Geary Brewing Receives "Best Management Practices Classification" from Portland Water District
Here at Geary Brewing we’ve been working hard over the past several years to reduce our overall environmental footprint.
For example, the electricity we purchase is from 100% renewable sources, and recently as a result of the quarterly analysis of our wastewater effluent, our wastewater permit has changed from an Industrial User to a Best Management Practices (BMP) classification. We have also reduced our BOD (Biological Oxygen Demand) by 32% since 2018.
This means we are employing, what is considered to be, the best methods to manage and minimize excessive, troublesome discharges to the local wastewater treatment facilities. This permit status change is the direct result of the significant effort and investment by our brewing and operations team.
Our efforts and investments include the installation of state-of-the-art can and bottle fillers, brew kettle trub capture/filtration, installation of an automated centrifuge for solids separation, tank bottom capture, and spent grain distribution to local farms, etc.
Whether our waste streams are being utilized as livestock feed supplement or digested for methane generation, it is benefitting our local community by not burdening the wastewater treatment facilities and that’s a win-win for all.
