Solar covers every inch of Sierra Nevada's brewery in Chico, California. Among its many other initiatives, 99.8 percent of its waste is diverted from the landfill and its onsite composting facility recycles spent hops, grains and food scraps to fertilize the garden that supplies fresh produce for its onsite restaurant. Solar covers every inch of the brewery's roof, providing 20 percent of its energy and combined heat and power provide much of the rest. Headquartered in Chico, California, the company has long been ahead of the curve when it comes to sustainability, setting and achieving goals for waste, energy, water and transportation. Take Sierra Nevada, the nation's third largest craft brewer. And some California companies are already doing it. Recycled wastewater, highly purified, is a resource the state should be tapping. But what if these billions of gallons of wastewater collected from kitchens, bathrooms and laundry rooms-and treated by municipal wastewater facilities-were further purified and put to use to supplement California's water supplies? Pumping and cleaning the water from such extreme depths could also be costly - more costly than turning to water sources we know we can "tap," like treated wastewater.Įveryday an estimated 1.5 billion gallons of treated water are flushed into the ocean in California. Located at depths up to 10,000 feet below the surface, the newly identified groundwater in the state's Central Valley is likely to be salty and may have been contaminated by oil and gas drilling. Natural Climate Solutions in Corporate Commitmentsĭespite recent news that drought-ridden California is sitting on top of large reserves of previously unrecognized, deep groundwater resources, the state still faces significant water challenges.Blueprint for Responsible Policy Engagement.Environmental and Climate Justice Working Group.Practices for Just, Sustainable and Equitable Development of Clean Energy.Inclusive Insurance for Climate-Related Disasters.
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