This Craft Beer’s Secret Ingredient Is… Sewage Water

Bill Gates isn’t the only one drinking ‘poop water.’ Clean Water Services of Hillsboro, Oregon, has such an advanced sewage treatment process that they felt it was a shame to dump all that drinking water. Rather than waste it, they decided to ask the Oregon Health Authority for permission to donate the water to the Oregon Brew Crew for them to make small batches of special ‘sewer’ beer to be served at events. So far the Oregon Health Authority has approved the company’s request for the beer project. But the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission will also have to sign off on it too (will the pioneering spirit of beermakers triumph over cautious government officials? stay tuned!).

If you want to do your part, there’s going to be a public hearing on the topic of “limited drinkable reuse of recycled water” in Portland on February 12…. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY AT TREEHUGGER