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March 26th 2010

Our goal in producing this one-day workshop is to help craft brewers and cheesemakers save water and save money. With many water utilities in the Great Lakes region increasing fees by 25% or more in the next year, this workshop will pay for itself through practical systems for water savings.

Attendees will hear from industry leaders in brewery water management, including (speakers) John Berardino and Linda A. Rastani of Alfa Laval USA (silver sponsors of the workshop), Patrick Conway of Great Lakes Brewing Co., Jason Fox of Custom BrewCrafters, Dr. Manaf Farhan of EMG International, Walter Hang of Toxics Targeting, Sammis White of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and more. Presentations and panels cover systems for water conservation, water auditing, wastewater treatment and recycling in brewhouses and brewpubs, economics of water pricing in the Great Lakes, and CIP processes for both brewers and cheesemakers.

The workshop (9-4:30, including breakfast hosted by EcoLab, buffet lunch and tasting) will be held in downtown Rochester, NY, at the Rochester Museum & Science Center, 657 East Avenue, www.rmsc.org.

The craft beer and cheese tasting  will be held at the Pittsford Wegmans store, 5-7 pm, sponsored by Briggs of Burton, Inc., Rochester, NY.

Why should you participate? Water policy in the Great Lakes region – the source of 20 percent of the world’s supply of freshwater -  is changing rapidly. The Great Lakes Compact requires all water-intensive businesses within the watershed to implement water conservation practices.

A short documentary about the 2009 conference’s beer and cheese tasting is posted on YouTube here.

Here’s an article from the Wisconsin State Journal’s business section with interviews from the October 2009 conference.