Brewery pauses beer production to send water to Hurricane Harvey victims

One of America’s biggest breweries has swapped making beer for providing water to victims of Hurricane Harvey.

Anheuser-Busch is delivering over 155,000 cans of emergency drinking water to those affected by the unprecedented flooding in the Gulf Coast area.

The brewery halts its beer production periodically throughout the year to prepare canned drinking water for American communities affected by major natural disasters.

It was already canned and ready to be shipped when the Red Cross issued an urgent request to support Houston communities. 

“Putting our production and logistics strengths to work by providing safe, clean drinking water is the best way we can help in these situations” said Bill Bradley, Anheuser-Busch’s Vice President for Community Affairs.

“The safety of our colleagues is paramount and we are proud of the work our Houston team has done over the weekend to keep our team safe in these difficult and exceptional circumstances.”

Anheuser-Busch has three facilities in Houston employing approximately 1,100 members of staff.

“Anheuser-Busch has a longstanding tradition of providing water and supplies to those affected by natural disasters nationwide,” the company said.

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