Process Innovation in Wastewater Management Strategies at SaltBox Production Facility: Paving the Way for Wastewater Residues Valorization

精酿啤酒是饮料行业的创新领导者[1，2]。啤酒厂以开发新产品和新工艺为荣，这些新产品和工艺为啤酒厂员工和客户提供了可持续生活的选择。尽管在过去的二十年中取得了显著的进步，但水消耗和废水处理仍然是直接影响啤酒厂和酿造过程的环境和经济障碍[3]。在此背景下，许多啤酒厂一直在寻找水和废水管理的创新解决方案。这些解决方案超越了设施水资源保护计划，为社区和环境找到了协作的可持续解决方案，因为过度的水污染会影响生态系统。 在这种情况下，盐盒酿造有限公司（盐盒）是一个工艺啤酒厂位于马宏湾，新斯科舍省（NS）。该公司生产的啤酒和苹果酒具有突出的口味和特点，使用当地的产品和供应。为了提高生产能力（以满足大规模产品出口）并实现双产品的价值，该公司已将降低废水中的污染物浓度确定为提高利润率的关键。因此，该公司正在寻求新斯科舍省社区学院（NSCC）的支持，以研究一种新颖的和具有成本效益的废水处理或污水排放技术战略。这将使SaltBox能够创新并提高产量，同时从废水残留物中创造新型增值产品，从而通过增加在加拿大及其他地区的市场份额为公司带来经济效益。

Craft brewers are innovative leaders in the beverage sector [1,2]. The breweries take pride in developing new products and processes that give both brewery employees and customers options for sustainable living. Despite significant improvement over the last two decades, water consumption and wastewater disposal remain environmental and economic hurdles that directly affect breweries and the brewing process [3]. In this context, many breweries have been looking for innovative solutions for water and wastewater management. These solutions go beyond facility water conservation programs to find collaborative, sustainable solutions for the community and for the environment, as excessive water pollution can impact ecosystems. In this context, SaltBox Brewing Company Limited (SaltBox) is a craft brewery located in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia (NS). The company produces beer and cider with outstanding taste and character, using local product and supplies. To increase production capacity (to entertain a large-scale product export) and enable bi-products valorisation, the company has identified the reduction of pollutant concentration in wastewater as key in leading to an increased profit margin. The company is therefore seeking Nova Scotia Community College's (NSCC) support to research a novel and cost-effective wastewater treatment or effluent discharges technological strategy. This will allow SaltBox to innovate and ramp up production while creating novel value-added products from wastewater residues, and therefore result in economic benefits to the company through an increased market share in Canada and beyond.