Making the Most of Delivered Water

How to get the most out of your delivered water service

Delivered water can not only save you time, but it can also keep your water tasting clean and fresh either by itself or for coffee and tea. When your employees are at home, their drinking water choice is up to them, but at the office, you can offer them office drinking water that you know will taste good and be available on demand.

Water delivery can include large 3- or 5-gallon bottles or it can be individual bottled waters. Delivered water can be customized to suit the needs of your office. Depending on the number of people consuming the water and where you plan on placing it within the office, each office's drinking water delivery will take these things into consideration. Consider the following when making the most of delivered water:

1. When deciding how much delivered water to order, count not only your employees but others who may also be visiting your office.

2. Consider placing delivered drinking water in break rooms, waiting rooms and conference rooms.

3. To make delivered water even more convenient, offer smaller, individual bottles to take on the go.

 

Make sure to include customers, business associates and other guests in your delivered water total

Underestimating the amount of delivered water you need on a monthly basis can be a problem for many reasons. Most water delivery companies deliver every four weeks. If you run out of office drinking water in the meantime, you can't quickly get a replenishment. Overestimating the amount of water you will need, to be on the safe side, will save you a trip to the grocery store or having a dry water cooler. Counting all of the bodies that come in and out of your office on a regular basis, not just employees, will help you to estimate.
Try: Ice Mountain Delivery delivers bottled water in different quantities to homes and offices. It also has a helpful chart for estimating how much water you will need. Find the chart under the Helpful Tools section on the right hand side of the webpage. Places like Office Coffee have questionnaires that will help them estimate for you the amount of water you will need on a monthly basis.

Consider the placement of your water coolers when signing up with a water delivery service

Depending on your business, you may have the need for several water coolers around the building. In a doctor's office you may consider having one in the employee break room and one in the waiting room for patients. If you own an industrial business with a large warehouse and offices, you may consider placing a water cooler in the hallway of each floor of the building and in the break rooms. It is important that if you are going to offer office water delivery services in the workplace that you make it accessible to everyone.
Try: By filling out the online inquiry, Water To Go will help you estimate the cost of your monthly water cooler delivery charge based on the number of coolers you will need at the office. DrinkMore Water is a delivered water provider in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C., metro area.

Consider having individual bottled waters added to your monthly office water service

The large 3- and 5-gallon water coolers are convenient when just passing by on the way to your office or when offering a glass of water at your board meeting. But, what about when you and your employees are running out to sales calls or on your way to a meeting downtown? Carrying individual water bottles will allow employees to grab a bottle -- with a lid -- and go.
Try: Culligan Bottled Water carries delivered water in large quantities and in individual portions. Desert Springs Bottled Water will not only deliver water in both large and small bottles but will customize the label on your individual water bottles to serve as a marketing tool as well.

 

• Think about offering other products with your delivered water such as tea bags and instant coffee. This will give your employees and customers a choice of beverages that will all use the bottled water.

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