Where to buy the best drinking water units
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Drinking clean and fresh water is an important part of healthy living and that’s why quality drinking water units are a great choice for your workplace.
Everybody knows that they need to drink water regularly throughout their day but it can be easy to forget or ignore if you don’t have ready access to clean drinking water.
People are very likely to make themselves a cup of coffee or tea – often they will leave the premises to get their coffee – but what about drinking water?
It’s often a simple fact that staff find the idea of drinking a glass of water from the same tap where they fill the kettle as strange or unsavoury.
It could be because they only trust the water from the workplace taps for filling that kettle or washing their hands or lunch dishes.
This is why offering a drinking water from a top quality water unit make perfect sense.
The need for water in the workplace
Not all employers know their responsibility to provide drinking water in the workplace.
It’s actually a requirement of the Work Health & Safety Act of Australia to provide drinking water for all employees. That water must be clean and accessible to all employees at all times and separate from washing facilities to avoid the issue of contamination.
The WHS Act clearly states that the drinking water in the workplace needs to be:
- Free of charge at all times
- Supplied in a hygienic manner such as a drinking fountain via an upward jet
- At or below 24 degrees Celsius which may be achieved by refrigerating the water
To stay compliant to the Act, each employer must meet the requirements regarding drinking water.
Having a drinking fountain installed at your workplace means you can stay up to date with your workplace health and safety obligations.
There are many benefits to choosing a quality drinking water unit.
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Drinking fountains vs Water Coolers
There has often been an issue with drinking fountains and water units in the workplace.
It is not unusual to find a bottled water cooler in a workplace, but this method of hydration is slowly becoming obsolete. There are many reasons that workplaces are saying goodbye to the large and cumbersome water bottle cooler.
Firstly, there is the ongoing expense of having one or more dotted throughout the business premises.
Then there is the issue of health and sanitation. There are many factors that contribute to the workplace being a breeding ground for germs. One of the most common locations for bacteria and mould to be found is at the water cooler. This is where the water trays, water spouts and dispensers all attract germs.
Regular and thorough cleaning of the water cooler is needed to ensure that the harmful microbes don’t make a home where staff will be gathering to get their water. Unfortunately, most water coolers are not properly maintained and this can lead to an increase in sick leave.
What is the best solution to a problem like this? Drinking water units are the answer.
Why Puretec drinking fountains are the perfect solution
Puretec are the leading name in pure, filtered drinking water. You have a quality range of water chiller drinking fountains with an internal water filter to choose from. These water units eliminate the problems associated with water coolers.
Unfiltered water often contains harmful bacteria and sediment. Puretec has specially designed filtration systems that get rid of contaminants from the water supply.
There are quality filters which can remove:
Providing clean drinking water has never been easier.
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Getting the best from the best drinking water units
It doesn’t matter what type of workplace, commercial or business environment you are in, drinking clean, fresh water is beneficial on a number of levels.
Having the ability to offer chilled drinking water to all your employees and visitors shows that you are a professional and caring business. It’s no wonder that quality drinking fountains are seen in everywhere from hospitals to airports, schools to gyms and government departments.
Your staff are often your greatest asset so it makes sense to invest in their well-being by providing filtered drinking water units, like the Puretec D30IC Water Chiller Drinking Fountain Internal Filter - Bubbler & Carafe, available now at Plumbing Sales.
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