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Draining Your BudgetThe Real Cost of Delivered Drinking Water

Presented by Quench

Water Delivery (5 gallon plastic jugs)

53%

Water Delivery (S-ingle-Serve Bot -

tles)26%

Filtered Water Coolers

21%

How is office drinking water provided?

Source: Zenith International , USA POU and Bottled Coolers 2009 Report

Over 3/4 of office drinking water is delivered either in single-serve bottles or 5-gallon plastic jugs

Survey

What type of drinking water is available in your workplace?

A. Delivered in 5-gallon plastic water bottlesB. Delivered in single-serve water bottlesC. Drinking water fountains / tap waterD. Filtered drinking water coolersE. Other

Delivered Drinking Water is Expensive…

Ounce per ounce, bottled water is more expensive than crude oil!

And nearly as expensive as beer!

Prices are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Energy Information Administration, and www.statisticbrain.com,

Beer Single-serve Bottled Water

Crude Oil 5-gallon jug delivery

$0.00

$0.01

$0.02

$0.03

$0.04

$0.05

$0.06

$0.07

$0.08

$0.07

$0.06

$0.02$0.01

Price Comparison of Office Drinking Water

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…While Tap Water is Remarkably Inexpensive

Bottled drinking water is 2,000 times as expensive as tap water

Tap water is so inexpensive, it is barely visible on the chart!

Prices are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and www.statisticbrain.com

Single-Serve Bottled Wa-ter

5-Gallon Plastic Jug Tap Water$0.00

$0.01

$0.02

$0.03

$0.04

$0.05

$0.06

$0.07

$0.06

$0.01

$0.00

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Survey

On average, how much do you spend on water delivery in one year?A. Less than $360 (<$30/month)B. $361 - $500 ($30 - $41/month)C. $501 - $1,000 ($42 - $83/month)D. More than $1,000 (Over $83/month)

So Why is Water Delivery so Expensive?

You are paying for a lot more than just water

Did you know: 90% of the cost of bottled water is not for the water itself!

Advertising budgets run as high as $150 million each year

Hidden Costs of Water Delivery

Time consuming logistics

• Ordering, receiving, escorting delivery people, changing bottles, etc.

Storage Space• Office space is expensive and 5-gallon plastic jugs

take up a lot of space, full or empty

Security Implications of Deliveries

The cost of your employees devoting time to managing your organization’s plastic jug inventory:

Managing water delivery costs time and money

Don’t Forget about the Cost to the Environment

3 liters of water is used to fill 1 liter of bottled water because of the chemical production of plastic, most of this water is unusable

Transporting the bottles generate 2.5 million tons of carbon dioxide

80% of all single-serve water bottles used in the US become litter which photodegrades, not biodegrades

Ocean Conservatory estimates that every square mile of the ocean has over 46,000 pieces of floating plastic

17 million barrels of oil are consumed in order to produce the million tons of plastic needed to create water bottles – costing bottlers $1.7 billion

Part of the Pacific Gyre Garbage Patch

What is a Filtered Water Cooler?

Uses the building’s existing water supply

Eliminates off-tastes and smells, sediment, toxins, bacteria and other micro-organisms

Provides an endless supply of clean, great-tasting, healthy water

A filtered water cooler is like having a miniature water purification plant in your workplace

Filtered Water Coolers are More Cost Effective

Source: Quench Study

The more you drink the more you save!

Filtered water users begin to see savings after 5 jugs per month!

How to Choose a Point-of-Use Provider? Water Expertise

‒ Local water conditions vary dramatically across the country‒ Filtration technology should match local water conditions

Product Breadth ‒ Every organization has different drinking water needs – counter top

systems, free-standing systems, wall-mounted systems, ice and water dispensers and even sparkling water systems

Service capability and reach ‒ Choosing a nationwide provider with service capabilities means one

company for all your needs

Who is Quench? For almost 20 years, we have

focused exclusively on providing the best quality water to organizations across North America

We service over 27,000 businesses across North America, including over 1/3 of the Fortune 500

Our nationwide scale means we can offer better prices, the broadest product selection and the most responsive customer service

We offer the broadest selection of filtration technologies, water coolers, including sparkling water, and ice and water dispensers

Our service technicians undergo rigorous training at our Quench University where they learn state-of-the-art water filtration technologies and installation techniques

Want to learn more? Filtered water cooler customers report savings of up to 50%. Estimate your

savings by using our Water Cooler Savings Calculator!

Learn more about saving money by reading our white paper, Cutting Costs While Increasing Sustainability and Wellness by Upgrading to Filtered Water Coolers.

“Economics in Plain English”, a video series from The Atlantic, explored the expenses of bottled water in their video, Why is bottled water so expensive?

VendingMarketWatch.com’s Emily Refermat compares Point-of-Use and 5-gallon water coolers in her article, “Water Coolers: What Defines Quality?”

Jeff Berndt investigates the costs and savings of switching to a filtered water cooler in his article “The True Cost of Bottled Water” on HubPages.

Q & A

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@QuenchWater and please use the hashtag #WaterCost

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