Water supply in schools

More on the healthy drinking in schools project:

Water is life’s most vital resource

• The strictest checks guarantee that the quality of our drinking water is perfect
• Our drinking water does not contain any sugar, sweetener or other artificial flavourings
• Drinking water is always available and is also cheap to produce
• According to the German Nutrition Society, the principal purpose of water is to provide an intake of fluid
• Environmentally friendly as no transport routes are required (no logistics)

Drinking lots is healthy

• Many processes within the body are dependent on an adequate supply of water
• A fluid depletion of just 2% of bodyweight already significantly reduces physical peformance and mental agility
• Thirsty schoolchildren are less able to concentrate
• Minerals contained in the drinking water supplement the sustenance provided by solid food
• Drinking water contains only a small amount of sodium

Schoolchildren’s drinking behaviour is not good enough

• Almost a quarter (23.9%) of our schoolchildren do not drink enough throughout the morning at school
• The average liquid intake in Germany is roughly 20% (about 1/2 litre) below the benchmark figure recommended by experts
• When a person is under great physical exertion or is working hard, the body’s "thirst signal" is often ignored or suppressed
• The sensation of thirst is often not sufficiently pronounced in children
• Children require much more water compared with adults

Special aspects of schools

• Children are consumers
• Peak rushes during school breaks
• Standstill during school holidays
• Lots of different users
• Increased risk of germ contamination from touching or coughing

Advantages of drinking water machines in schools

• Healthy, fresh sparkling soda water available at any time
• Microbiological safety thanks to the 3-stage IONOX hygiene system
• Increased level of drinking thanks to self-service facility
• No additional expenditure on personnel
• Cheap production costs per litre of water
• Save on any logistics or deposit-return bills

Environmentally friendly 3-stage IONOX hygiene system with the thermal germ barrier at the outlet tap

• Patented germ barrier on the outlet tap
• Fully automatic system without any manual effort
• Takes effect in the throughflow and on the pipe lining
• Optimum effectiveness thanks to high temperatures of over 100°C
• Visual display of operation and functional readiness
• Reliable system with extremely long service life
• Already in use for many years and tried and tested thousands of times
• Takes effect directly at the problem zone, i.e. at the end of the outlet tap
• Thermal, no chemicals used
• No additional personnel
• Machine is fully ready for use even during the heating intervals
• Reliable protection against contamination through microbial regrowth
• Germs which accumulate (through coughing etc.) have no chance

IONOX is the innovative market leader for soda water machines in the clinic and hospital sector