Water stations are the modern evolution of public and private drinking fountains, an alternative to home tap water and classic mineral water marketed in bottles.

Across Italy, more and more drinking water kiosks are being placed at large-scale retail (GDO) facilities or other private organizations, or in dedicated public areas managed by municipalities.

The reason for this exponential growth and success of water stations among consumers depends on several factors:

  • Attention to the environment
  • Economic savings
  • Healthy living and wellness
  • Possibility of customization

Regarding the latter point, in fact, in most cases, water stations allow you to choose the characteristics of the water to suit your taste, generating sparkling water, refrigerating it, or modifying it with additional purification treatments.

But how is it possible to get consistently carbonated water for these little houses? What is the best system?

Happy Drink: the service for carbonating water and beverages

Happy Drink® is SIAD’s innovative liquid food-grade carbon dioxide delivery service that enables gas delivery for the creation of constant and uninterrupted carbonated water.

This solution, which has revolutionized the beverage carbonating service, puts the quality of the gas supplied and the safety of management at the forefront.

Dispensing is provided by minibulks, low-pressure stainless steel vessels of extremely compact size. Designed to be refilled with food-grade cryogenic CO2, they replace traditional cylinders, providing significantly higher safety and quality standards.

Happy Drink’s strengths

It is precisely this substitution of traditional cylinder supply in favor of small tanks filled directly at the point of use by the customer and water station operator that is Happy Drink’s main competitive advantage.

Here are its strengths.

Product quality

Contamination risks are eliminated.

Convenience of management

The minibulk has high storage capacity despite its small size.

Affordability

Every gram of carbon dioxide is fully utilized, avoiding unused residue returned to the supplier.

Quality of service provided

The Happy Drink system guarantees greater autonomies than traditional cylinder systems and (most importantly) a total absence of interruptions in distribution.

Safety

The minibulk requires no handling for refueling. In addition, the system includes a vent pipe connected to the safety valve on the tank, which manages any product leakage to the outside, and provides for the installation of CO2 sensors which can detect any leakage (also good for the environment).

Water boxes and Happy Drinks: an opportunity for large-scale retailers and Public Service

In addition to applications in HoReCa, this supply is ideal for the specific example of water stations since the distribution of carbon dioxide is done by means of dedicated and compact tank vans, capable of circulating even in historic city centers: thus the “demand for bubbles” can be met everywhere.

In the segment of private and public fountains, SIAD has many years of expertise and leadership, thanks to the numerous partnerships established in support of multi-utility companies, large-scale retail and public administrations that allow it to face the need for quality and safety regulations with total expertise.

To confirm compliance with Federutility’s authoritative guidelines:

  • Product quality, FSSC 22000 certified;
  • Quality of service, ISO 22000 certified;
  • Security of supply in minibulk;
  • Efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Find out more on the dedicated page of SIAD’s institutional website to learn more about SIAD’s Happy Drink supply service, certifications, uses and benefits for water houses in retail and public service.