Winery wastewater is a viable water source for vineyards

Oct 8, 2015 at 12:00am

Kat Kerlin, The Davis Enterprise

Making wine requires water beyond what it takes to grow grapes. There are bottles to wash, barrels to scrub and floors to clean.

But what if the water left over from all that cleaning was treated and reused to irrigate vineyards? It sounds like a promising practice, especially during a drought, but would it hurt the vines, the soil or even the wine?

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