Whether you work behind a desk all day or in a workshop with machinery or electronic equipment and cannot keep a glass or bottle of water nearby, that is no excuse for not drinking sufficient water throughout the day.
Have you ever felt that mid-afternoon slump where you cannot concentrate and actually all you really want to do is take an afternoon siesta? This can be due to the fact that you are dehydrated because dehydration causes fatigue.
According to various research studies, not having access to fresh drinking water throughout the day can lead to dehydration which can adversely affect employees. Participants in one of the studies who drank 500ml of water prior to completing mental tasks were 14 % quicker than those who did not
This has fortunately resulted in the management of many companies investing in water coolers for their staff so that they can drink water whenever they are thirsty. This has not, as previously feared, caused employees to waste time chatting around the water cooler but in healthier, happier and more productive staff.
As to which water is best to drink, there are various schools of thought:
While tap water is safe to drink in many developed countries according to health authorities, it may still contain toxins such as chlorine by-products, fluoride and both pharmaceutical and recreational drugs.
Bottled water has become popular and trendy, but not all bottles water is as healthy as the manufacturers make out; some of it is nothing more than ordinary tap-water that has been bottled and has a fancy label slapped on it. Millions of tons of plastic water bottles end up polluting rivers and oceans or in landfills.
A water cooler fitted with a good filter is the best way to ensure that your drinking water is the purest, healthiest drinking water. You can either invest in a bottled water cooler such as those supplied by Living-Water, which dispense Living Water Spring Water, or in a mains or point-of-use water cooler from Living-Water.
