Free-Reprint Article Written by: Jon M. Stout See Terms of Reprint Below.
***************************************************************** * * This email is being delivered directly to members of the group: * * [email protected] * ***************************************************************** We have moved our TERMS OF REPRINT to the end of the article. Be certain to read our TERMS OF REPRINT and honor our TERMS OF REPRINT when you use this article. Thank you. This article has been distributed by: http://Article-Distribution.com Helpful Link: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act - Overview http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/iclp/dmca1.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------- Article Title: ============== Local Delivery Of Ultra Pure Water In The Washington, D.C. Metro Area: Purity and Customer Service is the Key Article Description: ==================== The Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area is one of the fastest growing areas of the United States. Fueled by massive spending in the areas of Defense and Homeland Security, Washington D.C and parts of Northern Virginia and Maryland have seen a major influx in professional workers who fill high paying jobs in government agencies and contractors supporting the government. Additional Article Information: =============================== 835 Words; formatted to 65 Characters per Line Distribution Date and Time: 2007-04-30 12:00:00 Written By: Jon M. Stout Copyright: 2007 Contact Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Jon M. Stout's Picture URL: http://www.thephantomwriters.com/client-img/jon-stout.jpg For more free-reprint articles by Jon M. Stout, please visit: http://www.thePhantomWriters.com/recent/author/jon-m_-stout.html ============================================= Special Notice For Publishers and Webmasters: ============================================= If you use this article on your website or in your ezine, We Want To Know About It. Use the following URL to let us know where you have used this article, and we will include a link to your website on thePhantomWriters.com: http://thephantomwriters.com/notify.php?id=4772&p=load HTML Copy-and-Paste and TEXT Copy-and-Paste Versions Of Article Are Available at: http://thePhantomWriters.com/free_content/db/s/purity-and-customer-service.shtml#get_code --------------------------------------------------------------------- Local Delivery Of Ultra Pure Water In The Washington, D.C. Metro Area: Purity and Customer Service is the Key Copyright (c) 2007 Jon M. Stout Element H2O http://www.elementh2o.com The Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area is one of the fastest growing areas of the United States. Fueled by massive spending in the areas of Defense and Homeland Security, Washington D.C and parts of Northern Virginia and Maryland have seen a major influx in professional workers who fill high paying jobs in government agencies and contractors supporting the government. Rapid Growth Spurs Construction This migration has stimulated a housing boom in Northern Virginia and key counties in Maryland. As an example Loudoun County in Virginia is ranked as the fastest growing county in the country. New housing units are emerging at a rapid pace and the price range of new construction is increasing as well. This trend reflects the fact that younger, well paid individuals and families are demanding better quality housing to enhance their careers and lifestyle. This new construction however has placed a heavy burden on the local infrastructure particularly the local water table. Local municipalities are under significant pressure to supply pure drinking water and the Metropolitan area has had trouble keeping pace with development. Tap water contains chlorine, fluoride and other elements that could impair a healthy lifestyle. Well water is subject to multiple sources of contamination. In order to obtain a reliable supply of pure drinking water, many homes and owners of small businesses have turned to local delivery of bottled water. Health Orientation of a Growing Population In addition to local concerns about the water table, many families and businesses are interested in raising the health level of their families and employees. With the advent of health oriented articles in the internet, a greater awareness of health in the media and business sponsored health fairs in the Metropolitan area, many see pure drinking water as a basic element of good health. Pure Drinking Water as an Important Element of Health The are many forms of drinking water from wells to bottled water including municipality treated drinking water but all but purified water contain minerals and particles that may prove damaging to the human body. Purified water is defined by the Food and Drug Administration and refers to water that is treated through the process of distillation and filtration and ozonation. Distillation and filtration in combination removes 99.9% of all particles in water while ozonation kills any remaining bacteria and adds flavor to distilled water. The result is a light tasting crisp drink that is essential to good health without the use of potentially harmful chemicals. Distilled oxygenated drinking water is considered by many to be the best form of bottled drinking water. Home/Office Delivery Adds Convenience and Saves Money In addition to quality, convenience is important. Delivery to the home/office on a regular and predetermined schedule is critical to customer satisfaction. An important part of the delivery process is the pick up of empty bottles and the proper billing of accounts. If the schedule is not managed properly shortages or missed deliveries occur resulting is great customer dissatisfaction. Errors in billing cause great customer dissatisfaction and impair the service commitment to the customer. Because of the large number of relatively small transactions, billing problems are likely to occur unless billing oversight is part of the customer service culture. Home or office delivery of water in 5 gallon bottles is the most cost effective way of purchasing high quality drinking water due to more cost effective packaging and economies of scale. Since 5 gallon bottles are heavier the consumer should consider those suppliers with easy to use handles and no-spill caps, Customer Satisfaction The Key to a Successful Relationship In the Bottled Water business, the relationship with the customer is a mandatory requirement for success. There are many elements to customer satisfaction including: * A quality product offering * Scheduled deliveries that are frequent and comply with the customer's needs * Delivery employees that are professional and responsive to customer needs * Delivery vehicles that are new and well maintained * Ability to exchange empty bottles on a consistent basis * Proper billing of shipments and returns * Proper communications in the event of problems ability to speak with a human being * A culture of serving the customer and prioritizing customer interests Many companies talk about serving the customer but few fulfill that promise. Customer service is more than the intent to serve the customer's need. What is required is investment in infrastructure and human resources required to identify customer needs, develop plans of action to solve problems and have the authority to correct customer service problems. A company that is not willing to invest resources in the customer service promise makes only an empty promise. What to Look For In a Bottled Water Supplier The choice of a bottled water supplier is critical to the health needs of a family or a business. Purity of product is paramount only to be equaled by outstanding customer service. A Bottled Water company makes a promise to provide quality and service to all its customers. Look for a company with a reputation for quality and a culture of performance. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Jon M. Stout is Chairman of the Board of Element H2O. For more information about bottled water (http://www.elementh2o.com/Store/), private label bottled water and (http://www.elementh2o.com/local/) bottled water delivery go to http://www.elementh2o.com --- END ARTICLE --- Get HTML or TEXT Copy-and-Paste Versions Of This Article at: http://thePhantomWriters.com/free_content/db/s/purity-and-customer-service.shtml#get_code ..................................... TERMS OF REPRINT - Publication Rules (Last Updated: May 11, 2006) Our TERMS OF REPRINT are fully enforcable under the terms of: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c105:H.R.2281.ENR: ..................................... *** Digital Reprint Rights *** * If you publish this article in a website/forum/blog, You Must Set All URL's or Mailto Addresses in the body of the article AND in the Author's Resource Box as Hyperlinks (clickable links). * Links must remain in the form that we published them. Clean links should point to the Author's links without redirects having been inserted into the copy. * You are not allowed to Change or Delete any Words or Links in the Article or Resource Box. Paragraph breaks must be retained with articles. You can change where the paragraph breaks fall, but you cannot eliminate all paragraph breaks as some have chosen to do. * Email Distribution of this article Must be done through Opt-in Email Only. No Unsolicited Commercial Email. * You Are Allowed to format the layout of the article for proper display of the article in your website or in your ezine, so long as you can maintain the author's interests within the article. * You may not use sentences from this article as an input for any software that steals sentences from others in order to build an article with software. The copyright on this article applies to the "WHOLE" article. *** Author Notification *** We ask that you notify the author of publication of his or her work. Jon M. Stout can be reached at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Print Publication Reprint Rights *** If you desire to publish this article in a PRINT publication, you must contact the author directly for Print Permission at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ..................................... If you need help converting this text article for proper hyperlinked placement in your webpage, please use this free tool: http://thephantomwriters.com/link-builder.pl ===================================================================== ABOUT THIS ARTICLE SUBMISSION http://thePhantomWriters.com is a paid article distribution service. thePhantomWriters.com and Article-Distribution.com are owned and operated by Bill Platt of Stillwater, Oklahoma USA. The content of this article is solely the property and opinion of its author, Jon M. Stout http://www.elementh2o.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX --------------------------------------------------------------------- *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To have your article appear in this distribution list, you must absolutely be a client of thePhantomWriters. We offer a paid article distribution service, and this is one of the more than 60 groups where we submit our client articles. To learn more about our program, visit: http://thePhantomWriters.com/x.pl/tpw/index.htm Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thePhantomWriters/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thePhantomWriters/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
