How should a water cooler be cleaned?
Cleaning your water cooler: Reservoir Note: Clean your bottled water cooler before every bottle change. Unplug cord from electrical outlet of cooler. Remove empty bottle (carboy). Drain water from stainless steel reservoir(s) through faucet(s). Prepare a disinfecting solution by adding one tablespoon (15 mL) household bleach to one Imperial gallon (4.5 L) of water solution. or Some companies suggest using one part vinegar to three parts water solution to clean the reservoir of scale before cleaning with bleach. Check your manual. Note: Other disinfecting solutions may be suitable. Please check with your water cooler supplier/manual. Pour the bleach/other disinfection solution into the resevoir. Wash reservoir thoroughly with bleach solution and let stand for not less than two minutes (to be effective) and not more than five minutes (to prevent corrosion). Drain bleach/disinfection solution from reservoir through faucet(s). Rinse reservoir thoroughly with clean tap water, draining water
