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Where the water flows, the business grows

SAVE ON SPACE, MONEY AND TIME... While helping nature with an Aquafil Fresh water cooler. Directors Bill Dowling and Craig McIntyre have helped over 1,000 happy customers. Photo: Kelly Carmody.
SAVE ON SPACE, MONEY AND TIME... While helping nature with an Aquafil Fresh water cooler. Directors Bill Dowling and Craig McIntyre have helped over 1,000 happy customers. Photo: Kelly Carmody.

NO matter where you look, all industries have felt the effects of environmental and economic drivers, with more organisations seeking to save capital while protecting the environment and streamlining business practices.

One way that businesses are reaching new targets is by upgrading their dated water coolers to a modern Aquafil Fresh high-tech filtration system. Today, more than 1,000 local businesses and organisations have already made the change.

SAVE ON SPACE, MONEY AND TIME... While helping nature with an Aquafil Fresh water cooler. Directors Bill Dowling and Craig McIntyre have helped over 1,000 happy customers. Photo: Kelly Carmody.
SAVE ON SPACE, MONEY AND TIME… While helping nature with an Aquafil Fresh water cooler. Directors Bill Dowling and Craig McIntyre have helped over 1,000 happy customers. Photo: Kelly Carmody.

“I had been delivering water for over 15 years. Seven years ago, Bill installed what is now an Aquafil Fresh water cooler in my home as a trial. Two weeks later I quit my day job and Aquafil Fresh was born. I knew hands down it was the way of the future,” said co-director, Craig McIntyre.

“Businesses now have far greater awareness and focus on being environmentally friendly. They understand bottled water has to be pumped from the ground, transported to a factory, packaged, and transported again.”

“In 99 percent of cases, businesses actually save money on their bottled water bills. It’s a real win-win,” said Craig. “Aquafil Fresh water coolers are definitely the way of the future.”

Not only is an Aquafil Fresh system better for the environment and the bank, but because they are plumbed into your water supply is no need to schedule deliveries or store large 15L bottles of water.

Workplaces that have adopted this innovative approach never had to order, store and stack or lift a bottle of water again. Furthermore, their staff and respected business clients have access to chilled filtered water. These systems have been popular in schools, where teachers have noted that students drink more water than before, which has had a positive impact on their behaviour and health.

With single-use plastics set to be banned state-wide from February 2023, and an ever-growing list of glowing recommendations, there’s never been a better time to be part of the change and embrace locally driven innovations like Aquafil Fresh.