A series of pipes used to transport recycled wastewater.
To combat droughts in the western United States, some breweries are using recycled wastewater in their beers.
  • A brewery in California is using recycled wastewater to make beer, the New York Times reports.
  • The company is using technology designed by NASA for astronauts to recycle water in space.
  • Breweries across the western US are making similar moves in an effort to combat drought.

Breweries across the western United States are switching from tap water to recycled wastewater in an effort to combat drought — and one company in California is even using the same technology that astronauts rely on.