Culligan Quench of Tucson

Culligan Quench bottleless water coolers.

Take on-demand hydration to the next level. Culligan Quench bottleless water coolers and ice machines use advanced filtration and sanitization technologies such as carbon filtration and reverse osmosis to remove sediment, reduce lead and other chemical contaminants, and get rid of off-tastes and odors. By providing filtered water through a broad array of machines, our bottleless water coolers offer users countless consumption choices.

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Tucson water quality: then

The history of Tucson waterworks begins in 1881, when the mayor, R.N. Leatherwood, received a franchise to construct a system to meet the needs of the growing city. The following year, citizens of Tucson celebrated as the first water from the new system gushed from a hydrant at the corner of Congress Street and Main Avenue. The water was pumped from the Santa Cruz River and flowed by gravity through a single 10-inch pipe.

In the 1930s, city planners concentrated on designing and financing additions to the system. During that time, Tucson also launched the first of many education programs to urge residents to conserve water resources. As the city grew, particularly after WWII and into the 1960s, Tucson pumped a significant amount of groundwater, leading to land subsidence, or land sinking.

In the latter half of the 20th Century, the Arizona legislature passed several laws requiring Tucson to reduce reliance on the limited supply of groundwater and concentrate on using the renewable water supplies of the Colorado River. The Central Arizona Project first delivered Colorado River water in the early 1990s, but many residents complained about the Tucson water quality.

Culligan Quench water coolers.

Worried about contaminants in your drinking water? We offer a full complement of water filtration and sanitization technologies to remove sediment, reduce chemical contaminants, including lead, and get rid of off-tastes and odors. Depending on your local water quality, your Water Expert may recommend our NSF-certified carbon filtration, which works great for water with TDS (total dissolved solids) levels under 250 ppm (parts per million) or our NSF-certified reverse osmosis (RO) filtration, which is the standard for water with TDS levels over 250ppm.