Quench: The Cleaner, Greener, More Affordable Water Cooler for Phoenix

Phoenix Water Quality: Yesterday

Early settlers of Phoenix knew the importance of proper water management in the desert landscape. While seasonal rainfall and runoff from mountain snow melt provided “eight months of heaven,” the undependable water supply would mean “four months of hell.” The early settlers drilled wells to provide 2 million gallons of groundwater per day to the city residents, but these wells often ran dry during the summer months. City planner Jack Swilling observed the ancient irrigation canals of the Hohokam Indians and reconstructed these canals to deliver water from the local Salt River to the city of Phoenix. While more irrigation canals were built to keep up with demand, seasonal flooding and droughts forced city planners to construct a dam.

President Theodore Roosevelt’s National Reclamation Act of 1902 authorized the financing for the construction of several dams, including the Roosevelt Dam. While the Roosevelt Dam stored enough water for the residents of the Phoenix area, many complained the water from the Dam, which is fed by the Salt River, was too salty-tasting. City planners then looked for a source of surface water that was fed from pure snowmelt and rainwater. The Verde River met these qualifications and construction began on a 30-mile redwood pipeline from the Verde River to the city. Within 10 years, a concrete pipeline and a 20-million gallon reservoir were built to replace the redwood pipeline. Several more dams and reservoirs were built to keep up with growing demand until 1968 when the Central Arizona Project was enacted to bring water from the Colorado River to Phoenix.

Phoenix Water Quality: Today

The city of Phoenix provides its residents with water from three surface water sources, Theodore Roosevelt Lake, the Verde River, and the Colorado River. Residents continue to the salinity of their drinking water. The desert topography of Phoenix produces higher levels of sediment and minerals, like calcium, magnesium, arsenic, and chromium in drinking water. These elevated minerals levels can lead to corrosion of the copper piping, lead solder, or brass fixtures of a building’s pipes, leading to elevated copper and lead in the tap water. Many residents install reverse osmosis filtration systems to reduce total dissolved solids and mineral content in their water.

Quench Water Coolers – A Better Drinking Water System for Phoenix

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.