Richard's Rainwater companions with New Orleans brewery to reap, bottle rainwater

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Taylor O’Neil, CEO of Richard’s Rainwater, has been teaming up with breweries across the nation to reap and bottle rainwater.

The chief govt, who took over in 2017, is making an attempt to make entry to scrub, native consuming water obtainable to the lots, and he contends “rainwater is definitely the cleanest supply of consuming water that exists.” 

Simply final month, Richard’s Rainwater, the one nationally distributed bottled rainwater beverage in the marketplace, opened the nation’s largest potable rainwater assortment website in partnership with Faubourg Brewing Co. in New Orleans.

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It marks the second of many partnerships but to come back, in keeping with O’Neil. 

“Our mission is to reap rain in as many communities as we are able to to make water native and renewable at these assortment websites and make the most of what we imagine is probably the most treasured useful resource,” O’Neil informed Wholesome Dwelling Group. 

Richard’s Rainwater is opening a potable rainwater assortment website in partnership with Faubourg Brewing Co. in New Orleans. (Richard’s Rainwater )

In 1994, the corporate’s founder, Richard Heinichen, put in a rain assortment system in his Texas house for his household and neighbors after being fed up together with his water choices. 

He was “a hippie making an attempt to determine what was attainable,” in keeping with O’Neil. 

Eight years later, Richard’s Rainwater turned the primary firm within the U.S. to obtain licensing to bottle and distribute rainwater. After getting approval, Heinichen began promoting the system to others within the Austin space who “shared his view of the world,” in keeping with O’Neil. 

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In 2018, the corporate landed its first partnership with a Lazy Magnolia brewery in Kiln, Mississippi, to carry ethically sourced bottled rainwater to extra shoppers. 

How the therapy course of works

The therapy course of is what units it other than opponents. In accordance with O’Neil, the corporate makes use of a zero-waste and chlorine-free system. 

The primary .2 inches of water from each rainfall isn’t collected and as an alternative goes straight into the brewery’s current stormwater administration system.  

Faubourg Brewing Firm in New Orleans (Faubourg Brewing Firm)

“This permits Mom Nature to take a primary go on the filtration course of. She naturally cleanses the sky and environment of any impurities because it rains,” he stated. “The top result’s water that’s 100 occasions cleaner (having by no means touched the bottom) earlier than it has even gone by means of Richard’s proprietary therapy course of.

“As soon as the pure cleaning rain threshold has handed, a valve is actuated to start gathering rain,” he added. 

The rain goes by means of a collection of filtration and goes straight into the bottling plant’s filler, after which their staff packages it with their tools proper there on website, O’Neil stated. 

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After solidifying a cope with Faubourg Brewing Co. final month, Richard’s Rainwater basically doubled its manufacturing capability, in keeping with O’Neil. 

Between the 2 websites, the corporate has been capable of produce about one million instances on an annual foundation. 

Richard’s Rainwater is opening a potable rainwater assortment website in partnership with Faubourg Brewing Co. in New Orleans. (Richard’s Rainwater )

The following step is creating extra partnerships with any bottlers within the Southwest and the Pacific Northwest so Richard’s Rainwater can increase its attain, in keeping with O’Neil. From there, “we’ll fill in the remainder of the nation as gross sales demand and as partnerships turn out to be extra sensible,” he stated. 

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Though the corporate has solely partnered with breweries, O’Neil stated it’s prepared to work with anybody able to placing liquid into aluminum cans or glass bottles.

The extra “decentralized the operation turns into, the extra we’re capable of be actually considerate about the place the water goes after it is put into our packaging” he stated. 

The bottles of standard and glowing water have already been distributed to Entire Meals shops nationwide and can quickly be in Sprouts shops across the nation. The drinks will also be discovered on the cabinets of some Kroger and Albertsons areas, O’Neil stated.