Their water cooler dispensers are now in offices, homes, schools and business premises across the country, offering ever passer by fresh, clean and safe water. The benefits of water are well researched and with all the advantages from just keeping hydrated, more companies and schools are installing water cooler dispensers to keep their staff members and students performing at their best. Keeping hydrated can increase your mental and physical performance by up to 20%, while reducing the risk of many cancers and other deadly diseases. Properly hydrated individuals will find that they have less weight problems and will look younger due to the fact that water makes the skin suppler and aids in weight loss. Many individuals do not know the first signs of dehydration and they often confuse it for signs of hunger, subsequently eating more than they need too. By having a water cooler dispenser in your office or school, you will be able to offer everyone the opportunity to drink before they eat.

The water cooler dispensers that AquAid have on offer are available in either bottled or mains fed. The bottled water cooler dispensers are perfect for homes and small businesses that do not have hundreds of individuals to service. For larger offices, business centres and schools the mains fed water coolers are the most practical and cost effective. These units filter and purify the water that comes out of your normal taps, giving you clean and safe water whenever you need it. Furthermore, the AquAid water cooler dispensers are able to adjust their water temperature, allowing you the opportunity to have hot water for tea and coffee in winter and cool, fresh water in the summer.

With all the benefits that water cooler dispensers offer, there is no reason to not install one. Give the fantastic team at AquAid a call and they will gladly assist you with all your water cooler needs.

The benefits of having a water cooler in your office or home have been proved a hundred times over already. Staff members perform better when they are hydrated and tests have shown the increase in mental and physical performance to be well over 20%. The office water coolers that AquAid have on offer are the perfect solution to all your hydration needs. They will allow your staff to stay hydrated and thirst free for the entire day as cool, clean and fresh water is always close at hand.

The AquAid water coolers have an easily adjustable thermostat that will allow you to adjust the temperature of the water in your office. Nice cool and refreshing water in summer, or hot water for coffee and tea in winter will be just a push of a button away.  With the two different water taps on the water coolers, your staff will always have water at the perfect temperature. Further advantages of using AquAid water coolers are that AquAid shares a percentage of each water cooler sale with charities like The African Trust and the Christian Aid foundation. They have made dramatic differences in the lives of thousands of Africans just from the sale of their water coolers and water products. Their office water coolers are available in bottled or mains fed versions to ensure that your staff will always have clean and filtered water available. The mains water fed office water coolers will filter and clean all your water before your staff use it and will provide you with an endless supply of water.

With their wide range of water coolers, both free standing or desk top, will ensure that you will be able to find  the perfect water cooler for your office.

Fortunately for everyone, using one of AquAid’s water dispensers you do not have to. Their water dispensers have adjustable thermostats that can regulate the temperature of the water that is available to you. You can now get fresh, filtered and safe drinking water at room temperature if you want, or as a bigger bonus the thermostat can be set to create hot water for teas or coffees.

The Aquaid water systems are extremely popular and they have over 30’000 free standing units in offices, homes and schools across the country, making them one of the biggest water suppliers in the UK. With the hot water option on their water units, you are able to make instant soup or warm a drink in seconds, with the added assurance that the water that you are using is pure and clean. Their water units are compact, convenient and noiseless. The area needed for an AquAid water dispenser in your office, home or place of work is minor and the free standing units look modern and professional. Having the easy adjustable thermostat, you can change the temperature of your hot water as you need it, or as the seasons change.

A further added bonus is that you are supporting two major charities with every cup of tea that you have from an AquAid water dispenser. For every bottle of filtered water that you purchase from AquAid, a percentage is donated to the African Trust and to Christian Aid. Last year, AquAid managed to donate £656 157 to the African Trust and £89 126 to the Christian Aid groups respectably. That is an impressive amount if you consider that for every 18.9L bottle 10p is donated to Christian Aid and 30p to The African Trust.

It is great to know that companies like AquAid have water dispensing units that are particle and convenient during all the possible weather conditions in the UK, and with their support of charities all their consumers can make a difference just by staying hydrated.

Drinks like coffee, tea and most cola’s are not just very high in sugars and calories, they are loaded with caffeine. Caffeine is a diuretic, meaning that it causes the body to lose water, usually through additional urination. The average person working from an office will have 5-6 cups of coffee or tea every day. The high volume of coffee with the additional caffeine will increase the loss of water from the body, and it will speed up dehydration. The added side effects will be that office staff will be less productive and more on edge from all the caffeine. A solution to the problem is to increase your water intake accordingly. If you ensure that for every cup of coffee you have, you drink a glass of water, then you will have sufficient hydration during the day.

The advantage of drinking enough water is that it helps your body to function at its best. Water hydrates your cells and it aids in the reduction of fatigue. Tests have shown that a person who is correctly hydrate is up to 20% more efficient than a person who is dehydrated. For most people the first signs of dehydration are often confused as signs of hunger, and this leads to a majority of people eat too much each day.

There is no need to panic and complete cut out all other drinks.  Most coffees and teas are available in decaffeinated versions, allowing you to continue your intake with less caffeine. It is important to remember that this drinks’ option is not completely caffeine free, it just has less caffeine. Colas and sodas have up to 17 cubes of sugar in them for each 500ml bottle. That is a dramatic amount of sugar and calories for your body to absorb and use. If you consume too much each day, it can lead to an increase in body weight and cause health related problems. Drink sugar sweetened drinks in moderation and where possible drink sugar free drinks and caffeine reduced drinks to ensure you do not increase your dehydration.

By just having a glass of water before dinner, you will feel less hungry, and it will aid in reducing weigh. This very simple weight loss tip can dramatically aid in better health. Water has no calories, and it is required for good metabolism. Drinking sufficient clean water is essential for ridding the body of harmful wastes and for removing toxins from our blood and lymphatic systems.  Your kidneys, bladder and colon require water to flush them out and to reduce the risk of cancers. Studies have also shown that sufficient water intake can greatly reduce the risk of heart disease by as much as 50%. Our bodies require sufficient water to transport nutrients and vitamins. We also require water to control and regulate our body’s core temperature, and it is therefore vital to keep properly hydrated. Proper hydration has many benefits, and it will aid our immune systems to fight off diseases and infections.  Our bodies are reliant on water for every function that happens in it.

Proper hydration will help reduce headaches, migraines and constipations. Clearly the benefits of clean drinking water far outweigh avoiding it. There is no clear divined amount of water to drink each day, but a good guideline to follow is still the recommended 8 glasses a day. Alternatively, you can drink as often as possible, or as the thirst hits you.

Keeping hydrated will keep you healthy, fit and problem free.

Some of the worst affected individuals are a generation of children and toddlers.  Adequate hydration is essential to the development of a healthy child and influences their weight, future risk of chronic diseases as well as attention span.  In poverty stricken areas, the effects of dehydration in children are exacerbated by the risk of contracting water-borne diseases in contaminated water.  The African Water Development Report of 2006 states that in 1998 72% of all reported cholera cases globally were in Africa while other organisations report that 30 000 children die each day from complications of drinking contaminated water, and 85% of illnesses in African children under the age of 5 are caused by water borne pathogens.  These water borne diseases result in an estimated 443 million school days lost annually through absenteeism and are a major stumbling stone to education in developing Africa.  Basic education has the power to lift individuals and communities out of the cycle of poverty, so one wonders what the knock-on effect would be by simply providing a source of safe drinking water in schools.  Allowing children and their family’s access to water from schools would eliminate the hours children spend walking to the nearest tap to collect clean water and allow more time for schooling and study.

Estimations speculate that over 1 billion people in Africa do not have sufficient access to clean and safe drinking water. Children in Tanzania, Ethiopia and many other drought stricken countries have to walk on average two hours each day to collect drinking water, and the majority of the time the water source is shared with livestock and is not safe for human consumption. The results are hours of time wasted in collecting dirty water that leads to the biggest cause of death in Africa. The United Nations estimated that the wasted time collection water in Africa each year is equivalent to an entire years worth of labour in France’s workforce. Diarrhoea and infections lead to more deaths each year in Africa, more deaths than any war ever could ever achieve. In the worst countries, it is estimated that 3 out of 4 children have severe diarrhoea or life threatening infections and diseases.

On the other side of the globe, first world countries like the UK, USA and their respected continents have water to waste. Children in the United Kingdom use more water each day to flush their toilets than African children have to use for an entire day. Clean, safe and fresh drinking water is available on tap in your home, and no thought is spared for where it comes from, and how difficult life would be without it. Water companies install water coolers and filters in your home, gym and office, but do they assist any water projects in drought stricken areas?

Consider these facts when selecting a water supplier. Companies like AquAid have donated more than £6,000,000 to aid water projects in the Third World. They donate a large percentage of their products sales to aiding the less fortunate in Africa. The economic factors are astounding if you consider that for every £1 that is invested in drinking water projects in Africa; there is a £3- £20 return on economic growth. Just by selecting a water cooler company like AquAid, and using their products, you will actually be assisting in alleviating drought, increasing productivity and creating economic growth and stability in Africa.

Our bodies heat up when it works hard, whether it is during a long walk to the office or during physical training. To try to cool your body down enough to prevent heat stroke and to reduce our core temperature, our bodies have to perspire. The perspiration evaporates to assist the body to reduce temperature. The drawback is that during warmer and humid days that the perspiration is not efficient, and your body continues to sweat to try to reduce heat. As a result, dehydration accelerates.

There are a few tips that can assist you in avoiding dehydration during your sports training and daily life. The most important tip is to keep hydrated, and not to wait until you are thirsty. Drink water often, and at regular intervals. By the time you feel thirsty, you are already short of close to 1.5 litres of body fluids. It can take over a full day to recover from that type of dehydration! If you continue to work, train or exercise without sufficient hydration, your body can suffer from heat stroke. It happens quickest to unfit, elderly adults and overweight individuals, but everyone who risks dehydration is at danger.

A good indicator of your body’s hydration level is the colour of your urine. The more transparent and clear your urine is, the more hydrated you are. If you find that your urine is yellow or discoloured, then you are at risk of dehydration and need to increase your water and fluid intake immediately.  Take your lifestyle and environment into consideration. If you are planning on walking a long distance to work or to a bus or train station, then plan accordingly and take a bottle of water with you. The same goes for people who are planning on exercising. If you know that it is going to be a hot or humid day, increase your water intake hours before your exercise.

About 0.5L of water 1-2 hours before your exercise should assist you to stay cool, increase your performance and reduce your risk of heat stroke and dehydration dramatically.  Avoid coffee, teas and any drink with alcohol in it, as these will cause you to urinate more often, and increase your fluid loss. Remember that after your exercise, long walk or strenuous activity to drink lots of water. Do this as quickly as possible to give your body the help that it needs to recover.

A look at simple physiology might provide us with an answer. Most people already know that the human body is 50-70% water depending on age and health status, but many may not be fully aware how our skin is affected by water. The skin is the human body’s largest organ and it is made up of various layers of skin cells. Each of these individual cells is roughly 70% cytoplasm – a mixture of water, salts and organic molecules. Water is essential to the functioning of the human body in many ways including flushing out toxins, regulating body temperature, energy metabolism and maintaining mucous membranes. It also comprises about 95% of blood plasma and is therefore vital to maintaining proper circulation of nutrients and oxygen to all the cells of the body including that of the skin. With so much of our body and skin consisting of water, it stands to reason that keeping properly hydrated will have you feeling and looking healthier.

The renowned advice of drinking 6-8 glasses of water throughout the day may not only keep you feeling healthier and increase your vitality, but also keep your skin glowing and looking young. Well hydrated skin cells are plumper, more resilient and therefore less prone to wrinkles. The best way to keep hydrated? Drink water according to thirst consistently during the day and avoid too much water just before bed, which might result in puffy skin first thing in the morning.

Our bottled water is pure and filtered to remove any harmful chemicals and bacteria, leaving you feeling better and healthier. Many water processing plants use dangerous chemicals to purify their water, but the AquAid range of water coolers do not. If the fluoride content in your unfiltered tap water is too high, it can lead to discoloured teeth and fragile bones. Our water is as clean as nature intended it to be.

If you are concerned about the environment, and do not want to install bottled water coolers, then we have the perfect solution for you. Our range of AquAid mains fed water coolers connect directly onto your water mains at your home or office, and will provide you with the cleanest and most convenient fresh water available. This system uses the unique and highly effective AquAid Doulton filtration system to ensure that your water is as clean and healthy as any bottled water. With this system installed in your home or office, you can conveniently fill a water bottle to take with you on all your journeys.

Other benefits of bottles water is that it will ensure you are properly hydrated at all times. Tests have shown that a drop in body fluids can lead to poor mental and physical performance of up to 30%. Carrying fresh water with you, and having regular sips of water will ensure that you are never thirsty, and that you will always perform at your best.

No matter what sort of water cooler you are looking for, at AquAid we have the perfect solution for you. Have a look at our fantastic website for the full range of water coolers that we have for your convenience and health.