How Much Is Bottled Water Really Costing Your Workplace?

If your office or workshop buys bottled water, you probably know roughly what each delivery costs. But have you ever worked out what you're actually spending over a year? Let's do the water maths.

An 8-Person Workplace

To keep the calculations simple, let's imagine an office or workshop with 8 employees.

Health experts generally recommend adults drink around 2 litres of water each day, but let's be conservative and assume each person drinks just 1 litre per workday.

That means your workplace uses:

• 8 litres per day
• 40 litres per working week

Most bottled water coolers use 15-litre bottles, so to provide at least 40 litres each week, you'd need three bottles.

Three bottles provide 45 litres of drinking water.

What Does Bottled Water Cost?

Depending on your supplier and location, a 15-litre bottled water refill typically costs somewhere between $12 and $17 per bottle.

That means three bottles each week will cost approximately:

• $36 per week at the lower end
• $51 per week at the higher end

Over a year, that's approximately $1,870 to $2,650 spent on bottled water alone.

Keep in mind that most companies also charge for the rental of the stand also.  Another added cost.

Waterchoice: One Fixed Weekly Cost

Our reverse osmosis drinking water systems are just $15 per week.

That weekly price includes:

• Installation
• Servicing
• Maintenance
• Replacement parts
• Call outs
• Relocations
• Ongoing support
  
  There are no bottles to order, no heavy lifting and no surprise servicing costs.

But Here's Where the Maths Gets Really Interesting...

If your team drinks closer to 2 litres per day, your workplace uses 80 litres every week.

Your bottled water costs effectively double.

But your Waterchoice rental remains just $15 per week.

The more water your team drinks, the less you're paying per litre.

Never Run Out of Water

A standard Waterchoice reverse osmosis system stores 13 litres of filtered water and can produce up to 300 litres of fresh filtered water every day.

No counting bottles. No running out. No emergency orders.

The Hidden Costs of Bottled Water

Someone in your business also has to:

• Check how many bottles are left
• Place orders
• Receive deliveries
• Store full bottles
• Lift heavy bottles
• Store empty bottles until collection
  
  Those jobs all take time - and time costs money.

Quick Comparison

The Bottom Line

When you do the water maths, the difference is clear. If your workplace is still relying on bottled water, it might be time to compare the numbers.

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