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title: BIER Context-Based Decision Guide for Water Reuse and Recycling
description: The Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) addresses global water challenges through broader adoption of water reuse and recycling.
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# BIER Context-Based Decision Guide for Water Reuse and Recycling

*February 11, 2020* | * [ BIER ](https://www.bieroundtable.com/news/author/bier) *

![BIER Context-Based Decision Guide for Water Reuse and Recycling](https://www.bieroundtable.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Cover-Image-e1632242089931-1.png "BIER Context-Based Decision Guide for Water Reuse and Recycling")

The Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) has published a [Context-Based Decision Guide for Water Reuse and Recycling](https://www.bieroundtable.com/publication/decision-guide-for-water-reuse-and-recycling/) which furthers the beverage sector’s leadership on corporate water stewardship and builds upon previous work by BIER on performance in watershed context. The Decision Guide is designed to be relevant to any facility, in any industry, in any location in the world, and intended to accelerate internal conversations and decisions at the regional and facility level with regards to investments in advancing water stewardship through reduction, reuse, and recycling.

 

The Decision Guide emphasizes:

- Why transitioning “beyond reduction” is important in addressing the shared global water challenges of today and tomorrow.
- Decision-making based upon an understanding of unique local watershed conditions or ‘context’ around a given facility.
- Practical guidance to accelerate conversations within companies and with other water stakeholders on water reuse and recycling opportunities at a regional and local level.

“Historically, industry has followed a traditional linear philosophy of Take-Use-Discharge,” says Nick Martin, Executive Director of BIER. “We must adopt water circularity thinking whereby every drop of water is optimized towards a shared objective of a net water increase to local water supplies.”

The complete Decision Guide is available for download at: [bit.ly/BIERWaterReuseGuide](https://bit.ly/BIERWaterReuseGuide)

 

![avatar](https://www.bieroundtable.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Bieroundtable_January2026/images/avtaar.png?width=96&height=96&name=avtaar.png) The Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) is a technical coalition of leading global beverage companies working together to advance environmental sustainability within the beverage sector.

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#### [Water Stewardship in the Beverage Industry: BIER’s 20-Year Foundation](https://www.bieroundtable.com/news/water-stewardship-in-the-beverage-industry)

#### [The Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable Marks 20 Years of Advancing Environmental Sustainability Through Industry Collaboration](https://www.bieroundtable.com/news/bier-marks-20-years-of-advancing-environmental-sustainability-through-industry-collaboration)

#### [BIER Releases 2025 Benchmarking Study Highlighting Measurable Progress in Water, Energy, and Emissions Efficiency Across the Beverage Sector](https://www.bieroundtable.com/news/bier-releases-2025-benchmarking-study)

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