Paul Wheeler peeks at a fresh Lookout Stout brew on Wednesday, when operations resumed as normal.

When Paul Wheeler of Haines Brewing Company heard that the borough was reaching record-low levels in its primary water source earlier this month, he knew he’d need to mitigate a salty situation.

On Aug. 12, a mix of drought conditions and a construction error in the pipe that transports 80 percent of Haines’ drinking water from Lily Lake to…