Times Record, Mainebiz cite School of Economics, Maine Brewers’ Guild study in article on water supply protection
The Times Record and Mainebiz cited a study, published in 2019 by the University of Maine School of Economics in collaboration with the Maine Brewers’ Guild, in an article about craft breweries supporting protection for the state’s water supply. Thirteen Maine breweries and the Natural Resource Council of Maine are coming together in the Maine Brewshed Alliance, a new initiative with the goal of protecting Maine’s clean water, the article states. Maine has some of the cleanest water in the country — water from the Sebago Lake watershed needs to be filtered only once, allowing breweries to keep their prices down. The alliance is committed to supporting policies and programs that will protect clean water and help raise funds and awareness, to support both a healthy environment and a growing craft brewing industry, The Times Record reported. The industry contributed more than $260 million to the state’s economy in 2017 and employed almost 2,000 Mainers, according to the UMaine study. The Portland Press Herald published the Times Record article.