Christchurch Legionella:Just Water coolers safe

Media Statement water – 1
March 11, 2007

LEGIONELLA IN CHRISTCHURCH

Statement from Just Water International Limited

New Zealanders who drink water from coolers belonging to Just Water can be confident it is safe.

The water cooler in which the bacteria legionella was discovered last October at Christchurch Hospital was not one belonging to or operated by Just Water.

Just Water International has been in the water business for 18 years and manages more than 40,000 water coolers from Kaitaia to Bluff from which New Zealanders safely drink more than 200,000 litres of water every day.

Our company employs 63 DrinkSafe® consultants nation-wide who call on customers every 16 weeks to inspect, service and sanitise our water coolers.

Just Water adheres strictly to the DrinkSafe® International standards and our processes are regularly and independently audited by scientific laboratories.

Water coolers operated by Just Water are the only New Zealand ones to carry the DrinkSafe® International standard.

People can rest assured that it is safe to drink water from coolers that carry the Drink Safe International logo.

ABOUT JUST WATER
Just Water is New Zealand’s leading supplier of safe drinking water to New Zealand workplaces. The company is the only organisation that can carry the DrinkSafe® International logo on its products and its water cooler sanitisation operation meets the highest possible standards required by ISO accreditation. The company has a 18 year history of safely supplying water to New Zealand businesses and now supplies more than 40,000 offices and workplaces throughout New Zealand.

Visit Just Water at www.justwater.co.nz

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