Since water is a key ingredient in beer, it being mostly water, polluted water threatens beer quality [ecowatch.com].
Thursday a group of 59 craft breweries sent a letter [nrdc.org] to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opposing the agencies' "Dirty Water Rule [nrdc.org]" proposal to slash clean water protections for waterways around the country.
These brewers, who are partners in NRDC's Brewers for Clean Water [nrdc.org] campaign, are standing up for safeguards that protect the sources of clean water on which their businesses depend.