Snow harvesting for Vodka production

Hi There,

Hope you all are doing fine.

I am Beverage Business Management student at Niagara College, Ontario, Canada. I am producing a sustainable vodka as a part of my capstone project. For its production, i am planning to use a Snow water so that my vodka production would not eat out the water processed by government/muncipalty for farming, domestic use and drinking.

Anyways we receive abundance of snow in winters in Canada which melts down every spring without any use. Also, alcohol industry uses immense amount of water for its production so instead of using lake water/muncipalty water which uses energy to process, these industries can use natural snow melted water for its production.

Could you guys please help me out suggesting any snow water harvesting companies in Canada or if you can tell me the techniques on how to convert the snow into drinkable water in a large scale.

Thank you!

Welcome to the forum.

I feel you have come up with a unique concept.

At least this is a first for me as never having heard of doing this.

What comes to mind would be that a swale would be dug to catch the water as the snow melts.

I hope some folks will chime in that have some experience.

In Canada much like States in the US, Provinces govern the use of rain/snow water collection. On a commercial scale there might be some issues that you will encounter. This Wikepedia blurb is about residential use It might require some poking about for commercial regs. Rainwater at some point is what recharges aquifers and is one of the reasons where I live creating a pond for rainwater retention is a no-no.
" Ontario
In Ontario, the province permits the use of rainwater for flushing toilets and urinals, as well as for sub-surface and below ground irrigation systems.[7] A large number of standards and regulations have been put in place regarding catchments, conveyance networks, and storage containers in Ontario Guidelines for Residential Rainwater Harvesting Systems.[7] Since the temperature during winter months in Ontario drops below zero, rainwater is at a high risk of freezing. Therefore, the province of Ontario places a strong significance on guidelines to ensure that rainwater is in a controlled temperature environment. In addition, to avoid freezing in the pipe network, the water must be properly controlled via draining and temperature controls.[7] Various systems and scenarios have been outlined regarding overflow management, pressurization, and back-flow prevention.[7]"