Distilleries are popping up from across the U.S. with over 2,200 locations making and selling their own brand of products to the public in 2022. These distilleries produce two main types of waste:
Wastewater related to distilling
Wastewater from tasting rooms and/or restaurantsThe wastewater from distilling is typically composed of both spent grain, which is handled as a solid, and liquid waste from distilling and sanitizing. Depending on the size of the distillery and its location the volume may not be appropriate for a septic system and this waste may fall under different regulations since no human waste has entered the stream.There
