We have also recently upgraded our reverse osmosis system, by replacing the filtration membranes. This change has lowered our water consumption by at least 25% per month.

If you have any questions, comments, or ideas about Cool Clear Water’s conservation efforts, contact us!

Going green is big on everyone’s minds these days. Ours too. The formation of Williams Lake’s Water Advisory Council has started a revolution in how we look at our community’s water supply. We think of ourselves as just a small piece of our Earth, and like to fake ourselves into believing that we can’t make a difference. We can. The decline in the town’s aquifer is frightening. The fact that almost everyone has unlimited, and unmonitored access to our most vital resource is also overwhelming. Generations could be at risk because of our carelessness protecting our Mother Earth, After all of these years of proof that our Earth’s ozone is being depleted, cans and bottles are still being thrown away! .

Small businesses are only a few of the prolific offenders. Aside from Moms, Dads, and children wasting water like it’s going out of style, commercial and industrial businesses go through thousands of liters of wafer a day and don’t even blink an eye about it. Now that this committee exists, we are more aware of  the devastation that looms if we don’t act soon. Cool Clear Water is, and always has been, metered, and we pay tor every drop of water that we use. We encourage our staff to make sure taps are off, investigate and fix any leak as soon as they appear, and re-use waste water for cleaning or feeding our gigantic Kong sunflowers. All of our drinking cans and bottles are recycled, and the deposits are donated to the SPCA.

Cool Clear Water cares about our planet too. We are the parents and the next generations of water users. We are always trying to improve our business by being more efficient, offering the best in knowledgeable service, and reducing old wasteful habits. Our facilities are always being upgraded and improved.  We are members of the British CoIumbia Materials Exchange program, with which we advertise our waste materials that could be useful to others. We sell our cardboard boxes to people who are moving by donation to the SPCA. We encourage our customers to re-use their caps, as they cannot be recycled. We pay to have our unusable bottles transported to Quesnel’s recycling facility by the Caribou Regional District, and avoid un-necessary water use.

Using a 5-gallon jug can also reduce waste, by keeping thousands of disposableosable 500 ml water bottles out of the landfill. A single 5-gallon jug can be  re-used over 30 times, and even if it’s no good for drinking, it can be used make great funnels and buckets. Individual sport bottles are also re-useable, and are available in our store. Bottled water is essential to some for health reasons, and also prevents health problems such as urinary tract infection in household pets. Please phone or e-mail for further information about our conservation efforts.

“Canadians can continue to use hard plastic, reusable water bottles and plastic tableware if they so choose. There is no health risk.”

– Health Minister Tony Clement

Links

www.bisphenol-a.org/

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20090710005321&newsLang=en

http://www.northumberlandview.ca/modules.php?op=modload&name=PagEd&file=index&topic_id=8&page_id=7616

network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2008/04/19/the-great-bpa-baby-panic-of-2008-foster.aspx

www2.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/business/story.html?id=f94df6f7-588a-4b49-aa26-c7c0ac6f6bf1

Government of Canada: Chemical Substances – Bisphenol-A Fact Sheet:
www.chemicalsubstanceschimiques.gc.ca/challenge-defi/bisphenol-a_fs-fr_e.html

www.westheat.ca
Click on “Water Products Division” and “Download Centre” for more useful information.

Please don’t hesitate to phone or email if you have any questions or concerns. From our business’s perspective, there is no alternative option other than to continue to use polycarbonate bottles. We deliver to an incredible amount of customers. Glass or stainless steel containers would not be suitable to meet our customers needs. Both have their disadvantages, such as breakage, denting, and workers would be unable to inspect for dirt and debris inside of a metal container. Some of our competitors are bringing in a number 1 plastic bottle. The reason we are not following suit is because they are a cheap, brittle, weak plastic that also would not work for what we need. These polycarbonate bottles have been around for many years, and will continue to be used to supply pure water to our community.