Environmentally friendly water flows at The Nucleus, Chesterford Research Park

Feb. 8, 2011 - PRLog -- The Nucleus at Chesterford Research Park is reducing its carbon footprint by eliminating the need to buy in bottled mineral water with associated production, packaging and transportation costs.   Having invested in a Vivreau V3 Table Water Bottling System, The Nucleus is now able to dispense unlimited volumes of purified, chilled, still and sparkling water into branded, re-usable glass bottles. These are now used exclusively for all meetings, events and the daily restaurant service at The Nucleus.

This new system is being fed by a supply of naturally pure water that Chesterford Research Park (http://www.chesterfordresearchpark.com) now extracts as a mains supply.  Extracted via two bore holes from an aquifer beneath the Park, the water is then made fit for consumption via a treatment centre also within the Park grounds (monitored by the environment agency).  Water boreholes are a modern equivalent to the centuries old water well providing pure, natural underground water and are the environmentally friendly alternative to mains water supply.

Significant environmental benefits have been achieved through the extraction, purification and dispensing of water on site.  Substantially less energy is required to extract water from the boreholes than it takes to carry out the extensive processes for normal mains supply.  Furthermore by purifying and bottling on site The Nucleus avoids the huge negative environmental impact of producing, packaging and transporting bottled water.

Katherine Maguire, Park Manager, at Chesterford Research Park commented: “At Chesterford Research Park we are really proud that our modern, high-tech facilities are supported by an equally state-of-the-art environmental approach.   We can now offer all on-site tenants and additional customers who utilise our meeting, event and fitness facilities the purest possible table water, that is purer than most proprietary branded spring and mineral waters, at a considerable saving to the environment.”

Chesterford Research Park is ideally situated within easy reach of the City of Cambridge, Stansted airport and the M11.  The Park also operates a taxi service and regular shuttle buses to and from the railway stations at Audley End and Great Chesterford, from which London is only approximately an hour away.  From this position, The Nucleus at Chesterford Research Park (http://www.thenucleus.uk.com) is perfectly positioned to offer companies of all sizes attractively located, well designed, state-of-the-art event facilities.

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About Chesterford Research Park: Chesterford Research Park is being developed as a 250 acre low density scheme to provide high quality accommodation in an attractive environment for science and technology based companies of all sizes. To date, more than 215,000 sq ft of laboratory and R&D space has been let and occupied or is reaching practical completion. Further phases of construction will extend the development to approximately 600,000 sq ft (56,500 sq m). The park is being developed as a joint venture between Aviva Investors and The Churchmanor Estates Company Plc. http://www.chesterfordresearchpark.com