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Great Lakes
Water Conservation Conference
for craft brewers and cheesemakers

October 18-19, 2010 - Madison, Wisconsin
 

Registration

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The Great Lakes Compact has its costs:

How to save water and save money now

 
Our workshops and conferences are all-volunteer produced 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, the conference will pay for itself through practical systems for water savings.

Join us in Madison, Wisconsin, October 18-19, 2010, featuring presentations by more than 20 speakers donating their time and expertise, including Jim Nicholas, United States Geological Survey Water Science Center,  Brian Hunt of Moonlight Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA, John Haggerty of New Holland Brewing Co., MI, Thomas Pape of the Alliance for Water Efficiency, Bill Sherwood of Stone Brewing Co., Escondido, CA, Fred Scheer of Voith Meri Environmental Solutions, Inc., Graham Broadhurst of Briggs of Burton, Inc., Linda Rastani of Alfa Laval, Jaime Jurado of the Gambrinus Company, and Karl Crave of Crave Bros. Cheese Co./Clear Horizons, and a Tuesday trip to see the Living Machine biofiltration system designed by Bob Wills of the Cedar Grove Cheese Co., Plain, WI, followed by a tour with Kirby Nelson of Capital Brewery, Middleton, WI.

A day pass for Monday's sessions is $175, held at the conference hotel.

The Madison Concourse Hotel at 1 West Dayton St. near the Capital Square is the site for the conference; discounted rooms available by calling 800.356.8293 (reference Great Lakes Water or code 108437).

The full conference including breakfasts, lunches and tours on Tuesday, is $295.

Presentations and panels cover systems for water conservation, water auditing, rain water harvesting, wastewater treatment and recycling, water science behind the Great Lakes Compact, waste to energy installations, and CIP processes for both brewers and cheesemakers (details under the Schedule).

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

Sponsorships are welcome, as there are no vendor exhibits or platforms. Thank you to our 2010 sponsors:

Bronze Sponsor: Briggs of Burton, Inc.

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.

Here's an article dated March 25, 2010, published by the Great Lakes Echo about water conservation and craft brewing.
 





 
 
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