{"id":4834,"date":"2022-09-07T10:37:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T14:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/entretien-des-fontaines-et-refroidisseurs-deau-potable\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T15:28:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T19:28:30","slug":"entretien-des-fontaines-et-refroidisseurs-deau-potable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/entretien-des-fontaines-et-refroidisseurs-deau-potable\/","title":{"rendered":"Maintenance of drinking fountains and coolers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you own a water cooler or a drinking water cooler? Good maintenance is essential to avoid devices being contaminated by bacteria and avoid problems for your health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed, a poorly maintained device could develop a biofilm that could harm your health. These micro-organisms contain a multitude of bacteria that are the cause of multiple human infections. It is therefore necessary to be vigilant, here are some tips for a good maintenance of your cooler or drinking water fountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First of all, it is important to use an accredited disinfection product and avoid mixtures such as bleach\/water that is unfit for human consumption or vinegar that could leave a taste in your water after maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We recommend products such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/product\/sterile-water-cooler-disinfection-kit\/?swcfpc=1\">Sterile<\/a>, which allows an effective disinfection without danger. Indeed, this product has been tested by many laboratories, is biodegradable and evaluated by Health Canada. It is therefore safe for your health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the steps to take for an effective maintenance of your drinking water cooler or your cooler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, it is important to dry the unit and prepare the disinfection solution by mixing <a href=\"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/product\/sterile-water-cooler-disinfection-kit\/?swcfpc=1\">Sterile<\/a> and Water. Insert the product in the tank and let it work for 30 minutes. If possible, scrub the tank with a clean brush and rinse thoroughly, leaving the water flowing through the taps. Remove the taps and scrub them; this will remove all bacteria and potential deposits such as limescale. Biofilm requires scrubbing to be effectively removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following all these steps, you are now ready to use your appliance without any danger to your health. Please disinfect regularly or after a long period of time if the unit has not been in use. Stagnant water is conducive to the rapid formation of bacteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Need help? Do not hesitate to contact our technicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The costs associated with the maintenance of a drinking water cooler or water cooler can vary from $30 to $125, depending on the unit, its maintenance record and its condition. Periodic maintenance is strongly recommended to avoid contamination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you own a water cooler or a drinking water cooler? Good maintenance is essential to avoid devices being contaminated by bacteria and avoid problems for your health. Indeed, a poorly maintained device could develop a biofilm that could harm your health. These micro-organisms contain a multitude of bacteria that are the cause of multiple [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17427,"href":"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4834\/revisions\/17427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}