Which Water Cooler is Best to Install - Bottled or Plumbed-in (POU)?

27/02/2012 By British Water Cooler Association

The choice of which water cooler to install is at the discretion of the consumer and generally relatively easy, but if selecting a POU water cooler the installation may not always be possible for practical reasons relating to the building, or location within the building intended for the water cooler.

In older buildings water is supplied from storage tanks located in the roof areas. Water from these tanks is generally unsuitable for drinking and not recommended by the water utilities to be used as a wholesome drinking water supply. Generally, drinking water supplies are only recommended when taken from the rising main where it enters the building, or tapped from the same pipe on its route to its destination. Similarly, there may be some areas within a building which have no access to a mains drinking water supply, whilst others may have too low a water pressure which may also dictate that a POU water cooler can not be installed.

Bottled water coolers, which only require a standard electrical power supply, can prove far easier to accommodate in many locations than to install mains water plumbing for a plumbed-in water cooler.

BWCA members offer the installation capability of both bottled water coolers and plumbed-in water coolers. They offer a free-of-charge site survey of the consumers premises and are thereby able to advise on the available options, so that an informed decision may be made of the most suitable water cooler to install.

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