterways

  Tennessee’s waterways face a surprising threat: Jack Daniels. “As the whiskey industry continues to grow, Tennessee’s two largest distilleries struggled to comply with water quality regulations last year,” USA Today reported.

• This Brewery Sees Value In Treating Its Own Wastewater

  Breweries and other industrial beverage companies face a dilemma: They are major water users, and they also incur major wastewater costs. Some companies are trying to streamline the process by cutting out the middleman and treating their own wastewater.

• San Diego Brewers Tout Recycled Wastewater

  Recycled wastewater has a persuasive marketing ally in San Diego: beer brewers.

• Winemakers Want To Treat Their Own Wastewater

  California wineries relying on new forms of wastewater technology are hoping treatment innovations will slow the shipment of water away from their businesses and their regions.

• Researchers Claim New Use For Brewery Wastewater

  Scientists say a recent breakthrough makes it possible to put brewery wastewater to good use.

• Beer Handout At Center Of New DPR Campaign

  The latest public-relations strategy for direct potable reuse (DPR) is simple: Give people beer.

• Researchers Claim New Process Cuts Electricity At Waste Plants

  If necessity is the mother of invention, it makes sense that winery wastewater, and the challenge of treating it, continually produces innovation in the wastewater industry.

• Philly Tap Water ‘Ideal’ For Brewing Beer

  Beer connoisseurs say there’s a special ingredient in Philadelphia-brewed beer that makes the taste stand out: tap water.

• Yuengling Takes Deal Following Clean Water Act Charges

  The Justice Department announced in June that it has reached a deal with the beer maker Yuengling over alleged Clean Water Act (CWA) violations.

• Reused Water Gets Into California Beers

  Some Californians are doing their part to conserve water during the drought by drinking beer — specifically, beer made with recycled water.

• Energy Source Of The Future: Brewery Waste?

  A startup formed by university researchers is taking brewery waste and making it useful. And now, the federal government is helping it pursue this mission.