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Preview: Brewing up Solutions for Cleaner Water

Apr 30, 20201 minSeason 4Ep. 15
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On the next episode of Speaking of Design, we’ll visit Bozeman, Montana, where a group of engineers asked, “What if the carbon-rich byproduct of brewing beer could be used as a cost-effective way for the city to reduce nitrogen in its wastewater?"

 

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I'm John Torek. And I'm Danny Sullivan. On the next episode of speaking of design, we'll visit Bozeman, Montana, where two of the area's favorite pastimes depend on high quality water. That led a group of local engineers to propose an idea with the potential to benefit communities throughout the world. Here in Montana, recreation and the river water quality is really important to our communities. Fishing here in Montana is one of the number one recreation

sports. We're the second in the country for breweries per capita after Vermont. So we drink a lot of beer in Montana. Right now, we're almost at the limit of technology here in Bozeman and constantly looking for ways to cost effectively reduce nitrogen and phosphorus going into the streams in Montana. And we kinda had an moment. I traveled around the state. I talked to breweries.

I talked to the wastewater plant just to get an idea of, you know, how would you feel if the city came and got your brewery waste and use it to and put it to beneficial And how would you feel if we were able to inject brewery waste into your wastewater plant to enhance the treatment? The greater application would be anywhere that facility is needing more carbon source that we would look to beneficially reusing our waste streams. Coming up on the next episode of Speaking of Design.

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