Quench: The Cleaner, Greener, More Affordable Water Cooler for Central Texas

Austin-San Antonio Water Quality: Yesterday

Smack dab in the state’s heart, the Central Texas region has fiercely protected and valued its water since the Spanish settled the area in the 16th century. One of the earliest cities established in Texas, San Antonio was founded by the Spanish in 1718. Like the contemporary city’s aquifers, the Spanish established acequias or irrigation canals, which ran along the Edwards Aquifer. Residents strove to keep the canals contaminant-free – even planting cacti along their banks to keep animals away. The system persisted for nearly 150 years – until a severe cholera outbreak caused officials to establish a more traditional water system. Today, San Antonio residents pump more than 154 million gallons of groundwater from the Edwards aquifer daily. Learn more about the history of water distribution in San Antonio by watching the video below:

A Story of Sustainability from San Antonio Water System on Vimeo.

Like current residents today, early Austinites drew their drinking water from the Colorado River. The first permanent settlement wouldn’t come until the village of Waterloo was founded in 1837 where the Colorado River and the Shoal Creek converge. Named for legendary forefather Stephen F. Austin, the future capital of Texas would not be chartered until 1839, and the city’s water system would not be established for another 40 years. The city’s first dam, clocking in at 60-feet high, was build in 1893, that is, until a catastrophic failure seven years later that flooded or destroyed parts of the city.

Austin-San Antonio Water Quality: Today

As Austin residents kayak along the banks of the Colorado River, which flows into Lakes Travis and Austin, they can trace this water through the city and into their homes. Just an hour to the south, San Antonio residents receive water from ground water sources, including the Edwards, Carrizo, Wilcox, and Trinity aquifers, as well as surface water from Canyon Lake and Lake Dunlap.

Whether utilizing water from the ground or at the surface, consumers can face any number of imperfections in their tap water. As water travels through the ground or over the land, it picks up naturally occurring minerals and animal or human pollution. This often manifests as an earthy or musty odor or taste, especially after construction or lots of rain.

In this region, prone to flooding and often very hot and dry, water experts pay particular attention to water loss and retention. In a statewide audit of water loss, central Texas averaged about 9 billion gallons of water wasted annually.

Quench Water Coolers – A Better Drinking Water System for Central Texas

No need to worry about what your office’s drinking water might have picked up on its journey to your glass. Quench offers a full complement of filtration and purification technologies to remove sediment, reduce chemical contaminants, including lead, and get rid of off-tastes and odors. That’s how we can guarantee that Quench office water coolers produce crisp, clean, great-tasting water, and at a fraction of the price of bottled water delivery services.