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Why one company is brewing beer out of recycled wastewater 

2,000 gallons of treated wastewater was turned into beer for delegates at the world’s biggest sustainable building conference to demonstrate its uses.

2,000 gallons of treated wastewater was turned into beer for delegates at the world’s biggest sustainable building conference to demonstrate its uses. Image: Unsplash/benceboros

Johnny Wood
Writer, Forum Agenda
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OneWater Brew was made using purified wastewater from a San Francisco high-rise building.
OneWater Brew was made using purified wastewater from a San Francisco high-rise building. Image: Epic Cleantec
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