The rage of the kiosks’ “water of the mayor”, especially in the north … – News Free

Milan, July 7, 2015 – Increase of proportion of the kiosks’ “Water from the Mayor” in Italy especially in the north Italy.

 

 

A phenomenon that seems like a lot to citizens 42.5% of which claims to enjoy the water and the initiative especially in this heat. Expo are also enjoying success with 22 installations.

Cost low (an average of 5 cents per liter for the chilled water and / or sparkling), attention to the environment, freshness, are the features that are marking the success of boxes of water in 5 years have become well 1,300 throughout Italy which will add 22 to quench visitors to Expo (almost 900 thousand liters of filtered water released after the end of the event).

High efficiency: Each kiosk allows you to withdraw 300,000 liters of 200,000 PET bottles of 1.5 liters less; 60,000 kg of PET in less that 30 grams per bottle; 1,380 kg of CO2 saved for the production of PET; 7,800 kg less CO2 for transport.

The research reveals a CRA (Customized Research & amp; Analysis) commissioned by Aqua Italy, the association of construction companies and manufacturers of equipment for the treatment of primary water , according to which 42.5% of Italians say they use or want to use the service and go up to almost 50% in the range 18 to 24 years.

Among the regions where the water boxes There are more like Lombardy is more widespread: 52% of respondents claimed to live in a town where is this a Water Kiosk and 40.7% use or would use the service if it were made available by the municipality .

Male to the south and in particular in Sicily, Calabria and Basilicata, where only 6.7% of respondents said to live in a town where there is a kiosk water, but as much as 44.8% It would use, if the town of residence so installasse.

But even tap water is good: Aqua Italy recalls that “the water from our taps is good, safe and controlled. The legislative decrees no. 31/2001 and no. 27/2002, implementing Directive 98/83 / EC, are the reference standards for the quality of water intended for human consumption. Indeed, the latter undergoes two types of analytical control chemical-physical and microbiological: internal responsibility of the Manager of the Integrated Water Service, carried out in laboratories, and external, carried out by the Local Health Authorities together with Harp territorial jurisdiction “