FACT #1: The art of brewing high-quality beer requires considerable water usage. The brewing process generates large volumes of brewery wastewater, high in BOD and COD.

For every drop of beer produced across the country, each drop starts out as plain, clean water. It travels through multiple vessels, turning into wort, and finally –beer. Each of those vessels must be cleaned. Every processing step involves significant water usage and produces high levels of wastewater for treatment or removal.

FACT #2: Some craft brewers are paying wastewater utility surcharges of up to $12 per barrel of beer produced, while others are paying thousands every month just to haul their wastewater away.

That’s a direct hit to the bottom line. We’ve developed this easy to follow, step-by-step calculator to help you. Completing the calculator takes less than 10 minutes, and could help you save thousands each month.

FACT #3: Every gallon of brewery wastewater contains the same BOD loading as 15 gallons of sewage.

Brewery wastewater is becoming a large problem for local water utilities, and it’s becoming more expensive for craft breweries to dispose of it properly and cost efficiently. To help better explain the problems with wastewater disposal and the options available, watch our Wastewater Treatment for Craft Breweries video.

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