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Have you thought of converting from a bottled water dispenser to a plumbed in water dispenser?  It may be worth considering the substantial costs savings and improvement in water purity and hygiene this can bring.
 

Comparison of annual costs of bottled and plumbed in water dispensers for two sizes of office.

 Office of
 5 people		 Office of
20 people
Water used per year (assumes 1.5 litres per working day, 10% staff holidays and absence)
 		 1,755 L 7,020 L
5 Gallon bottles used
 		 82 bottles 325 bottles
Cost of bottles @ £6.5 each
 		 £533 £2,112
Bottled dispenser rental charges @ £9 per month (assumes that your supplier includes sanitisation and servicing in the rental as not all will do)
 		 £108 £108

BOTTLED WATER MACHINE COST p.a.

 £641 £2,220
     
Total annual cost of UK Aqua's ACIS 200 Ambient/ Chilled floorstanding dispensers fitted with Omnipure filters. £346 £346

SAVINGS BY CONVERTING pa

 £295 £1,874

 


 

  
   
Water purity and freshness
Bacteria can grow in the water bottles of dispensers whenever these are left standing a room temperature for a few days or more (hence, you should ensure bottles are turned over quickly).  It means that your tap water could be cleaner than the water in the dispenser bottles, although chlorine in tap water can impair the taste.  The impurities can be reduced using best-in-the market Omnipure filters.

 

 Cost: What we have found in practice
For 1 dispenser: A bottled water dispenser will typically costs from £700 to £1,100 per year excluding hidden costs.  A plumbed in water producing better quality water might cost £350 -£400.

For 8 dispensers:  The bottled water dispensers will typically cost around £7,000 per annum.  Plumbed in water dispensers might cost c.£2,500 per year (i.e. doubleing the number of plumbed in dispensers at a site does not mean that the costs double).

An alternative would be for you to upgrade your bottled dispenser to the premium model plumbed in dispenser whilst still saving costs and improving the quality of your drinking water.  Prices are subject to quote for your specific circumstances and may not apply.
Supplying Bottles to machines
A substantial hidden cost to businesses is incurred in ordering bottles, recieving them, storing full and empty bottles and chasing bottle orders that go missing or are delayed. Staff must also lift heavy bottles to machines (always remembering to remove the sticky label at the mouth of the bottle to prevent damaging the dispenser).  The hidden cost can be in the order of £100 to £400 per dispenser per year on top of the visble rental costs.
Water Branding
Tap water that is purified by high quality filters to a set specification within a plumbed in water dispenser lacks the mystery of 'mineral water', 'spring water' or 'bottled water'.  Filtered drinking tap water can be purer, more controllable, taste better, does not run out, make better drinks and be substantially cheaper.  It can also avoid re-ordering, storing and lifting heavy bottles.
Pollution
Bottled Water Dispensers need regular deliveries of new bottles.  Weekly bottle supplies for the 100,000 or so bottled water coolers installed in the UK during the 1980's and 1990's is adding tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere.  The rapidly growing 20,000 plumbed in water dispensers installed in recent years cause much less pollution.
 

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