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Background
The
HydraChill concept was developed through a working party of UK water companies operating initially through Water UK under the
umbrella of the Water For Health initiative.
The group’s objective was to develop and publicly trial a system which could
help radically improve public ‘on-the-go’ access to fresh, chilled drinking
water in a format which could also highlight important health, hydration &
environmental issues.
HydraChill stations should encourage consumers to reuse rather than dispose of
their water containers, providing a helpful alternative to environmental
concerns on bottled water’s energy, litter and landfill waste. The units should
ideally offer free, charity-contributable or nominal fee access, ensuring
consumer water use is not constrained by financial circumstance.
HydraChill
is a UK business, established to trial and develop the principle. UK made,
HydraChill Water Refill Stations have been launched in 2009 in cooperation with
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, Northumbrian Water and Thames Water with other partner
projects under discussion and evaluation for 2010. Each trial is designed to
guide and inform on suitability in a range of locations and configurations |
