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

Savannah Water Quality: Yesterday

When General James Oglethorpe and 120 passengers on the ship “Anne” settled the final American Colony Georgia and the area that would become Savannah, they mimicked the local Native Americans and drew their drinking water from Savannah River.

In 1866, city planners drilled Savannah’s first artesian well in Greene Square and distributed the water to the growing population through cast iron pipes. However the artesian wells alone could not keep up with the demand and Savannah River water was mixed with the artesian well water. A U.S. Geological Survey from 1940 showed that the aquifer’s water level was decreasing. Savannah started to pull water from Abercorn Creek, a tributary of the Savannah River, and filtered at the newly built Industrial and Domestic (I & D) Water Treatment Plant, which provided 35 million gallons of water a day. Since the 1940s, the I & D Water Treatment Plant has been upgraded and is able to hold 75 million gallons of water a day.

Savannah Water Quality: Today

Today Savannah’s water is pumped from the Floridan aquifer and journeys through miles of pipe. Rising sea levels cause high levels of saltwater intrusion into the aquifer which can result in salty-tasting drinking water.

Like many older cities, Savannah has cast iron pipes, which are prone to corrosion and biofilm contamination from chemical reactions. These reactions create clusters of pipe deterioration and bacteria along the inside of the pipe, resulting in a “rotten egg” taste and smell. To combat the corrosion and biofilm contamination that has become synonymous with older cast iron pipes, many municipal water departments add high levels of chlorine, which has its own taste and smell issues.

Quench Water Coolers – A Better Drinking Water System for Savannah

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.