Around The Water Cooler.

The first week of May saw Blue Reserve set up many new clients in Boston, Massachsuetts with our filtered water systems. With a Blue Reserve bottleless water cooler, our new clients in the Boston area realize many benefits when compared to bottled water delivery. First off, there is a significant and immediate cost savings when you stop purchasing water by the gallon. A filtered water cooler allows you to go green, by eliminating the plastic waste and transportation inefficiencies that are inherent to bottled water coolers. Finally, think of all the extra floor space you gain, and hassle you eliminate, by getting rid of those large water bottles.

Next week many other Boston businesses will switch from bottled water delivery to a bottleless water cooler with Blue Reserve. Will yours be one of them?

In the process of filtering out sediments and chlorine from tap water, bottled water plants and home filtration systems often filter out beneficial minerals as well. Reverse Osmosis, a technology used by office bottled water cooler providers, not only makes drinking water acidic, but it removes all the healthy minerals from your office drinking water. Offices that have a bottled water cooler delivery service are drinking water that is therefore acidic and can reduce office productivity. Bottled water coolers can be equivalent to drinking distilled water, and are more acidic than drinking from a bottleless water cooler. Studies show that infants in families that drink bottled water or use home filtration systems may not receive the amount of fluoride they need. Contrary to popular belief, the tap is usually a healthier choice than bottled water.

Blue Reserve’s office bottleless water cooler service will filter out sediments and bacteria while retaining healthy minerals that are good for the human body. Wellsys bottleless water coolers, now offered by Blue Reserve to offices and homes, utilize a unique 9-stage purification process to provide the healthiest and best tasting water available. A part of this process is a mineral “boost”, in which healthy minerals are added back into the water after potentially harmful elements have already been removed. Ask your office if they are using a bottled water cooler delivery service. If indeed your office is using a bottled water cooler, inquire today to learn more about the benefits of a Blue Reserve office bottleless water cooler.

A trend that you may have noticed in reading the blog posts over the last month, is the growing number of colleges and universities that are singling out the Bottled Water Industry.  Among the litany of charges leveled at the Bottled Water Industry are the environmental effects of producing disposable water bottles, the immense profit margins seen by the Industry, and the dangers of leached chemicals (such as BPA), not to mention the costs implicit the office bottled water delivery service. Today, it seems, The Register Guard has also taken note, writing an article on the emergence of student-led groups rallying against disposable bottled water or bottled water coolers.  Joining the ranks is the University of Oregon, where the student-run Climate Justice League is emphasizing the consequences of bottled water coolers with a “Take Back the Tap” initiative.  Terra Smith, Take Back the Tap’s Coordinator, very articulately explains, “We want people to realize the impact that every single plastic bottle has…There are not only environmental concerns but social, health and economic ones as well. This is a very simple habit change that can make a huge difference.”

The production of bottled water required the equivalent of 17 million barrels of oil last year—enough fuel to run 1 million U.S. cars for a year—and generated more than 2.5 million tons of carbon dioxide. Each year, 50 billion plastic water bottles end up in landfills or as roadside litter, which take up to 1,000 years to biodegrade. Plus, it requires 3 times as much water to make the bottle as it does to fill it…

Blue Reserve supports the efforts of students, not only at the University of Oregon, but those around the country as well, especially in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. Blue Reserve Water is proud to provide its office bottleless water cooler service to Colby College in Maine, University of New England in Maine, University of Southern Maine in Maine, Wells Highschool in Maine, Southern Maine School Department in Maine, Mahoney Middle School in Maine, Yarmouth School Department in Maine, Moore Middle School in Maine, Berkshire School in Massachusetts, and many others in New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts. Our bottleless water cooler service has reduced their spending on bottled water coolers and eliminated thousands of bottled water deliveries. Learn more about our bottleless water cooler service for your school, college, or univiersity and sign up for a free trial of our bottleless water cooler. When many act complacently, it is those students, making their voices heard, who will bring about change.

In an article published by Water Tech., bottleless water coolers were featured as a growing industry and better way for offices to provide drinking water services. Below is an overview of the article:

There are a variety of reasons why commercial water use is changing in North America today. Sure, office workers and home owners still want cold water to drink, but how it is dispensed has changed from traditional ways and some feel that bottled water could become obsolete in coming years. Today, bottleless water coolers, also referred to as filtered water coolers, are gaining traction as an alternative that provide benefits beyond bottled water coolers.

We spoke with some experts in the field to discuss the trends and issues as well as ways dealers can position their companies to take advantage of an emerging customer-driven demand. According to the experts, potential profits exist when selling and marketing these modern offerings to light commercial and office customers and prospects. Let’s examine some of the marketing messages and important details to include in your sales presentations on bottleless water coolers.

Cost factor and trending:
Before marketing bottle-less water coolers, dealers must first understand how the movement evolved and where opportunity lies. “Primarily,” says Rej Tellier, “the shift [toward bottleless coolers] happened for cost reasons. There is a controlled cost factor — you know what your monthly bill is going to be with a filtered [cooler].”

According to HongRae Gim, CEO of Woongjin Coway U.S.A. Inc., when switching from a bottled water cooler, “If you use [a bottleless cooler] in an office setting with about 20 people, we estimate that the employer can save more than $100 per month.” Gim also adds that since multiple, large bottles are not needed, a customer will also eliminate the need for storage space, which can be considered a cost savings as well.

Also, cite the experts, there are safety, convenience and efficiency factors for the movement away from bottled water. Many times, bottled water coolers in an office or residential setting utilize heavy water bottles that need to be replaced periodically, putting users’ health at risk for strain and injury in an office.

From an office efficiency standpoint, Tellier explains how performance is unmatched with an office bottle-less water cooler service. “The typical bottled water cooler is probably only going to cool, on average, one gallon every hour,” says Tellier. “[On the other hand], there are bottleless dispensers that are under pressure and, depending on the chill design, it can maybe [deliver] up to six gallons an hour of cold water.”

Finally, dealers and suppliers should make end customers aware of the improvements that have been made in the quality, performance, design and effectiveness of modern bottleless water coolers.

Evolution of bottle-less coolers:
Today’s customers are aware of some of the environmental issues concerning bottled water and its eventual disposal. But, this awareness is nothing new and, according to Wellsys USA Corporation’s Founder Gary Nuttall, people have been looking for alternatives to bottled water coolers in their office or home for many years.

“Perhaps the biggest detriment to bottle-less cooler growth being faster is that a lot of the initial bottleless coolers that came out [in past years] were subpar,” notes Nuttall, adding that customers tried these older bottle-less water coolers and switched back to bottles because of poor quality and/or costs. “But, as the bottleless coolers have become better and convenient and cost has [improved] — in addition to the Green movement that is going on — it just makes sense for people to change to bottle-less coolers.”

Previous bottleless water coolers utilized under-the-sink filtration systems and the unit basically just cooled the water before it was dispensed, similar to many of the bottled water systems available today. However, over the years as technology improved and customer feedback was considered, water cooler manufacturers started incorporating sanitizing elements, such as UV and ozone, and filtration, such as reverse osmosis (RO).

“When bottleless became more of an advantage was when they started adding purification,” adds Nuttall. “With purification, you start getting into membranes, instead of just filters.” These membranes help to lower levels of contaminants and metals, making water safer to drink.

As a water treatment professional, it is important to make customers aware of how water interacts with certain metals and contaminants. Regardless of how a customer receives water, including private and municipal means, water can pick up contaminants, including lead, rust and bacteria, along its path through the customer’s water system, such as through the facility’s pipes and faucets.

A carbon block can’t remove contaminants smaller than 1 micron, but nano and ultra fine membranes as well as reverse osmosis are effective. These technologies are incorporated in several bottle-less water coolers, resulting in cold, healthy drinking water. However, some manufacturers have taken “healthy” to a new level.

“The other thing that is really a big evolution right now in bottleless coolers is not only have we learned how to purify water and get all of the contaminants out, we’re actually starting to add good things into the water so that the water is healthier,” explains Nuttall. Alkaline can be added to help balance the water and essential minerals, such as calcium and magnesium, can be put back in through natural processes, as examples.

Steady business and service
As more and more bottleless water coolers surface in offices and residential environments, it might appear as if this is new territory for dealers. But, notes Tellier, dealers can rest assured that the bottleless market yields steady business. Bottleless coolers have been around for several decades, such as in the form of water fountains. “The bottleless market has always been there and there has always been an opportunity to serve it,” asserts Tellier. “It really comes down to being a true professional,” when selling and servicing these bottle-less units.

A quality water treatment dealer will be aware of the customer’s specific region’s water trends and troubleshoot with testing and pretreatment. Also, adds Gim, this is a “people business” and dealers are advised to work with manufacturers who can resolve issues in a timely fashion, honor warrantees and are knowledgeable about the market.

Aligning your company with a reputable cooler manufacturer will shine through in your efforts to professionalize your marketing and service efforts. As this industry continues to improve on its image and credibility, water treatment professionals play an important role.

“It is important that you have trained and qualified personnel doing the installations, maintenance and service on the equipment. You can have all of the bells and whistles on the equipment, but it comes down to how well you can service and bring some care and attention to your customer base,” says Tellier, concluding that this professionalism will translate when mining for new customers.

With a Blue Reserve Bottleless Water Cooler, you get better tasting, cleaner, and purer water at the least cost to the consumer and environment.

Blue Reserve and its founders have recently been featured in several different news publications. First, there is an article by MaineBiz describing the process that two founders went through in starting the business and what the future holds for the company. This article also details the environmental passion that is behind the company, and the bottleless water cooler market in general.

Secondly, the site Under30CEO has recently featured the founders of Blue Reserve as a featured startup. The site aims to highlight the efforts of young business owners, by detailing the stories of these entrepreneurs. A nice quote from the article detailing the future plans of Blue Reserve:

“We are dedicated to becoming a nationwide provider of quality, bottleless drinking water in the United States. The next few years have this industry poised for very strong growth, and we are going to be part of this expansion.”

Blue Reserve LLC, based out of Portland Maine office, with offices in New Hampshire and Stoneham, Massachusetts provides a sustainable drinking water service to offices and homes in Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. Our product, the bottle-less water cooler, also known as the filtered water cooler, combines top of the line water purification technology with the aesthetics and functionality of a typical 5-gallon water cooler. Instead of an office paying for the transportation of bottled water, our bottle-free cooler connects to a nearby water line in the office, and purifies tap water to premium quality. Still providing instant hot and cold pure water, our bottleless water cooler effectively eliminates the bottle as well as the associated inefficiencies of office water delivery. Through our premium office service, which includes installation, filter changes, and maintenance, an office will cut costs, reduce its environmental footprint, and streamline their facility.

Blue Reserve’s mission is to displace our national dependency on bottled water coolers by bringing to market sustainable and affordable water purification technology. Through our steadfast commitment to environmental stewardship and corporate responsibility, we will build a healthier, safer, and more sustainable world.

Go bottleless today with a Blue Reserve bottleless water cooler.

In increasing numbers, workplaces are switching to bottleless (point of use) water coolers to eliminate the inefficiencies associated with bottled water. Water Technology Magazine published the following overview on bottle-less water coolers. The full press release can be read here.

“There are three reasons that end users might make the switch from 5-gallon bottled water coolers to filtered coolers:

Cost savings:
By eliminating the cost of renting or purchasing a bottled water cooler and the cost of having the bottles delivered, clients can cut monthly costs by 20 to 75 percent. This does not take into account the cost of storage space for the full and empty bottles or the indirect labor costs to stock, deliver and change bottles.

Convenience:
Filtered coolers can eliminate the hassles of once or twice-monthly bottled water deliveries, storage space required for stockpiling bottles, the possibility of running out of water, and security issues with delivery people coming through an office 12 to 52 times per year. There is also the possibility of injury and workers’ compensation claims as a result of lifting 42-pound bottles.

Improved water quality:
Without proper monthly cleaning and sanitizing, the water storage reservoirs of bottled water coolers are prime breeding grounds for bacteria, algae and biofilm growth. While basic filtered coolers are not immune to that same biofilm growth, the nature of their sealed system slows the growth of microbiologicals to levels below that of “open tank” bottled water coolers.”

Blue Reserve Water provides offices in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine, with filtered water coolers to eliminate the hassles of bottled water delivery for office water coolers. Businesses can realize several benefits with a Blue Reserve filtered water cooler. Visit http://www.bluereserve.com for more information and to get a price quote on a filtered water cooler.

Blue Reserve Water, a filtered water cooler company based in Portland, ME is proud to offer nationwide coverage for its award winning bottled water cooler service. Through its network of dealers and franchises, Blue Reserve can serve any business across the country. This allows us to provide our top of the line filtered coolers to any interested business, and we are especially interested to speak with any business currently using bottled water delivery service.

Learn more here:

http://www.prlog.org/11834022-blue-reserve-water-is-pleased-to-offer-national-coverage.html

Blue Reserve Water, New England’s leading provider of filtered water coolers, is also a provider of office coffee service. We have made single cup coffee brewing more affordable and more eco-friendly than competitors such as Keurig with our pod brewing systems. By offering state-of-the-art plumbed in coffee brewers with a vast selection of sustainably packaged gourmet and premium coffees to choose from, brewing has never been better.

When you sign up for our service, we provide you with FREE use of our advanced brewer, and only charge for the coffee. Order online from a wide variety of gourmet coffees and teas and enjoy the benefits of our plumbed in brewers:

• FREE use of our coffee brewers
• Free Installation & Maintenance
• Low Monthly Minimums
• Lifetime Warranty
• Risk Free Trial
• Brewers Utilize Blue Reserve’s Filtered Water

Our coffee service allows a greener and more cost effective solution than typical single service systems. Plus, using Blue Reserve’s filtered water for your coffee makes a better cup – after all, coffee is mostly water! Learn more here: http://www.bluereserve.com/coffee.html

Environmental groups and Massachusetts state lawmakers are asking Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick to spend less money on bottled water. They would prefer the Patrick administration to rely less on plastic bottles, and instead devote funds to upgrading and maintaining Massachusetts’s public drinking water systems. By supporting filtered or bottle-less water cooler solutions for offices, municipalities, and schools, Massachusetts residents consume over 300 million plastic bottles of water each year.

Blue Reserve supports Massachusetts’s initiative to reduce dependence on bottled water. By providing bottleless water coolers and point of use filtration systems to Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, Blue Reserve is able to offer a high quality alternative to bottled water. Bottleless water coolers are environmentally friendly, more cost effective, and provide better tasting and healthier water. Massachusetts residents and office managers who are looking for ways to reduce bottled water  consumption but still get great tasting office water cooler service, should contact Blue Reserve and learn more about how to GO BOTTLELESS.

For more on Massachusetts and their efforts to go bottle-less, click here

Concord Massachusetts goes bottle-less!

Environmentalists in Massachusetts have been battling bottled water now for some time, urging drinkers to go green by sticking to the tap or water filtration systems. Now one Massachusetts town has continued to successfully ban the sale of bottled water, a small but marking victory for Massachusetts.

Residents in Concord Massachusetts, in what seems to be a first for a U.S. town, and certainly a first for Massachusetts, voted to ban the sale of plastic water bottles in their small, affluent municipality. The decision has prompted celebration from environmental activists and objection from bottled water industry executives in Massachusetts who don’t want other Massachusetts cities and states to follow suit.

The move is a victory for 82-year-old activist and Concord Massachusetts resident Jean Hill, who spearheaded the effort to ban the plastic bottles and office water delivery of bottled jugs. She presented the Town Council with a slide show featuring photos of plastic polluting the ocean and mounting in garbage dumps.

“All these discarded bottles are damaging our planet, causing clumps of garbage in the oceans that hurt fish, and are creating more pollution on our streets,” Hill told the Massachusetts Boston Globe. “This is a great achievement to be the first in the country to do this. This is about addressing an injustice.”

Hill pointed out in her presentation that more than 100 municipalities across the U.S. have cracked down on bottled water. New York, Illinois and Virginia have cut spending on the product. Elsewhere in Massachusetts, Boston, Somerville and Cambridge have pledged to gradually reduce city spending on bottled water.

At Blue Reserve we encourage and facilitate the transition for bottled water delivery for offices to a more sustainable bottle-free solution to office drinking water. A filtered water cooler provides the benefits of water delivery service but eliminates the costs and harms of bottled water. Our hats are off to Concord Massachusetts and we hope that other Massachusetts towns follow their lead!