Why not use bottled 16 oz. water?
This is often a stopgap measure attempted to satisfy OSHA & ADOSH. Here are some of the reasons why we don't recommend it:
• These bottles are crushable, which means they more than likely contain BPA or recycled plastics that may contain BPA, PFAS, and other toxins that are part of the manufacturing process.
• These chemicals, forever plastics, and toxins leach into the water, especially in heat or non-climate-controlled environments, resulting in well-documented permanent health risks to your employees.
• 100 employees will go through 5,760 to 8,640 bottles a week, depending on the season. Add a zero to each of those numbers if you have 1,000 employees. This causes a cleanup and janitorial service to keep your property clean and hazard-free.
• Even if 16 oz. bottles are stored in a cool environment, when a worker takes several bottles with them to their work station, the bottles lose their coolness. That starts the leaching problem again.
• A much better solution is to provide a climate-controlled mini facility where water coolers and 5-gallon water bottles are available. Employees then fill up their own (or company-supplied) thermal containers that hold 32 to 64 ounces of cooled water. These locations are near where employees check in and where they eat lunch or take breaks. OSHA & ADOSH standards can be posted to help them avoid heat exhaustion and hospitalization.
Eventually, we recommend installing a commercial-grade reverse-osmosis system on site, which we can install. This removes the delivery aspect as the primary source of supply, but uses it as a backup process. We'll then professionally manage the entire hydration and compliance needs, including: distribution, ongoing maintenance, repair, testing, inspections, and other OSHA and/or ADOSH requirements.