Anheuser-Busch donates emergency drinking water to Hurricane Isaac relief efforts

ST. LOUIS — Anheuser-Busch has shipped 4,312 cases of emergency drinking water — or 103,488 cans — to areas that were affected by Hurricane Isaac.

The company said the water has been made available to communities and relief organizations assisting impacted residents. Anheuser-Busch has donated more than 71 million cans of emergency drinking water following natural and other disasters since 1988.

"Relief workers and people in the region are in need of emergency drinking water, and this is one way we helped alleviate the immediate needs in the affected communities," Anheuser-Busch VP supply Peter Kraemer said.