Assigment 2

Aqua water station

pss

The purpose of our pss is to reduce the bottle

waste

and encourage people use reusable bottle. Our PSS is

to provide the water station to the apartment that

more than 50 units. Our station not only provide

purified water to customer, but also provide the chill

water and ice to attract more customer to use our PSS.

The station sell the reusable and long lasting bottles

that has wide lid to allow user wash their bottle easily,

the bottle could put it into the dishwasher as well. Our

bottle looks unique and part of the purified water

station to tell the customer that drink healthy water,

use reusable bottle to help our environment.

The station is located at the lobby of the apartment.

Users use their Key card(the one that can open the main door to activate the machine, After the machine

recognize them, they can buy normal water,chilled water, ice and soda water from the machine. The prices depending on the demand, and will be charged

directly on the membership account. Users can log in

their account online and put money into the account.

Operator will check the machine monthly, sensors in

the filter and CO2 box will tell the company if the

filters and CO2 box need to be replaced.

system map:

water station structure:

BUTTONS:

Dispenser:

Cooler：

Tubes for water in and out:

CAD drawing:

Location:

Reusable bottle:

(can select any color to suit their preference)

Rationale:

Target market: Apartment with more than 50 units

Concept explanation:

The image of the machine is slim and clean. We want to make the machine take small place at the lobby and serves efficiently. The machine takes children, adult and disabled people into consideration. The reusable bottles and bulk water containers are in conjunction with our machine and have the clean feeling. Wide mouth will be beneficial for cleaning. The material for the bottles will be HDPE.

Benefits of PSS:

Reduce bottled water waste: The Aqua water station is to encourage more and more people use reusable water containers for daily water intake. As our research, disposal water bottles have great impact on the earth. With our PSS, people can refill their water bottle when they walk out for work, school or outdoor sports activities. Have the station located at the lobby is beneficial to inform people to bring water with them every day and avoid buying bottled water. People who don’t have a reusable bottle can buy our bottles at the station, or order n unique and stylish one at our website.

Reduce bulk water containers and filter waste: The Aqua water station not only encourage users using outdoor water containers, but also home purified water containers. As our research, some people buy bulk water from certain company and bring them home for daily drinking water. The reason is that they think it is healthier than drinking tap water. Some people may buy filters, but filters should be replaced 2-3months and the filter cause waste problems too. With our PSS, these problems can be solved. People who like buy bulk water can refill their water from our station, reducing the transportation and cost. People who buy filters home don’t need to buy filters anymore. They can just refill water and don’t need to care about the filters. Users can request a bulk water container from our website, it will be delivered to their home and they can start using it with their Key card.

We also provide ice and soda water at our station, which is to make it more attractive and convenient for our users. Placing an Aqua water station under the apartment can help people drink more water, be healthier and save the earth. Our station can be extended to office environment and school.

Group member:

Xiaoling Li (3293450)

Wawen Chan （3276385）

Lufei Shao