The average U.S. home uses about 100 to 150 gallons of water per day per person….. Europeans use an average of half that amount….. U.S. water consumption has tripled over the last 30 years while the population has grown just 50%….. Globally, water consumption is doubling every 20 years…..According to government statistics, 36 states expect to see a water shortage in the next three years. Globally, the situation is extremely serious; today more than 1.1 billion people are without access to clean drinking water, as published by the United Nations.

Treating water is a very energy intensive operation today. Energy costs are nearly 30% of the operations costs at water treatment facilities. And, as water becomes scarcer, more resources will be needed to keep water clean and usable for consumption. In other words, wasting water could wind up costing all of us a lot more financially and environmentally.

There is no single solution to addressing water scarcity. It will take better infrastructure, conservation and education—along with innovative technology—to help provide a sustainable future for our water resources. Each of us has an opportunity to make a difference. By understanding how you personally use water, we are better able to easily adapt our lifestyles in order to better conserve water.

Easy steps to save water:

Check household faucets for leaks. A faucet with even a slow drip takes 10 to 25 gallons of water. Just think, 15 drips per minute add up to almost 3 gallons of water wasted per day, 65 gallons wasted per month, and 788 gallons wasted per year!
Keep showers to 5 minutes or less in length. A fifteen-minute shower takes 60-150 gallons of water.
Keep a pitcher of water in the refrigerator. Then you won’t have to run tap water to cool it.
Use a broom to sweep your driveway, garage, or sidewalk instead of using water.
Use a bucket of water to wash your bike or the family car, then rinse quickly with a hose.
Water your lawn in the evening or in the early morning to avoid evaporation. Be careful to water only the lawn and not the sidewalk or street.
Use water only when you need it. Don’t leave water running; be sure to turn it off when you are finished.

Purer Water: Stonybrook water is purer than bottled…. Our machines employ “dry” technology….means they have no reservoir inside of them, so each glass is “fresh squeezed” just for the drinker…..the result of this is that no bacteria can build up in the water.

Saves Energy: The ION appliance comes equipped with a light sensor…..this means that when you shut-off the lights for the night; our units “sleep”……consequently, we use less than ½ of the electricity that most coolers use.

The environment: In one filter cycle, just one of our ION water appliances replaces 8000 16oz plastic bottles. Then, when you consider the amount of energy consumed by the bottling plant, and the diesel trucks used in the delivery process…..bottled water makes even less sense.

The Planet: On average, the typical bottled water company uses about three gallons of water for every gallon produced…..This is caused by the filtering process they use and the water used in washing the old bottles……This is wrong……. The world is running out of water……currently we are experiencing a water crisis that is far worse than the energy problems…. and it’s getting more and more severe….As this is being written, the lack of water menaces the economy and people’s health in more than 80 countries…. Water lack is connected to 80% of the pathologies affecting the third world. And it’s getting worse with time.

Your Health: The plastic bottles themselves leach harmful chemicals into the drinking water.

Convenience: No more storing, lugging, or lifting 45 pound bottles.

Helping People: Did you know that the singles largest killer of children in the world today is water borne diseases? Stonybrook donates 5% of our profits every month to a group called: “Water for People”. www.waterforpeople.org …..This group is at the forefront of the effort to bring clean drinking water to developing nations.

Lowered Costs – When you compare us to companies like Poland Springs, we’ll typically cut your water bill by about 20 percent.

Delicious – With the “Sparkling” option that we offer, the ION becomes a full on beverage machine, the flavored sparkling water that they can dispense is awesome…..and with no sugar or artificial sweeteners it’s much better for you than coke or Pepsi or sports drinks.

Taking up your time – I know that most people these days have more pressing issues on their plates than thinking about the drinking water for their homes or offices….but rarely do we have the opportunity to make such a large “difference” simply by changing our buying habits…..and the fact that the decision to switch to Stonybrook is less expensive and delivers a better product makes the argument all the more compelling…..

How about it – Our request is a simple one: Allow us to provide you with a no obligation 2 week trial of our equipment……If at the end of two weeks you don’t agree with our hundreds of client’s that view us as the best possible choice for drinking water; we’ll remove the equipment with a smile and a thank you.

Here’s some interesting statistics about drinking water, see how many you know:
• Less than 1% of the worlds freshwater is readily accessible for human use.
• Almost 900,000,000 people lack access to fresh water, approximately one out of eight.
• Water and bad sanitation claims more lives through disease than any war claims through guns.
• Nearly 3.6 million people die each year from water borne disease.
• 98% of those deaths occur in the developing world.
• Poor people living in the slums, often pay 5 to 10 times more per liter of water then wealthy people living in the same city.
• At any given time, half of the world’s hospital beds are occupied by people suffering from water borne disease.
• Every 15 seconds, a child dies from water related disease.
• On average, a child living in poverty carries 1000 parasitic worms in his or her body at any one time.
• Millions of women and children spend several hours a day collecting water from distant, often polluted sources.

So what does this do with water coolers? I think this kind of information lends perspective. As Americans we are completely oblivious to the water crisis occurring on this planet….. Its severity is epic…. Before this half of the century is over, there most certainly will be wars over water.
When we purchase those five dollar bottles of boutique water offered at popular hotels, it speaks to both the time and place that we’ve gotten to as a country.
If Americans began drinking filtered tap water instead of expensive bottled water and sent the money saved to developing nation’s water programs, the water crisis could be solved….
Just by redirecting our water dollars we could enjoy the same wonderful beverage and help avert a global crisis…