Phoenix 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.

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Phoenix water quality: then

Early settlers of Phoenix knew the importance of proper water management living in a desert landscape. While seasonal rainfall and runoff from mountain snowmelt provided “eight months of heaven,” the undependable summer season would mean “four months of hell.” To solve the issue, settlers drilled wells to provide two million gallons of groundwater per day. These wells often ran dry during the summer. Urban developer, Jack Swilling, found a solution from ancient irrigation canals of the Hohokam Indians. He reconstructed these canals to deliver water from the local Salt River to the city throughout the year.

To contend with seasonal flooding and droughts, President Theodore Roosevelt’s National Reclamation Act of 1902 authorized 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 that the water, fed by the Salt River, tasted salty. Phoenix turned to a source of surface water 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 Phoenix. Within 10 years, a concrete pipeline and a 20-million-gallon reservoir were built to replace the redwood pipeline along with the construction of several dams and reservoirs. In 1968, the Central Arizona Project was enacted to bring water from the Colorado River to Phoenix.

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.