Information compiled by the BBC
Kidney Health -
Yorkshire Water is teaming up with local companies who
lease water coolers.
The initiative is welcomed by kidney charities
Kevin White, managing director of Yorkshire Water, said:
"The standard of sanitation and provision of drinking
water in some schools hasn't improved since schools were
built back in Victorian times. The time has come to take the tap water out of the
toilets"
The project was welcomed by the National Kidney Research
Fund.
"It is another way to get across the important message
that everyone should drink more water" said spokeswoman
Louise Cox
The British Nutrition Foundation recommends that we all drink at least eight glasses of water every day. General medical advice is that we drink between two and three litres of water every day - and more for those of us involved in physically active work. Nutritionists and dieticians direct that high quality water, free from flavourings and additives is far more beneficial than tea, coffee, fruit squashes and fizzy drinks. The benefits of water are well known and bottled water coolers in particular, help to bring these benefits to a wider audience.
