The latest trend in microbrews seems to involve beer made from recycled wastewater. I came back from a weekend with the grandkids to find a news story about the Madison (Wisconsin) Metropolitan Sewerage District and Nine Springs Effluent Pale Ale, named for the district’s treatment plant.I first read about effluent beer when Clean Water Services in Oregon sponsored a home brew contest in summer 2015. Then later that year, the Water Environment Federation held a tasting of treatment plant microbrews at its WEFTEC conference.There’s a fun and a serious side to all this. The fun side is the idea of
