New Orleans water solutions

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.

Contact your local expert

New Orleans water quality: then

The French settled New Orleans on high ground next to the Mississippi River in 1718. Because the city was built on land only 14 feet above sea level, many parts of New Orleans flooded periodically. Water for drinking and general use was sourced from the Mississippi River and stored in earthenware jars. At that time, the city had no water purification or sterilization processes in place.

By 1893, city leaders realized that they needed to keep New Orleans drained dry, provided with clean drinking water, and kept clean with a proper sewage system. The New Orleans Drainage Commission was organized in 1896 to carry out a major drainage plan. By 1899, the Sewage and Water Board was tasked with constructing, operating, and maintaining a water treatment and distribution system. They were also charged with creating a sanitary sewage system.

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.