Case Studies

Case Study 1.

A medium-sized engineering firm in Luton, employing just over 50 staff, rented three bottle-fed coolers, two for the factory floor and one for the adjourning offices. Whilst the monthly through-put on the office-located machine was only four 18.9 litre bottles of water, the two factory-located machines averaged fifty bottles per month combined.

Although no rental charge was being made for the machines, the company was paying £5.25 per bottle, plus a quarterly sanitisation charge of £12.50 per machine. The total annual cost for all three coolers was consequently in excess of £3,500.

Conscious of the need to manage expenditure, the company asked Aqua Filter to replace the bottle-fed machines with mains-fed units. Although two of the plumbed-in machines supplied were more robust models designed to handle the demands of the factory environment (and were consequently more expensive than standard units), Aqua Filter provided the three units at a total annual cost of just under £1,000, and this was inclusive of filter changes and the sanitisation service.

Total saving to the company was just over £2,500 and because of the ‘flat fee’ nature of mains-fed coolers, there were no seasonal fluctuations in billing due to increased water bottle demand, thus helping the company’s cash-flow management.

Case Study 2.

A small recruitment company based in central London employed 12 people and occupied a ‘shop front’ and a small back office. Space was very much at a premium, but due to the amount of phone-work involved, and the number of clients and candidates visiting the offices, equally important was the ability to provide refreshment. A bottle-fed cooler was therefore rented and the water through-put averaged out at twelve 18.9 litre bottles per month. These were delivered on a fortnightly basis, meaning that at any one time, there would be at least half-a-dozen empty or full bottles on site at any given time. Not only did this impose upon the space available, it also presented a potential Health & Safety hazard in such an enclosed area.

To combat the space issue, the company opted to go down the mains-fed route and Aqua Filter provided them with a unit no larger than the bottle-fed machine, but obviously with no need to store any bottles.

Not only that, but the total annual savings to have an unlimited amount of chilled & filtered water exceeded £600.

Case Study 3.

A school in the East End of London was committed to providing their pupils with a continuous source of healthy refreshment and therefore had installed four bottle-fed watercoolers. Unfortunately, due to them being located in a traffic-heavy area, delivery of replacement bottles was often delayed or on occasion, never arrived at all. Attempts to contact their water providers often met with recorded messages and answerphones. This meant that during periods of moderate to high demand, the watercoolers would often stand empty.

Deeming this to be unacceptable, the school contacted Aqua Filter, who installed two coolers and two water fountains, providing a constant flow of chilled & filtered water that could cope with any levels of demand.

Additionally, the annual savings for the school exceeded £2,000.