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How Filters Work. Pt 3 - Microporous Filtration and Reverse Osmosis

info@office-watercoolers.com (Office Watercoolers) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:48:22 +0000

In this the final part of this little insight into different water filtration and purification technologies we’ll take a look at the basic methods of microporous water filtration as well as the slightly technical system of reverse osmosis before summing up. Whilst this series is perfectly fine as an introduction to these kinds of technologies you’d be well advised to call and speak to one of our experts at Office Water Coolers for more in depth knowledge on the specifications of the systems we use in our point of use water coolers.Microporous FiltrationProbably the most basic and easily

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How Filters Work – Pt 2 – Ultraviolet Treatment and Ion Exchange

info@office-watercoolers.com (Office Watercoolers) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:19:45 +0000

Whilst these guides are fine as an introductory look at various filtration systems used in the purification of water, it is important to note that not all of the systems they covered will necessarily apply to Office Water Coolers’ filtration systems. For an explanation on the specifics of the filtration systems used on our plumbed in water coolers, please give us a call and speak to one of our expert staff who’ll be able to answer all the questions you may have.In this part we’ll be looking at two methods of water filtration that are often used alongside previously discussed activated carbon

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How Filters Work Pt 1 - Granular Activated Carbon Filtration

info@office-watercoolers.com (Office Watercoolers) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:40:38 +0000

At Office Water Coolers we believe it should be a right and not a privilege for office workers to have access to clean filtered water throughout the day. That’s why we place a lot of importance in the fact that our water is the freshest and purest it can be, whether you are filling your glass from one of our bottled or plumbed in water coolers. Bottled water is filtered at source to remove grit and dirt, as well as other contaminants, whilst allowing the beneficial minerals within it to remain. Point of use water coolers however filter the tap water directly from the mains and often use a variety

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Algae

info@office-watercoolers.com (Office Watercoolers) — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:24:42 +0000

You may remember in an earlier post we talked about the problem with algae turning your water cooler green, and how to avoid this happening, but we never really talked about the algae itself. Or should I say themselves, because the word algae is actually plural and refers to a large group of autotrophic organisms that are in fact very similar to plants. Autotrophic organisms, unlike heterotrophic organisms like you and I, get their nourishment from inorganic compounds, using photosynthesis or chemosynthesis. Most algae use photosynthesis to produce energy just like plants, but unlike plants they

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The Water Cycle

info@office-watercoolers.com (Office Watercoolers) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:19:16 +0000

Peter and I chat a lot about water on these pages and so recently I got to thinking; haven't we neglected to tell you where it all comes from in the first place. Our planet's water that is. Because there’s a lot of it about after all. So, in honour of all those science and geography lessons I'm sure many of us never paid enough attention to when we were in school, I thought I’d give us a little lesson on the water cycle and explain exactly how water gets from the seas and lakes into your glass of spring or mineral water.The best way to understand the water cycle (also known as the hydrologic

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How safe is it to Refill your Plastic Water Bottle? Pt 2 – Chemical Concerns

info@office-watercoolers.com (Office Watercoolers) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:44:26 +0000

Welcome to the second part of Office Water Coolers two part info series on the facts about refilling plastic water bottles. Before we begin, I’d like to qualify that the bottles we’re talking about are not the reusable 18.9 ltr bottles designed for our water coolers but the small 500ml, 750ml or even 1 ltr water or soft drink bottles found in supermarkets and newsagents.Almost all plastic bottles containing soft drinks, juices and mineral water in the UK are made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) which is lightweight, shatterproof and can be recycled. The evidence suggests that PET plastics

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How safe is it to Refill your Plastic Water Bottle? Pt 1 – Bacterial Concerns

info@office-watercoolers.com (Office Watercoolers) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:56:51 +0000

It's a practice that is commonplace in office up and down the UK. Plastic water bottles bought off the shelves from supermarkets getting refilled using the office water cooler at work. Many of us have done it before and many do it every day. I will admit to occasionally filling up an empty 500ml bottle of Fillongley Spring Water myself to take in the car with me on a long journey or business trip. But is it safe to keep doing this indefinitely? We’ve discussed before on these pages how important it is to keep your water cooler hygienic but what about that small water bottle you’re refilling;

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60% of Europe’s Spring Water is Found in Romania

info@office-watercoolers.com (Office Watercoolers) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:16:37 +0000

Well I’m always keen to share any fascinating facts I have about water with you the reader and today is a corker! I think it’s fair to say that Office Beverages is a place where we don’t just want to sell water, we want to educate people about it. Water is the elixir of all life on this planet and we’re keen to stress the importance of everyone having the opportunity to access to clean filtered or spring water in the workplace. Talking of spring water, it may interest you to know that a whopping 60% of Europe’s entire mineral water reserves are located in the small eastern European

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Dehydration in the Elderly

info@office-watercoolers.com (Office Watercoolers) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:17:21 +0000

Through Office Water Coolers commendable campaigning for better hydration in offices and schools, there has been a tendency to emphasise the need for hydration in working age adults and energetic young children. Perhaps it is pertinent to stress the need to educate the elderly in our society about the health benefits of keeping hydrated throughout the day. This need becomes even greater and more urgent when we consider that older people are more susceptible to dehydration because of specific physiological changes taking place in their bodies due to ageing.As you age your ability your ability to

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Water Cooler Cannon

info@office-watercoolers.com (Office Watercoolers) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:47:12 +0000

At Office Water Coolers, being keen supporters of the BWCA ‘Stay Cooler’ campaign, we’re keen to see water coolers being utilised in all sorts of working environments, from busy offices and gyms to school staffrooms and even in the home. But I personally never thought we’d live to see the day water cooler bottles would be used as projectiles by the military in a pneumatic cannon. But that’s exactly what Cardiff based firm BCB International Ltd intend to do with its new ‘Wall Breaker’ cannon, which fires 22kg water cooler bottles filled with water into buildings at a staggering

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