I've been working on a location for our brewery. We found a great location, but it's in an un-incorporated area of the county and there's an obscure regulation that states we could not have more than 1,999 gallons of total effluent per day (water, sewage, etc.). I'm hoping some of you can help me with a couple of questions.
1. If you use city/county sewer or septic, do you know and/or could you share your average outflow?
2. Do you know any breweries that use septic/leach systems?
I have called Denver waste water and they helped somewhat, although the locations had to be anonymous (they couldn't identify the exact breweries). The health department may allow us to provide comparables and try to prove that we would be under 1999, on average. The list I received had four breweries under 1999 and one brewery over. I gave her a list of names of breweries that had 10bbl systems, which is what we will have.
There are a lot of questions and issues colliding here. We may need to treat the brewery waste water before sending it to the septic and leach field, but I'm not as worried about that. The total volume is the biggest issue. I need to make sure this will work, before signing the lease. The current owners have said they will expand for us, but the health department wouldn't allow it unless they are convinced we could be at 1999 or lower.
Thanks, in advance, for any feedback! JT
1. If you use city/county sewer or septic, do you know and/or could you share your average outflow?
2. Do you know any breweries that use septic/leach systems?
I have called Denver waste water and they helped somewhat, although the locations had to be anonymous (they couldn't identify the exact breweries). The health department may allow us to provide comparables and try to prove that we would be under 1999, on average. The list I received had four breweries under 1999 and one brewery over. I gave her a list of names of breweries that had 10bbl systems, which is what we will have.
There are a lot of questions and issues colliding here. We may need to treat the brewery waste water before sending it to the septic and leach field, but I'm not as worried about that. The total volume is the biggest issue. I need to make sure this will work, before signing the lease. The current owners have said they will expand for us, but the health department wouldn't allow it unless they are convinced we could be at 1999 or lower.
Thanks, in advance, for any feedback! JT
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