Articles Tagged with ''water''

Water Treatment

Water stewardship: Good things happen when beverage company engineers get together and talk

This high-level panel of experts discussed water problems and how to solve them

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor

December 11, 2021

This panel of beverage company experts discuss local and global water issues and methods of conserving and recycling water.

FE 0821 Regenerative Ag/Water Sustainability

Manufacturing News

“Regenerative” is Key to Agriculture/Water Sustainability

August 25, 2021

Three recent announcements from food and beverage companies use the word regenerative—either applied to sustainable agriculture or water.

Fresh water shouldn't be taken for granted

Water Treatment

Treat water as the most critical—and potentially expensive—ingredient you use

While water may not be in short supply in your area, that’s not to say that shortages can’t occur almost over night

Wayne Labs

April 16, 2021

Water. We can’t live without it, and you can’t run a food or beverage plant without it. However, having it available for all earth’s inhabitants worldwide in the next 20 to 30 years will be a challenge—as already two-billion of the planet’s population live in areas where water is scarce. Unsurprisingly, the food and beverage industry is one of the largest water users, so it’s well worthwhile to minimize waste wherever possible. Water treatment companies are only too aware of the importance of conserving this precious resource, which in some areas can be more valuable than oil.

Engineering R&D

A novel way to clean wastewater streams

Living bacteria gobble up waste and turn it into water and electricity

Wayne Labs

March 29, 2021

Aquacycl used bacteria to clean up a wastewater stream and generate enough electricity to run the system and produce clean water.

Engineering R&D

Real-time water quality metrics help beverage processors guard their most important resource

Whether it's "mountain spring water" or tap water, it's the most important ingredient in your beverage—so keep its quality consistent in real time

Wayne Labs

December 22, 2020

Whether you obtain your incoming water from your local municipality, the nearby river or a natural mountain spring—or a mix of these sources—consistent taste and quality of water is your most important ingredient as a brewer or bottle packer.

Editor's Note

It’s been a strange year, but we have to find ways to be sustainable

Think about managing water, energy and waste in new ways

Casey Laughman

October 30, 2020

Food and beverage manufacturers must keep looking for new ways to improve sustainability with water, energy and waste.

How two industry leaders invest to save the water supply as scarcity grows

Kraft Heinz and Nestlé Waters North America sustainability leaders say protection of the lifeblood resource will require looking outside the factory walls

Rose Shilling

October 28, 2020

With water stress a growing concern, food and beverage companies invest to cut usage, increasingly looking outside their factory walls to conserve a lifeblood resource for the industry.

Dry Processing

Whiskey distiller uses centrifugal sifter to recover liquid sour mash

With Kason sifter, Bendt Distilling turns spent grain byproduct into saleable livestock feed

Sharon Spielman

September 22, 2020

Kason equipment gives Bendt Distilling income from its spent grain byproduct.

Water Management

Nestlé Waters earns top water stewardship rating

California bottled water plant is first food and beverage operation to achieve the certification

Rose Shilling

September 3, 2020

A Nestlé Waters bottling plant is the first food and beverage factory in the world to earn the highest certification under the rigorous Alliance for Water Stewardship Standard.

Regulatory Watch

FDA seeks treatments for pre-harvest agriculture water

Companies can follow the agency’s testing protocol to find out if products inactivate pathogens

Sharon Spielman

August 12, 2020

The FDA has announced a new protocol for the development and registration of antimicrobial treatments for pre-harvest agricultural water, developed through a collaboration with the EPA.

On Demand Kelley Rodriguez, Editor in Chief of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, will be joined in this 60-minute webinar by industry experts to help unpack the latest research.

On Demand Driven by climate goals, business risk, client interest, and resilience considerations, food and beverage companies are increasingly turning their attention to decarbonizing their production processes.