What Benefits Do Sparkling Water Taps Offer at Work?

Sparkling water taps give staff instant chilled, filtered sparkling water at the touch of a button. The main benefits: better hydration, which research links directly to concentration and productivity, a healthier alternative to sugary drinks, lower spend on bottled water and a reduction in the amount of single-use plastic used across the workplace.

In this blog, we break down each of those benefits in detail, so you can decide whether a sparkling water tap is the right investment for your office and which system best suits your space.

According to Brita, over half of office workers admit to drinking less than the recommended two litres of water a day and over a third say not drinking enough water negatively impacts their productivity. The NHS recommends 6 to 8 cups or glasses of fluid a day, yet plenty of office workers get through the morning on coffee alone.

A review published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition found that being dehydrated by just 2% of body weight impairs attention, memory and psychomotor skills. A larger 2018 meta-analysis from Georgia Tech, covering 33 studies and published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, reached a similar conclusion: at around 2% fluid loss, attention, coordination and complex problem-solving all start to slip. Concentration in long meetings was one of the specific casualties the researchers named.

Sparkling water taps tackle this by making water more appealing and by creating more of an employee experience, especially when the sparking water tap offers a flavoured option. The fizz turns hydration from a necessary chore into something people want and something they enjoy. Even the NHS makes this point: their advice for people who don’t like the taste of plain water is to try sparkling water instead.

Mostly through habit substitution. When free chilled sparkling water is ten steps away, the 3pm can of cola loses much of its pull. Sparkling water delivers the same fizz with no sugar, no calories and no caffeine which matters, given that the NHS identifies sugary drinks as one of the main sources of excess sugar in UK diets.

Water is the one thing every single person in your building uses daily. Upgrading it is a perk that all employees will notice and make use of. Systems like the Bevi Standup 2.0 dispense still or sparkling water with natural flavours such as cucumber or lemon and lime plus optional electrolyte boosts. Bevi’s filtration removes up to 99.9% of microplastics and contaminants when used with its recommended filter. For tap systems, the Aqua Libra Alto offers a sleek three in one sparkling to boiling water tap that can come in any colour.

Usually, yes. Add up what you currently spend on bottled sparkling water for meetings, the canned drinks in the office fridge and the deliveries that keep both stocked. A mains-fed tap produces sparkling water for pennies per litre whereas bottled equivalents typically cost £1 or more each once they’ve reached your office.

Businesses that host clients feel this cost saving quicker, for example refilling glass carafes from your own tap costs a fraction of buying branded bottles and frankly looks better on the boardroom table. Space is also freed up in your fridge, since entire shelves (or sometimes the entire fridge) isn’t dedicated to single-use plastic sparkling water bottles. If upfront cost is the sticking point, leasing arrangements spread payments over terms of up to five years.

Every glass poured from a plumbed-in tap is a bottle or can that never gets manufactured, shipped, chilled or thrown away. Bevi estimates its machines alone have prevented the need for more than one billion single-use bottles and cans to date.

For an office with 50 employees where even half the staff drink one bottled sparkling water a day, that’s over 6,000 bottles a year gone from your waste stream. If your business reports against sustainability or ESG targets, few changes are this visible or this easy to quantify.

Efficiency has improved on the energy side as well. Modern taps use eco modes and sleep settings to cut power draw outside working hours, and manufacturers like Borg & Overström report that their hot taps use around 70% less energy than boiling a kettle.

Yes, sparkling water taps do save space and it’s one of the most underrated benefits of a sparkling water tap. The tap itself sits neatly on the worktop while the chilling and carbonation kit hides in the cupboard below. Choose a multi-function system and one tap can dispense chilled, ambient, sparkling and boiling water replacing the kettle, the water cooler and the drinks fridge in a single move.

The Aqua Libra illi, for example, is a three-in-one touch tap measuring just 45mm wide, with limescale elimination built in. The Alto from the same range takes a more design-led approach, with customisable colours and a compact modular base unit. Both are covered on our Aqua Libra brand page.

A few questions worth asking before you commit:

• Which water types do you need? Sparkling only, or a combined chilled/sparkling/boiling tap that retires the kettle too?
• How many people will use it? Busy workplaces need higher-output systems that hold their chill at peak times.
• Who handles the CO₂? Carbonation runs on food-grade CO₂ cylinders. A fully managed service replaces them before they run out, otherwise for DIY options Connect Vending’s engineers will provide training on how to change the cannisters.
• What about filters and hygiene? Water filters need changing every 6 to 12 months, alongside regular sanitisation. Build this into your service agreement rather than leaving it to whoever remembers.
• Have you got a mains connection? Taps are plumbed in, and installation usually involves a worktop cutout. Professional installation matters.

Connect Vending supplies sparkling water taps and dispensers from Borg & Overström, Aqua Libra, Bevi, Billi and Zip, with purchase and leasing options and fully managed servicing across all of them. Browse the full range on our water taps page.

How much does a sparkling water tap cost for an office?
It depends on the model, capacity and whether you buy or lease. Leasing spreads the cost over up to five years, typically with servicing included, so it becomes a predictable monthly figure. Contact our team for a quote based on your headcount.

Do sparkling water taps need plumbing?
Yes, they connect to your mains supply. That’s what makes them cheaper and greener than bottled water.

Is tap sparkling water as good as bottled?
With proper filtration and chilling, it matches or beats bottled sparkling water on taste. Many systems also let you adjust the carbonation level, which bottled water can’t do.

How is the water carbonated?
Food-grade CO₂ from a cylinder (hidden in the cupboard below) is injected into chilled, filtered water on demand. Cylinder swaps are handled as part of a managed service.

Does sparkling water count towards daily fluid intake?
Yes. The NHS confirms that sugar-free drinks, including sparkling water, count towards your recommended 6 to 8 glasses a day.