Index

What characterizes the water coolers and drinking fountains of Melium Global?
What is the difference between cleaning and sanitizing a water cooler?
Why is it so important to clean, or rather, sanitize the water coolers?
Who ensures a water cooler sanitized by Canaletas can be completely clean again?
Why Fontlife coolers can not be sanitized and Canaletas water coolers and drinking fountains can be?
If Fontlife coolers can not be sanitized is it not safe?
What is the practical difference between a certified sanitation and another that is not?
Do you also need to sanitize the home filters?
Can I sanitize my Canaletas water cooler or drinking fountain myself?

What characterizes the water coolers and drinking fountains of Melium Global?

Water coolers and drinking fountains and Global Melium accessories are purchased from manufacturers who have distinguished themselves high quality and competitive prices..
All products we offer have been thoroughly checked and tested and offer the best guarantee of durability.
Melium Global has signed distribution agreements and is official service for all products in manufacturers catalogue with all products enjoy official guarantee from the manufacturer. Global Melium also have the manufacturer's warranty to have official parts for 5 years for all products in the catalogue. As some of them products made exclusively for Melium Global.

What is the difference between cleaning and sanitizing a water cooler?

Cleaning a water coolers or drinking fountain is a process which removes the surface dirt and unwanted substances without ensuring that it is free from germs, bacteria, fungi and other unwanted microorganisms (biofilm) as is usually done with water and some type of disinfectant or soap.
Disinfect a source is a process that reduces or eliminates the number of unwanted microorganisms (biofim) through the use of disinfectants and / or appropriate physical methods.
The cleaning has been the practice until following the first problems encountered by the poor state of the sources was decided to increase guarantees for the cleaning process of the sources. With that goal for years created several international partnerships that ensure the safety and quality processes cleaning disinfection to ensure truly if they eliminate or reduce effectively all microbes, bacteria, fungi or other pathogens or unwanted.
Thus a water cooler or drinking fountain is to sanitize cleaning followed by effective disinfection.

Why is it so important to clean, or rather, sanitize the water coolers?

The water coolers in contrast to the taps in household use are generally unprotected water, ie without chlorine. When using bottled water or filtered to remove impurities before, bad tastes, odours and some microorganisms - depending on the type of filter. The result is that water is in ideal conditions to be colonized by new microorganisms to lose natural disinfectant is chlorine and being initially very clean. New microorganisms are without competition and a environment that supports their growth by lack of chlorine.
It is therefore very easy to contaminate water with microorganisms that is taken from a water cooler or drinking fountain and very difficult for the water taken from the tap.

Who ensures a water cooler sanitized by Canaletas can be completely clean again?

In Europe, two of the most important water association are:EBWA (European Bottled Watercooler Association) founded in 1997 and EPDWA (European Point-of-Use Drinking Water Association) Founded in 1999, and there are many more in all European countries. The Spanish association called ADEAC (Asociación de Envasadores y Distribuidores, y Proveedores de Agua en Cooler) founded in 1998.
These partnerships have created some "codes of good practices" that explain how to ensure that the sanitation method ensures that the source really is completely free of unwanted microbes. Manufacturers must submit the method to a laboratory tests and obtain internationally recognized certificate.

At this time the manufacturer Canaletas have an approved, fast, effective and economical steam sanitizing called Canvap ®. It is based on the use of a steam engine market adapted for use with water coolers and drinking fountains. Canvap ® method has been successfully submitted for testing as described by the EPDWA, the EBWA and its code of good practice.

Why Fontlife coolers can not be sanitized and Canaletas water coolers and drinking fountains can be?

For a water cooler may have to actually sanitize the method is effective. This will normally be designed so that the source complies with the requirements of the method of sanitation. For example the method of sanitizing Canaletas is based on steam that heats the inner tubes of the machine to over 95ºC for 4 minutes and also allows you to remove the biofilm that is driven by steam with no places to be deposited or where not reach this steam. Fontlife sources are not designed for that, and so these temperatures can melt the inner tubes in some places not served by steam and allow the biofilm dragged by not having to settle properly. This is an obstacle to certification.

If Fontlife coolers can not be sanitized is it not safe?

No. A brand new water cooler from Fontlife has been sanitized in the factory as well as the water coolers and drinking fountains from Canaletas.

With use, the water coolers are likely to be contaminated with pathogens, to prevent them leading to a health problems it is advisable to sanitize the water coolers, but the chances of contamination of a source depends primarily on the use and be given hygiene measures with which they are used
For example, in a dusty shop, near a sink, a bottle exposed to sunlight, used by someone with dirty hands or who is sick it is much easier to contaminate rather than a water cooler or drinking fountain in an office, in a clean, airy, used by healthy people and with clean hands.
To avoid contamination problems it is advised to conduct a sanitation once every 14 weeks in workshops or places with a low level of hygiene and every 26 weeks in clean offices.
Global Melium team recommended to acquire, where possible, a water cooler or drinking fountain easily cleanable with a proven method and as safe as Canaletas. On the market you can find everything from water coolers such as Fontlife ,cleanable water coolers say they can be cleaned but where there is no certified by the European laboratory for check it for homogeneous.

What is the practical difference between a certified sanitation and another that is not?

A certified sanitation is one in which it has been demonstrated to actually eliminate microorganisms, not only to clean inside the source. To really eliminate microorganisms that remove the top layer is called biofilm, that occurs with the passage of time, in places where they have grown, and organisms that create a top of the other inorganic matter thick protects them from direct contact with water. This layer contains large quantities of microorganisms is not cured by contact with disinfectants, you need a method that is able to remove it from the surface where it is attached. Whenever there are lime deposits in the water coolers, unless the temperature conditions are extreme - as in hot water tanks - are accompanied by biofilm, ie microorganisms that take advantage of internal empty spaces in the lime to develop.
This is the big problem of most sanitation systems that are not certified. They are unable to eliminate biofilm. Because despite being able to eliminate the microorganisms in the surface layer can not remove the other layers where microorganisms are others who do not come into contact. These will be responsible for a further increase in pollution as soap or detergent is clarified.

Do you also need to sanitize the home filters?

Yes, the biofilm, with time, occurs even on these filters. The filters have much less surface that can pollute the water coolers (which have a deposit or full coil exchanger or water). And therefore we recommend to clean the filter wend opening this to change the cartridge, taking advantage that cartridges have a duration close to one year. As the area to be cleaned is very limited and not widely available sufficient cleaning with chlorinated water one to two minutes for the chlorine itself clean water spout with little biofilm. You also have to remove with a toothbrush or similar the calcium deposits (and thus biofilm) produced at the outlet water tube.
In the glass where you put the filter, just a surface cleaning to remove soil and sediments that are water input, but as the water is chlorinated and comes no pollution problems that this brings protection, this does not pass the cartridge filter and then the water has lost its chlorine and its protection.

Can I sanitize my Canaletas water cooler or drinking fountain myself?

Yes. The manufacturer has made available to its customers the sanitation manual with its rapid and effective method Canvap ® based on the use of steam. It also provides sanitation service to most areas of the Iberian Peninsula or in their offices.
Global Melium is available to its customers a copy of the manual for sanitation of Canaletas water coolers and drinking fountains. To get this, you only have to send us an email: infoweb@meliumglobal.com indicating the model and its own serial number plate located on the characteristics of the machine.