Hampshire County Council

I confirm that for the period 1 November 2006 to 31 October 2007 the council spent £141,215 on bottled water and the associated distribution units from its annual budget of £1.6bn.

£141,215.00

Warwickshire I can confirm that the council spent £118,350 in the financial year 2006/07. Please note that this relates to all costs associated with the provision of bottled water services provided to the council over the financial year 2006/07 and not only the bottled water provided.

£118,350.00

Dudley It will be a large task to identify all the transactions processed through our corporate finance system where the expenditure is directly related to bottled water. The total expenditure for the past 12 months is spread over two suppliers (due to a change in contract award in July 2007) and there are in excess of 1,800 individual invoices that have been processed in this period.I am pleased to advise however, that the council has provided you with the total spend for our two contracted suppliers who supply us with bottle water (for the period November 2006 to October 2007). Please note however, that these figures (as well as including bottled water spend), also include the additional charges outlined above.

£110,060.70

Sunderland The amount spent in the last year was £108,560.74. The council's sustainability team are however currently coordinating the replacement of bottled water coolers to mains fed coolers. Over the next three years when all the bottle water coolers have been replaced, it is estimated that the council will save £60,000.

£108,560.74

Kent County Council

Summary of expenditure on bottled water and associated costs period 1 Nov 06 to 31 Oct 07- figures extracted as at 5 November 2007: £101,339.96

£101,339.96

Leeds The council spent £100,189.14 on bottled water in the financial year 2006/7.

£100,189.14

Brent The information with the exception of one entry is based on an analysis of expenditure codes only and has not been subjected to further analysis. Please note that the expenditure includes provision for clients and staff.

£99,089.34

Kirklees The only figure available corporately for the last financial year is £96,000 (inclusive of VAT). However this represents the total of all expenditure connected with the supply of drinking water, including mains-fed dispensers, equipment related costs, and drinking cups. There is no need for our purposes for a more detailed analysis through the accounts coding system, and therefore an aggregate figure for bottled water alone is not held

£96,000.00

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Manchester City Council

The way in which this information is captured does not enable me to exclude expenditure relating to maintenance and other costs, such as whether the water is mains fed or not, as this information are not separately coded. These figures may also include some bottled water that was purchased for resale1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007 the council spent £93,215.96 on bottled water, including water coolers. Please note that this does not include water purchased by schools as they have their own arrangements for buying and accounting for their goods and services.

£93,215.96

Southampton I can confirm that the council’s net spend on bottled water coolers for 2006/07 is £91,491.65. This figure constitutes the net supplier spend for suppliers deemed to provide only water cooler facilities and includes waters, cups, sanitisation etc. If we have procured bottle water from suppliers that aren’t obviously suppliers of bottled water or from suppliers that provide other refreshments in addition to bottled water, then this spend is not included in the total provided.

£91,491.65

Birmingham City Council

Records held by our finance department show that for 2006/07 financial year, it indicates a spend of approximately £86k on bottled water. Whilst we have undertaken a thorough search of the information held by Birmingham City Council, it may be that, due to the size and amount of information held by Birmingham City Council, some information may have been inadvertently missed.

£86,000.00

Wolverhampton City Council

In 2006/2007, Wolverhampton City Council spent £85,340 on bottled water for coolers. A proportion of these supplies were used by Wolverhampton schools. In a tender agreed for 2007/2008, Wolverhampton City Council will spend £25,555.03 on bottled water (ie individual bottles, 185ml, 330ml, 500ml etc). The majority of these supplies will be used by Wolverhampton schools. A smaller proportion will be for resale via the council's canteen services or will be available as refreshments at meetings. Unfortunately, I am unable to break these figures down any further for you. It is likely that individual services/budget holders will buy bottled water for coolers or as refreshments for events etc. but I am unable to provide details of such expenditure as it would require interrogation of all budget monitoring systems within the authority

£85,340.00

London Borough of Waltham Forest

In response to your request, I can confirm that the total spend on bottled water for the 2006/7 financial year was £84,894.12. It should be noted that the council no longer purchases bottled water. All bottled water systems have been replaced with mains-fed water coolers, provided through a single corporate contract

£84,894.12

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Hertfordshire County Council

For the financial year 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007 the amount spent by Hertfordshire County Council, on bottled water, is calculated at £83,718.40. It may also include costs for sanitisation or for the supply of plastic cups

£83,718.40

Newcastle City Council

I can confirm that in 2006/07 Newcastle City Council spent £83,282.16 on bottled water. This includes sanitisation, water machines and cups as well as the cost of the water

£83,282.16

Coventry City Council

During the financial year 2006/07, expenditure of £83,000 related to bottled water. This included the supply of water for water coolers and the supply of cups and associated sanitisation of the equipment.

£83,000.00

London Borough of Lambeth

The total spent on the supply of bottled water for the financial year 2006/07 according to our records is £78, 252.04 (all figures are net).

£78,252.04

Derbyshire County Council

2005/2006 £94,167.92; 2006/2007 £77,148.96 £77,148.96

Herefordshire Council

I can confirm that payments amounting to £75,539.65 including VAT were made for the period 1 November 2006 to 31 October 2007. However, it should be noted that this figure includes not only bottled water, but filtered water cooling machines and water purchased from general food/provisions suppliers.

£75,539.65

Carmarthenshire County Council

A recent exercise undertaken by our procurement service, to map the current supply situation and assess both the sustainability and efficiency of our approach, has produced the following estimates on consumption of bottled water for water coolers: Approximate number of bottles consumed per annum = 14,000. Average cost per bottle = £4.95 per 19ltr bottle. Approximate annual cost = £70,000.

£70,000.00

Wakefield Available information from the council's systems show that a total of £69,195 was spent on bottled water during last financial year.

£69,195.00

East Riding of Yorkshire Council

January 2006 – December 2006: £68,487 on bottled water/coolers.

£68,487.00

Leicester Leicester City Council spent £68,209.74 on bottled water, predominantly for water coolers, in the financial year 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007. This cost would also include the associated rental costs of the water coolers themselves and the provision of plastic cups.

£68,209.74

Sandwell The council spends £65,000 per annum on water coolers/bottled water, but I am unable to break the figures down to be more specific. This expenditure also includes schools. I know that council buildings (excluding schools) have point of use machines (mains fed) qty 189 and bottle only machines qty 134.

£65,000.00

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Tower Hamlets For the period October 2006 to April 2007 (six months) we spent £438 on bottled water. After that date there was no spend as the plumbed in water dispensers provided the water. We still use non-plumbed in machines on the first floor as it is impossible of running a mains supply into the office areas. There are three coolers still in use and these use three to five bottles per week. The cost of cooler bottled water in the last financial year 06-07 was £65k inclusive of paper cups. Currently we are assessing bottled water and a tender is underway, this includes a full audit of the facilities using bottle water with the aim of moving to mains feed where that is possible.

£65,000.00

Derby Our main water supplier for the Water Coolers / water is **********. There were 104 payments to this Supplier in 2006/07which totalled £64,206.88. There were 19 payments between £1,000 and £2,000 and one payment for £2,925.86. The other payments are between £9.40 and £965.14.

£64,206.88

Oldham The spend for the financial year 2006/07 was £61,257.66. £61,257.66

Staffordshire County Council

Please find attached Staffordshire County Council’s response to your request. Please note that the total spend of £53,862.95 includes sales of bottled water to schools, social service establishments and County Council offices.

£53,862.95

Stockton on Tees Borough Council

I can confirm that the following expenditure for 2006-7 relates to free-standing water coolers, cups and sanitisation. Schools - £18,375.42 Non Schools - £35,402.04 Total £53,777.46

£53,777.46

Shropshire County Council

For 2006/07: Council expenditure (excluding schools) £37,084. School Expenditure £14,013. Total expenditure £51,097. Please note that this expenditure excludes expenditure on bottled water which is sold in catering outlets or otherwise charged to users, eg as refreshments for meetings, etc

£51,097.00

Lancashire The total amount Lancashire County Council spent on bottled water between August 2006 and July 2007 is £49,32

£49,321.00

Camden Camden spent £47,516.66 on bottled water in 2006/07. £47,516.66

Buckinghamshire County Council

For the year 2006-2007 £47,134.56 was spent on bottled water by the Council. Please note that this would include expenditure on bottled water for public areas

£47,134.56

North Yorkshire County Council

In the financial year from 1st April 2006 to 31st March 2007 North Yorkshire spent £46,856 on water with this contract.

£46,856.00

Newham Our response to your Freedom of Information request, set out below, is approximately £46,000

£46,000.00

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Swansea We purchased 11529 bottles of water in the last 12 months and the cost was £44,531.00

£44,531.00

Cornwall County Council

In the 12 month period from 21 October 2006 to 20 October 2007 the Council spent £44,296 on bottled water, a reduction of £31,154 from the 2005-2006 financial year spend of £75,450. The sums shown exclude payments made by schools under the scheme of delegation to School Governing bodies. This annual spend will continue to fall as the effect of conversions from bottled water to filtered mains water comes through in the figures. In fact, a pilot scheme has recently been completed, replacing virtually all bottled water fountains in New County Hall, Truro. It is the Council’s intention to migrate from bottled water to filtered mains water wherever possible in Council establishments, and work will continue during 2008

£44,296.00

Redbridge The total amount spent on Bottled Water in the last year was £44,188.56. However, this may include sanitisation costs for the machine and cups for machines as this cost is not recorded separately

£44,188.56

Calderdale Council

Calderdale Council spent £43,498.98 on bottled water and associated costs (rental, servicing and drinking cups), in the financial year 2006-2007

£43,498.98

Bristol City council

£53,250.90 minus sanitisation costs of £10,263.75 = £42,987.15

£42,987.15

Plymouth March 2006 to April 2007 we spent approximately £42,000 with suppliers of bottled water and mains fed systems (which also provide hot boiling water for staff, rather than kettles in every room).

£42,000.00

Barking and Dagenham

I am unable to provide the information because [it is] commercially confidential, as such it is exempt. However, it is estimated that we spend approx £42,000 per year on Water Dispenser Services, includes spend associated with plumbed-in services. We do not have a further breakdown

£42,000.00

Surrey County Council

Surrey County Council has a contract with a company that provides and maintains water coolers in all Council Buildings across the County. The water coolers in use are a combination of machines that are mains fed and those that are supplied by bottles. The total expenditure in 2006/07 relating to water coolers was £41,900.42. We are unable to break this down into what proportion related to water coolers that are mains fed or supplied by bottled water.

£41,900.42

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Wandsworth The figure for spend on bottled water and water coolers for period 01/11/2006 to 31/10/2007 is £40,927 plus VAT. This figure, however, includes the costs of the water coolers themselves. In regards to the amount spent on bottled water for meetings, all catering provision of any sort is contained in the Catering Service database, for each entry it is possible to have up to 47 separate items. It would not be possible to separate out and categorise water from all corporate hospitality as you request without a great deal of effort and this would be far in excess of 18 hour

£40,927.00

London Borough of Havering

In the financial year 06-07 the amount of £40,631.33 was spent with *********, with whom we have a corporate contract. This total includes charges for bottles of water for water coolers, sanitisation, cups and mains fed coolers.' In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 this email also acts as a Refusal Notice....To break the figure down to the format requested, each service area and department would have to look at individual purchases and invoices. The report that has been run shows 1,772 entries. It would take at least 15 minutes per item, which would equate to 443 hours

£40,631.33

Isle of Wight council

A. Approximately £40,000 £40,000.00

Lewisham In the last year the London Borough of Lewisham has spent £36,878.85 (excluding VAT) on bottled water.

£38,875.85

Medway Medway Council cannot provide a total for water spent in the year 2006/2007 as this is not recorded as a separate item, however I can provide the total amount spent on water which includes sanitation, bottle rack rental and environmental recycling charges. The amount spent for 2006/2007 is £37814.54

£37,814.54

Telford and Wrekin

In the last year, between 01/11/06 and 31/10/06, the total expenditure on bottle water was £37,616.42.

£37,616.42

Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Bradford council has a corporate contract for the supply of bottled water. The council spent £36,106 on bottled water between 1/11/06 and 31/10/07. the council has 285 coolers under the contract, the spend does not include the £1.66 per month for sanitisation of the equipment

£36,106.00

Hammersmith & Fulham

The council spent £35,908.91 on bottled drinking water during the financial year 2006/07. I should add that the council is in the process of replacing all bottle-fed water coolers with mains-fed units. Currently, about 42% of council offices are supplied with mains water

£35,908.91

Torbay Torbay Council has paid £35,000 to two bottled water suppliers for the 12 months to September 2007. This figure includes schools

£35,000.00

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Bolton Council For the period 1st November 2006 to 31st October 2007, Bolton Council’s total expenditure on bottled water was £34,876. This figure excludes any purchases of bottled water by schools.

£34,876.00

Swindon Borough Council

The details concerning water coolers are contained within the financial records of a number of different service areas and they are coded to different budget codes. I have requested an electronic search of our records but the total also includes the costs of cups maintenance of the coolers etc. This is because this is included in the total cost on the invoices. In order to isolate just the cost of the water it would mean examining the original invoices which would obviously take considerably longer to do. However, given the above explanation we have calculated the cost of the water coolers etc. to be £34,668.00. This expenditure includes all Council facilities not just the main office campus.

£34,668.00

West Sussex £33,376.13 - but being phased out in favour of plumbed in water coolers

£33,376.13

London Borough of Merton

During the period 2005/06, the last year for which statistics are available, the Council spent £28k on bottled water for water coolers. These figures were collated for a BEST VALUE review that the Council undertook as part of a series of cost cutting reviews which incorporate both Value For Money and best practice procurement considerations. The outcome of the review has been to phase out and remove all water coolers and replace then with mains fed water filters where required. The Council policy is that staff will have access to mains fed water coolers wherever the need is identified. During the same period, 2005/2006, the last year for which statistics are available, the Council spent £4650.90 on bottled water for meetings. We continue to encourage water users to utilize jugs to fill from mains water coolers for meetings. A programme of replacing water bottles with mains supplied cooled water has been rolled out by Merton's Facilities section following a review of the effectiveness and reliability of the cooled water equipment

£32,650.90

Ealing Council The figure for 2006/07 was £31,850 to our 3 main suppliers. Please note that there may be other companies Central Finance are not aware of. There is no specific cost code for bottled water.

£31,850.00

Walsall In 2006/7 the council spent £29,500 on water cooler bottles and £2,000 on table water. As well as the provision of water in all municipal buildings, this figure includes provision of water to 21 schools.

£31,500.00

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Bromley The spend on bottled water for the financial year 2006/07 was approximately £31k. The Council’s policy is to use plumbed in water supplies and bottled water is only provided where this is not possible or for staff welfare reasons

£31,000.00

Rochdale Rochdale MBC spent £30,149.59 on bottled water in the Financial Year 2006/07.

£30,149.59

Vale of Glamorgan council

For the financial year 2006/7 the amount spent, by the Vale of Glamorgan Council, was £30042.33. In the last 18 months we have installed approximately 21 plumbed-in water coolers which shall reduce this amount in the future.

£30,042.33

Harrow The council's spend on bottled water from the beginning of the 2007/08 financial year to date is approximately £30,000. This amount is inclusive of the servicing of the water coolers located at 85 different outlets around the Civic Centre.

£30,000.00

Bridgend County Borough Council

Following consideration of your request under the Freedom of Information Act, I would advise you that during the financial year 2006/07, the Authority spent a total of £30,000 on bottled water

£30,000.00

North Tyneside Council

Colleagues have confirmed that £29,613 was spent on bottled water.

£29,613.00

East Sussex County Council

In the last year (01/10/2006 to 31/10/2007) £28,880 was spent on 'bottle-fed' machines. Part way through the year we removed all bottle-fed machines and moved across to mains-fed.

£28,880.00

Barnet 28,821.24 £28,821.24Trafford Council The amount of money spent by Trafford Council on bottled

water in 2006/07 (1/4/06 to 31/3/07) was £28,000. Please note that this figure excludes schools.

£28,000.00

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Cardiff City Unfortunately, our accounts do not differentiate between payments for bottled water supplies and payments for other supplies………..I can say that the Council’s main supplier of bottled water is ******* and that during the year to 31 March 2007, we spent £22,222 with them. I have a list that also shows payments to other suppliers under the heading “Water Coolers” but it is impossible to tell from this which payments relate to bottled water and which relate to mains-fed systems. It is also impossible to distinguish between expenditure on the water itself and that on related cooling and dispense systems. The list only includes purchases made through the Council’s central purchasing system and excludes purchases made by other means. Therefore, apart from the £22,222 mentioned above, there was an unknown sum, possibly up to £5,000, spent on bottled water for offices, etc. during the year to 31 March. I would point out however that the council is converting from the use of bottled water to mains fed systems, and that the historical information supplied may not represent the present position.

£27,222.00

Middlesborough Council

Please note that the total amount spent on bottled water for the period 01/04/06 to 31/03/07 inclusive was £27,188.34

£27,188.34

Wrexham The total spent on bottled water for the Council in 2006/2007, including schools, is £26,822.54 the figure was taken from totals paid to firms who supply soft drinks in addition to water. We do not hold separate figures for water only.

£26,822.54

Nottingham City council 26,782.55

£26,782.55

Neath Port Talbot Council

during 2006/07 Neath Port Talbot Council spent £26,605.48 on bottled water

£26,605.48

Kingston Upon Thames

the figure I have for the year 1 April 2007 -31 March 2008 is £26,355.38.I have not included rental and maintenance of units

£26,355.38

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Norfolk County Council

In most cases, water coolers are provided at meeting venues and generally we are encouraging people to install mains-fed coolers where possible. In new buildings, we would only provide mains-fed water coolers. This has already happened at County Hall, which is where our main public meetings are held, and means that councillors do not usually have bottled water at their meetings. A report for the calendar year up until the end of October this year shows that the cost of water from firms who provide water coolers was £25,674. It should also be noted that some of this expenditure may include monthly hygiene/cleaning/rental costs, so may not solely relate to “bottled water”. To put this in context, we employ about 10,000 non-teaching staff based at more than 50 locations around the County Unfortunately; we are unable to provide a figure for the total money spent on bottled water within the “appropriate limit” of £450. Bottled water for working lunches/meetings would generally be bought from Norfolk County Services (NCS), a wholly-owned company of Norfolk County Council. NCS have assessed your request and have stated that it would take a minimum of two weeks of work to provide a total figure

£25,674.00

City of London The amount spent on bottled water by the City of London Corporation during the last financial year (1/4/06 to 31/3/07) was £25,379.72.

£25,379.72

Tameside MBC just had a return call from our procurement department and we've spent between £20/25,000 per year for the last two years (ie £55,000 in a two-year period)

£25,000.00

Cambridgeshire County Council

For the financial year 2006/07, Cambridgeshire County Council spent approximately £24,750 with the contracted supplier of our water coolers. Due to the financial codings used, it is not possible to fully distinguish particular items of expenditure, so this could include some supply items and maintenance off coolers.

£24,750.00

Rotherham In response to your FOI request made on 2 November, I can confirm that Rotherham MBC spent £23,468.73 in 2006/07 on bottled water and has spent £14,110.10 to date during 2007/08.

£23,468.73

Lincolnshire County Council

The costs we have identified are from the 2006/07 final accounts excluding schools. It has not always been possible to split out the costs of bottled water for water coolers separately from the rental payments, so costs are more likely to be slightly overstated. The costs of the paper cups, maintenance and sanitisation have been stripped out where these have been identified…….With all this taken into account, the figure for 2006/07 is £22730.62. This excludes the figures for water supplied through a mains-fed system

£22,730.62

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Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

2005-2006 £40,211.26. 2006-2007 £21,774.82.2007-2008 (to date ) £4,978.92 During the current financial year Barnsley Council has converted all its central administration buildings to mains-piped water supply; outlying buildings will be converted in due course

£21,774.82

Denbighshire £21,599.16 (we anticipate that this figure will reduce from 1st April 2007 as bottle water coolers are replaced with the mains fed type).

£21,599.16

Torfaen The figure spent by this Council on bottled water for the financial year 2006/07 was £21,357.57 which equates to approximately £4 per person per year

£21,357.57

Northumberland During the Financial Year 2006/07 the sum of £20858.40 was spent on bottled water.

£20,858.40

Knowsley Council

For the period covering the Financial Year ending 31st

March 2007, the amount spent was £20,400.£20,400.00

Reading Borough Council

From April 2006 to March 2007 £20,326 was spent on bottled water for the Council's Civic Centre and other town centre office at Fountain House. This included sanitisation and an environmental levy. We do not hold figures for water consumption at satellite offices.

£20,326.00

Wiltshire From August 2006 to July 2007, we spent £18,932. That is on water only, and doesn’t include sanitisation of the machines or cups for units in customer facing areas

£18,932.00

Portsmouth City Council

Civic Offices £5,950.82. Guildhall bottled water £301.97. "Further to the previous note, we have identified some £11,569 expenditure associated with bottled water across PCC other than Civic & Guildhall. It should be noted that these costs are for 2006/7 and will relate to the rental of the coolers & supply of plastic cups as well as actual bottled water. It is not possible to distinguish between these elements paid within the suppliers’ invoices from the ledger.

£17,821.79

Cambridge City Council

In the year from 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007 we estimate that the Council spent some £17,675 on bottled water. This includes water provided in public areas and in sheltered housing schemes. It does not include any individual bottles purchased for example as part of buffet lunches provided for some training events, as this cannot be separately identified in our financial management system

£17,675.00

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Poole During the period Nov 06 - Oct 07, Property Services spent £15523.46 on bottled water through the *********** contract which is the principal supplier of bottled water for BoP. Some of our service units have smaller arrangements outside of this contract. I can now confirm that from the information I have received the value of this additional provision was £1989.46.

£17,512.95

Bath & North East Somerset

Thank you for your email of 7th November. I can confirm that in the financial year 2006/07, the Council paid a total of £17,443.67. As indicated previously, this includes the supply of water refills, cups and servicing and sanitisation of water dispensing units.

£17,443.67

Doncaster A council spokesperson said, "Doncaster Council relies mainly on the mains water supply for drinking water in its buildings however bottled water is used in a minimal number of council buildings, primarily those that are used by the public or do not have a suitable drinking water supply." Doncaster Council has spent an amount of £17,259.93 for the year 2006/7

£17,259.93

Luton Borough Council

We spent approximately £50k on water in 2006/7. However 2/3 was mains driven water supply which we switched to about 3 to 4 years ago which has resulted in significant saving

£16,600.00

Salisbury Our Finance Department have confirmed that Salisbury District Council spent £15,615.12 in the past year with suppliers of bottled water for water coolers

£15,615.12

Gloucestershire County Council

The amount spent on bottled water is £15,441. A programme of replacing bottled water units by plumbed-in units has been undertaken since June 2006. In the exceptional circumstances of the floods experienced in Gloucestershire in July this year, the Council incurred costs additional to those quoted above in the acquisition and distribution of bottled water. The final amount has not yet been calculated and will anyway form part of the authority's claim to recover costs from the water provider, Severn Trent Water. If this figure is of interest to you, please let me know and I can forward it as soon as it is available.

£15,441.00

Darlington Borough council

The Council spent £15,435.08 over the 2006/07 financial year. Unfortunately we are unable to separate the expenditure in terms of point of use coolers and bottled water coolers; therefore, the figure includes rental of both varieties of coolers, supply of water (for bottled water coolers), supply of cups and other accessories and sanitisation

£15,435.08

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North Somerset Further to your request, I can confirm that the cost of Bottled Water for the year from October 2006 to October 2007 is £15107.49 including VAT. Please note that this figure is for 6 x corporate buildings only and includes only bottled water, not those which are mains fed systems.

£15,107.49

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

I can confirm that for the suppliers we have been able to identify through our corporate payment system - the total amount spent on bottled water for the 2006/07 financial year was £14,700 before VAT

£14,700.00

Bournemouth Collating the figures suggests the amount of money spent over the last 12 months on bottled water is £14,312.67. Please be mindful that this figure may include servicing and lease payments. Obtaining this figure from all areas of the Council has taken us to the 18 hour limit set out in the Fee and Appropriate Limit Regulations 2005. The fee limit equates to a maximum of 18 hours of search, retrieval and editing time. To enable us to differentiate between the costs of the water itself and to extract these figures would exceed the fee limit.

£14,312.67

Dorset County Council

Bottled Water & Water Coolers Annual Contract Value: (Period Contracts) £14160.89

£14,160.89

Sheffield City Council

I have asked our Directorates for a response to your request and the information supplied is as follows: Development, Environment and Leisure Directorate (2005/06) £11,895; Chief Executive's Directorate (2006/07) £2,051.60. Please note that the City Council does not have any special means of recording spending on bottled water as defined by you. It does, of course, record expenditure carefully.

£13,956.60

Eastbourne It has been difficult for some Departments to provide details for the lastchronological year because of the Council’s fiscal year accounting system……. CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTRE £354.97. TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE £156. SEAFRONT SERVICES £562. HOUSING SERVICES TEAM £316.50. CORPORATE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT £12526.99. (Cost of purchasing 3000 small bottles of water for RE-SALE to public £912.50)

£13,916.46

Stockport 2006-7 Financial Year - £13,488.58 The Council is unable to break this figure down into bottled water and mains-fed filter water. In order to do this the Council would have to examine each individual invoice. As you will be aware this is a significant task and would breach the appropriate limit of £450

£13,488.58

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Derwentside District Council

I can advise that the cost of bottled water, including the cost of plastic cups and the rental of the water cooler systems, totalled £13,279.10 for the period ending October 2007

£13,279.10

Hull City Council

The total amount spent on bottled water between 01/12/2006 to 30/11/2007 is £12,975.00. This figure includes spending on bottled water for water coolers and also smaller bottles of water. Please note that some of this money is used to provide water in Council establishments for consumption by the public (examples include; care homes, customer service centres, crematoria). We are unable to separate this money as our procurement system is not set up to distinguish these differences

£12,975.00

Brighton & Hove City Council

Please find attached a response to your FOI request £12,973.65

£12,973.65

Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council

Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council has spent £12,906.50 during the financial year 2006-2007 on 18.5 and 11 litre Water Bottles

£12,906.50

Oxford City Council

am pleased to inform you that in the last financial year (April 2006 to March 2007) Oxford City Council spent £12,869.63p on bottled water, and in the year to date (April 2007 to October 2007) the council has spent £7,430.01p

£12,869.63

City of York Council

I can confirm that in the last full financial year (2006/07) the value was £12,722.

£12,722.00

Ceredigion County Council

Ceredigion County Council has spent a total of £12,432.85 on bottled water during the period November 2006 to October 2007

£12,432.85

South Gloucestershire

The council spent about £12,000 in 2006/7. This excludes school expenditure. As a council it is our policy to move away from bottled water provision and install a plumbed supply where possible. Further replacement work has been carried out and more is planned. This should significantly reduce our spend in this area during the current and following financial years

£12,000.00

North East Lincolnshire Council

Based on an analysis of relevant creditor invoices, it is estimated that the Council spent approximately £11,400 on bottled water during 2006/07

£11,400.00

Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council

Total (less mains fed) for 2006/07 £10,801.02 £10,801.02

Maidstone I can confirm that for the financial year 2006/07 (1st April 2006 – 31st March 2007) the Council spent £10,638 on bottled water. This figure does not include VAT, which can be reclaimed by the Council.

£10,638.00

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Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Total 10,401.34. Please note that this amount does not include the cost of water we buy and resell at functions, in schools and cafes since it does not represent cost to the City Council.

£10,401.34

Preston City Council

Total £10,362.71. Please note that Preston City council is steadily reducing the number of bottled water purchases by increasing the mains fed facilities

£10,362.71

City of Lincoln Council

year 2006/07, total is £9,909.02 £9,909.02

Carrick I can confirm that Carrick District Council spent £9,847 on the rental, maintenance & sanitation service for water coolers and the supply of mineral water in 2006/07.The Council has recently negotiated a new and more cost-effective contract for this supply and have obtained a reduction in total annual costs of approximately 40%, equivalent to £4,000 savings on the above 2006/07 expenditure

£9,847.00

Northamptonshire County Council

I am informed we have spent a total of £9,338.15 on bottles of water in the last twelve months via our central procurement contract. In addition to this, there is another £5363.75 spent on plastic cups, sanitisation and rental costs relating to these bottle-fed coolers. This is supplied for the health and comfort of our staff and visitors, where no plumbed-in vending machine or water cooler is available. Until mid-2005, bottled water was also supplied for all council meetings. Since then, all council meetings have been supplied only with tap water in decanters. These figures will, however, exclude any sums spent with other suppliers of bottle-fed water coolers, including spend from schools that are able to select their own suppliers. These figures will also exclude spend on small bottles of water purchased directly or through caterers, though colleagues think that this should be fairly low.

£9,338.15

Bexley Borough Council

During 2006/07 Bexley spent a total of £9,128 on bottled water. This figure excludes VAT and does not include any expenditure that may have been incurred by our schools

£9,128.00

Watford Borough Council

In the period 1-Nov-06 to 31-Oct-07, the Council spent £8,874.41 (ex VAT) on the purchase of bottled water for our water coolers.

£8,874.41

Northampton Borough Council

Northampton spent £8,170.27 on non-mains water for water coolers in 2006/07

£8,170.27

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Epsom & Ewell Borough Council

The Council spent £7,946.85 on bottled water in 2006-7.From this financial year, however, our expenditure will be nil as we have switched to filtered tap water.

£7,946.85

Salford City Council

Please find attached Salford City Council's response to your Freedom of Information request regarding expenditure on bottled water. The figures are quoted for the period July 2006 to June 2007 to reflect the latest 12 month period from when the contract was let 7,858.80

£7,858.80

Nottinghamshire County Council

We do not separately identify the use of bottled water in our accounts and hence it is not possible to provide a completely accurate figure to its use in the Authority. However, as a rough estimate, we believe this to be £7,800 for 2006/07

£7,800.00

Huntingdonshire District Council

In answer to your request, the total expenditure on bottled water for water coolers in 2006/7 was £7,672. This covers all Huntingdonshire District Council sites.

£7,672.00

Worthing This council spent £7,469 on bottled water in 2006/07 - the last full financial year for which the information is available.

£7,469.00

Blaenau Gwent District Council

From august 2006- July 2--7, invoice for £7,410.60 £7,410.60

Carlisle Until March this year, all of the coolers were bottle-fed, but there are now only 6 remaining water coolers which operate in this way - the rest are now mains-fed. During the financial year 2006/07 (i.e. ending on 31st March 2007), the total amount spent on the provision of water was approximately £7,200.This amount included 3 "elements" - the servicing, maintenance and cleaning of the water coolers; the provision of plastic cups; and the provision of the bottles of water

£7,200.00

Wigan The picture in the Council is very mixed, as we have different arrangement around the Council. It is further complicated by the fact that we are currently switching over from bottled-water-cooler type arrangements to the mains-fed system. My colleagues in Procurement have advised me that based on current use; the most accurate assessment of our annual Bottled Water expenditure for a year is £7,200. This will reduce as we continue to phase out bottled-water systems in favour of mains-fed ones.

£7,200.00

North Devon District Council

£6,850 for 06/07. £6,400 for 07/08 to date £6,850.00

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Worcestershire County council

The total amount spent by Worcestershire County Council for the last available year (2006/7) was £6,812.39. However, please note the following points: As an organisation, we are moving away from buying bottled water. We now supply mains fed water dispensers in all our main offices, although in some of our smaller offices we currently still rely on bottles. The amount will reduce year on year as more offices change over to mains fed dispensers. The total does not include individual bottles brought along to meetings; we do not hold that information. Also, the total does not include any schools – they will need to be contacted separately

£6,812.39

Caradon in the financial year 2006/07 Caradon District Council spent £6403.79 on bottled water

£6,403.79

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council

I have been advised by our procurement team that the search for the information you requested has been completed and we were unable to find an exact amount spent on bottled water however I have been advised that the sum is around £6400 per year

£6,400.00

South Kesteven District council

In 2006/2007 the council spent £6348.38 on bottled water for office water coolers.

£6,348.38

Great Yarmouth Borough Council

Our yearly budget / spend is £6,300.00.This is made up from actual water bottle deliveries every two weeks, yearly hire of water machines, maintenance and servicing 34 cooler machines

£6,300.00

Bolsover A total of £5,899.00 was spent on bottled water, inclusive of cups and bottles. Additionally, I can advise that the Authority has just installed a water mains fed system to replace this.

£5,899.00

Staffordshire Moorlands District Council

I am advised that the amount spent on bottled water for the period 01/01/06 to 31/12/06 was £5,782. I can further advise that the Council has since changed its policy and now has mains fed water rather than bottled water.

£5,782.00

Somerset County Council

All drinking water at the County Hall offices is supplied by mains fed water coolers for which we pay a rental and maintenance fee. In 2005 each service unit had an individual contract with the provider. In 2005 the Council's Corporate Procurement Team bought all of these agreements into one central agreement. The current agreement runs from August'05 to August'08 and covers 24 units. The Council pays one bill up front at the beginning of each year. In return the Council benefits from a 12% discount plus efficiency gains in only having to manage 1 invoice per year against 288 invoices per year under the old system. The current value of the contract is £5760.00 p.a. excluding VAT.

£5,760.00

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Lancaster I refer to your request of 2nd November 2007. The amount spent by this Council on bottled water during 2006/07 was £5,719.85. Please note that this figure will include a small amount for plastic cups and sanitation. The figure quoted is based on the two contracts that this Council has with suppliers of bottled water

£5,719.85

Leicestershire County Council

Total = £7,640.05* * Of this, an estimated £2000 was sold through the shop, cafeteria or restaurant

£5,640.00

Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council

From the Council’s accounts, for last year the available figure spent on bottled water is £5,467-09p exclusive of VAT

£5,467.09

Fenland The Council spent £5437 in the past 12 months but has recently replaced all bottle-fed systems with mains-fed so will spend 0 in future

£5,437.00

Peterborough City council

The figure for April 2006 – March 2007 is £5354.00 £5,354.00

Restormel Borough Council

I can confirm that the Council spent £5166.47 net of Vat in 2006/07 for bottled water and maintenance of the dispensers.

£5,166.47

Stevenage Borough Council

The figure for the year ended 31 March 2007 is £5,116. We are in the process of phasing out bottled water and moving to mains fed chilled supply

£5,116.00

West Oxfordshire District Council

The council does not supply individual bottled water. We have no mains-fed machines. The total spent on water for 2006/07 was £4997

£4,997.00

Gosport Borough Council

The sum of £4,771.58 was spent on bottled water for water coolers during the financial year 2006/07.

£4,771.58

Fylde The total amount paid for bottled water between 22nd November 2006 and 30 September 2007 was £4669.82 net of VAT.

£4,669.82

Christchurch Borough Council

During 2006/07 Christchurch Borough Council spent £4,515 on the provision of water coolers for its staff however with effect from July 2007 the use of these coolers was stopped and they have been replaced with mains fed hot/cold water units

£4,515.00

Shepway District Council

I can confirm that Shepway District Council has spent £4455 on bottled water, throughout the district, in the period Sep 06-Sep 07.

£4,455.00

Barrow Barrow Borough council spent £4390.00 in 2006/07 £4,390.00

North Dorset The amount spent for f/yr 2006/7 totals: £4,283.78. £4,283.78

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North Kesteven District Council

During 2006/07 the Council spent £3636.67 + VAT of £636.36 on water coolers

£4,273.03

Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council

Actual Spend 2006/07 £4,105. Anticipated Spend 2007/08 £5,010

£4,105.00

Dacorum Borough Council

Dacorum uses mains-fed water mostly. We spent £3,600 on bottles for water coolers last year, plus £500 on bottles for meetings

£4,100.00

Maldon District Council

We’ve spent £2,054 since April, so, you can probably expect to double that by March and thus a full 12 months = £4,100. I am looking to reduce this by removing all dispensers…...which could reduce our costs by approx. 25%

£4,100.00

East Dorset District Council

Further to my email acknowledgement dated 5th November 2007, please find below the cost to East Dorset District Council of bottled water including non-mains water coolers. As stated previously, the information supplied is for the last whole financial year (e.g., 1st April, 2006 to 31st March 2007). The Council spent £4,079.84 in 2006/07 for the supply of bottled water. This cost includes the supply, maintenance and cleaning of the non-mains water cooler equipment

£4,079.84

East Herts Council

For the financial year ending 31st March 2007 the figure was £4,056.00.

£4,056.00

Worcester City council

Worcester City Council spent £4027.11 on bottled water in FY 06/07. We have indeed moved most of our coolers to mains access. …….. We do not provide bottled water for meetings etc.

£4,027.11

Erewash Borough Council

The amount spent by Erewash Borough Council on Bottled Water in the last 12 months (done on a rolling year September 06 - September 07) is £4024.39".

£4,024.39

Hastings Borough Council

The amount spent on Bottled Water in the last financial year (2006/07). This includes water supplied for water coolers, but not if they are mains-fed. £4018.48

£4,018.48Harlow The majority of our buildings have mains fed water coolers.

However three of our offices do use bottled water the approximate cost for 2006/07 was £4,003.00.

£4,003.00

Chorley Council Further to your recent request for information on Chorley Council's spend on bottled water, please find below our total spend excluding VAT for the period 1st January 2007 to 31st December 2007: £3,827.00

£3,827.00

Gwynedd Council

Between the 1st of November 2006 and 30th of October 2007, Gwynedd Council spent approx. £3756.00 on bottled water

£3,756.00

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Ipswich Borough council

The amount spent by Ipswich Borough Council on bottled water (including water supplied for water coolers but not if they are mains-fed) for the period from 1st October 2006 to 30th September 2007 was £3713.21. Please note that this figure is not including VAT.

£3,713.21

Gravesham Borough Council

For the past 15 months the council has been implemented mains fed water machines in the Civic Centre. Costs have been £9,802.78 in 2005/06, reducing to £5,019.21 in 2006/07 and are £3,692.28 to end of September

£3,692.00

Oxfordshire County Council

In the main Council Offices in Oxford the water coolers are mains fed. Total £ 3627

£3,627.00

Waveney The cost of bottled water supplied between November 2006 and October 2007 was £3,619.

£3,619.00

Gateshead The council have mains-fed filter systems for water in various areas. The information we have available on bottled and water coolers amounts to approximately £3,500 within the last 12 month. This does not include rental, environmental charges, empty bottles, bottle deposits or cooler sanitisation. We have been unable supply any information with regards to schools as they themselves are responsible for providing free, fresh and chilled drinking water.

£3,500.00

Vale Royal Borough Council

I can now advise you that most of Vale Royal Borough Council's water is mains fed. For the financial year 2006/2007, the Council only purchased bottled water from three suppliers and the total expenditure was £3,500.

£3,500.00

Sevenoaks District Council

total cost for bottled water in the 2006/07 period was £3,445.00

£3,445.00

Dartford Borough Council

Grand total £3,410.63 £3,410.63

Haringey Council

As discussed and requested recently please see below details on consumption/spend for the supply of bottled water to the council: Number of Bottled delivered 532 x 18.9 litre. Spend £ 3,397.96 + VAT This is for the period November 06 - November 07.

£3,397.96

West Devon Borough Council

For the period April 2006 – March 2007 the Authority has spent £3381.85 with respect to bottled water supplied for water coolers.

£3,381.85

Epping Forest District Council

£3370.65. £3,370.65

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Rother District Council

We do not buy bottled water as such but we do have water coolers and the amount spent on these was: Mineral Water - £3067.13. Related costs including rental of water coolers and cups - £1522.06

£3,067.13

North Norfolk The figure for last year was £3066 £3,066.00

Tunbridge Wells Costs for our 3 Civic Buildings for the last 12 months were as follows: Total spend £ 2,710.00. We are at present carrying out trials on mains supplied cold and hot water dispensers with a view to replacing water coolers across our civic buildings

£2,710.00

Lewes District Council

In 2006/2007, the Council spent approximately £2,600 on bottled water, including both the supply of water, and sanitisation of the equipment, etc.

£2,600.00

Chelmsford We spent £2,535 on bottle water during our financial year 2006 -07. This covers the consumption by staff and visitors at a number of the council’s operational premises, and includes both small bottles and those large bottles installed in water dispensers. The figure for this year should be about 30% down on last year, as all bottled water dispensers have been replaced by mains feed units.

£2,535.00

Norwich City Council

During the period October 2006 to September 2007, Norwich City Council spent £2,529.81 on bottled water. Please note that this figure includes water supplied for water coolers and excludes sanitation costs. The figures should reduce for next year, because we have transferred over to mains fed water in the kitchens

£2,529.81

Broxtowe Borough Council

Broxtowe Borough Council spent a total of £2497.96 on bottled water in 2006-2007

£2,497.96

Stafford Borough Council

The amount Stafford Borough Council spent on bottled water during the 2006/2007 financial year was £2,395.61.

£2,395.61

Sedgemoor District Council

The one main building. It was refurbished in 2004/5 t.......a decision at that time to have mains-fed water coolers throughout the building for staff use to cut costs on water coolers. We do still have two bottled water coolers in the main building ...We have one leisure/fun swimming pool..... A water cooler there, which the public can also use. The cost per £1,203, but is in the process of removed in favour of a mains-fed supply of cold water. The other two coolers are in our sub-offices, which will be upgraded when maintenance work is next needed or scheduled Total - £2,340

£2,340.00

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Suffolk County Council

In response, for the period 1st November 2006 to 31st October 2007, Suffolk County Council spent:- £142.64 on bottled water and £2,188.00 on 547 bottles of water for use within water cooler machines (used in Council Buildings and includes Social Care Homes)Please note that these figures exclude any water purchased for resale in vending machines or canteens etc.

£2,330.64

Bury St Edmonds

2292.68 for 2006/07 This figure includes bottles and sanitisation costs

£2,292.68

Tamworth From the period 01/11/06 to 31/10/07 Tamworth Borough Council spent a total of £2,200.46 on bottled water which include the provision of plastic cups from the same provider

£2,200.46

Bedfordshire County Council

Unfortunately I am unable to provide information about how much the Council spent in total on bottled water as our systems can not be searched for this specifically. However I can confirm that £2176 was spent on bottled water at our County Hall location. All County Hall water coolers are mains fed.

£2,176.00

Mid Sussex Total for 2006/07 is £2,125. We are now entirely using mains fed coolers and there will be no further costs in 07/08 or in the future

£2,125.00

West Lindsey District Council

West Lindsey District Council spent £2,112 on Bottled Water in the financial year 2006/07.

£2,112.00

Crawley Borough Council

I confirm that the Council spent £4358 on bottled water in 2006/07. (This included £2550 on bottled water sold to its customers at the Council's theatre)

£2,108.00

Enfield Most water is mains-fed, though they estimate they consume one case of 0.5 litre bottles a week at a cost of approximately £2080.00 per year

£2,080.00

Rugby Borough Council

The cost of using bottled water within the Council during the last financial year was £2,059.

£2,059.00

Guildford On the majority of council sites including the offices, plumbed filtered water from the mains is supplied for general consumption. The exceptions are some public-facing areas where it is not possible to provide plumbed facilities …..

£2,015.00

Aylesbury Vale District Council

Mains water used in most locations. Bottled water was used in one location at a cost of £2,005. This location has now closed.

£2,005.00

Basildon District Council

The total amount spent with effect from 1st December 2006 is £1,991.12.

£1,991.12

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North Cornwall District Council

North Cornwall District Council spent £1,973 (excluding VAT) on bottled water during the 2006/07 financial year.

£1,973.00

Macclesfield Borough Council

Bottled Water Purchases by Macclesfield Borough Council During the Financial Year 2006/07 - 1,920.24

£1,920.24

Redditch Borough Council

Total for 2006/07 £1887.48 – Redditch Borough Council £1,887.48

Torridge District Council

In reply to your FOI request I can confirm that for the 12 months Jan 07 to Dec 07 we (Torridge District Council) spent £1760 (exc vat) on bottled water.

£1,760.00

Ribble Valley Borough Council

The amount spent in the 2007/8 financial year to date was: £1637.23. (The figure for the 2007/8 year is lower because, as from September of this year, we changed supplier and now use a mains-fed system.)For the 2006/07 financial year, the figure was: £2992.34.

£1,637.23

Winchester City Council

The main Council offices use mains fed water coolers however the City's Guildhall uses bottled water coolers the cost of which has been £1357.42 for the past 12 months. The Meadowside Leisure Centre run by the Council also used bottled water, the cost of which has been £278.44 since October 2006 (to 5 November 2007).

£1,635.86

Durham City council

The City of Durham Council has only two sites which still have bottled water machines; the City Swimming Baths and the Tourist Information Centre. All other sites have mains fed water coolers. Total predicted annual spend £1600. The Council has an ongoing programme to phase out all bottled water.

£1,600.00

Horsham District Council

£1,585.00

Mendip District council

From 4th January 2007 (first order of the year) – 14th

November 2007 (last order to date) Mendip have spent a total of £1564.00 on bottled water, not inclusive of sanitisation or mains-fed units.

£1,564.00

Cherwell District council

Between September 2006 and August 2007 Cherwell District Council spent £1544.19 on bottled water

£1,544.19

Kettering Borough Council

For the financial year 2006/07, Kettering Borough Council spent £1495 on Bottled Water.

£1,495.00

Woking In 2006-07 the Council spent a total of £1,486.28 on bottled water which equated to a price of 68p per bottle

£1,486.28

West Lancashire District Council

I can advise you that we spent £1,423.75 last year. £1,423.75

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Castle Morpeth Borough Council

Castle Morpeth Borough Council spent £1,399 on bottled water in financial year 2006/07.The Council stopped using bottled water in October 2006

£1,399.00

Scarborough Borough Council

Scarborough Borough Council spent £1347.04 (excluding VAT) on bottled water in the year to 6 November 2007.

£1,347.04

Islington There is a corporate contract for water coolers which began in February 2007. The total cost spent on bottles of water for water dispensers on corporate contract is £1311.60 to date

£1,311.60

Congleton Borough Council

The figures for the last financial year was £1,282.66. This covered 4 locations across the borough. We have recently centralised our service into one new building where the water coolers are mains fed, consequently we anticipate our bill for water will be very much reduced in this financial year. Please note bottles of water are sold to the public through vending machines in the Council’s leisure centres.

£1,282.66

Colchester Between the dates of November 2006 and October 2007 Colchester Borough Council has spent £1,255.00 on bottled water, this figure also includes the sanitising of water cooler machines

£1,255.00

Derbyshire Dales District Council

The council uses mains water for the most part, including in the water coolers. In addition, £1248.75 plus Vat was spent in the financial year 2006-7 on bottled water. Some vending machines also dispense bottled water in eg leisure centres, but there is no figures in respect of these sales.

£1,248.75

Mid Devon Mid Devon District Council spent £1,225.25 on bottled water during the year 2006/07.

£1,225.25

Harborough District Council

Harborough District Council spent £1207.42 on bottled water for water coolers during the 2006/2007 financial year. The water coolers in the main Council Offices use mains water and the above amount relates to stand alone water coolers located in outlying facilities

£1,207.42

Test Valley Borough Council

Test Valley Borough Council offices use mains-fed water coolers except for two sections. During the financial year 2006/7 our Planning Service spent a total of £714.62 on bottled water & related items (rental etc) and similarly our Commercial Services office spent £487.21.

£1,201.83

Hyndburn Borough Council

The total Council spend on bottled water in 2006/07 was £1175.90

£1,175.90

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council

The Council spent £1161.10 on bottled water for 2006/07. This figure is low as the Council uses mains fed

£1,161.10

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Swale Borough Council,

I can confirm that the total amount spent on Bottled Water for the year 2006/07 was £1,131.15.

£1,131.15

Chiltern District Council

Chiltern District Council spent £1,081.16 for Bottled Water for the period November 2006 - October 2007

£1,081.16

Tendring District Council

For the period in question (01/11/06-31/10/07) was £1066, 83.

£1,066.33

Solihull For water coolers the Council bought approximately 197 18.9 litre bottles at £5.30 per bottle. Therefore we spent approximately £1044.10. (It may be useful for you to know that the Council is in the process of converting its water coolers to being mains-fed.)

£1,044.10

Wellingborough It appears we will have spent, allowing for an uninvoiced order from October, a total of £1038.18 ......We also have plumbed in coolers for staff etc ...... but most Members prefer the individual bottles, some of which are sparkling water and others are still - I do not have figures for them separately

£1,038.00

Chester-le-Street District Council

Between January and December 2007, this council spent £950 on bottled water

£950.00

Wyre Borough Council

The figure for the cost of the 234 bottles of water used by Wyre Borough Council , for the financial year 2006/07 is £942.00 plus VAT

£942.00

Newark and Sherwood District Council

2006/07 - £938. This is for the Town Hall cash office due to the tap water being unpalatable.

£938.00

Braintree Thank you for your enquiry. The council spent £935 on bottled water in 2006/7.

£935.00

Oswestry Borough Council

for the last twelve months Oswestry Borough Council have had a total of 173 X 18.5lt bottles at a cost of £5.20 each = £899.60

£899.60

Rochford Please be aware that Rochford District Council has spent £872.38 on bottled water between the dates 01/11/06 to 31/10/07

£872.83

South Shropshire District Council

I calculate that from April 2006 to March 2007 SSDC spent approx. £260 on bottled water usage (excluding rental of the units which totalled £594 and plastic cups). This cost will of course reduce dramatically this year now that several departments are supplied via the mains water supply

£854.00

South Oxfordshire District Council

Over a 12 month period we spent £840.06 on bottled water. Our Environmental Health department conducted a report on the benefits of drinking tap water compared to the bottled water supplied for use with coolers. Following this report it was decided to replace the bottled coolers with a mains-fed alternative wherever it was possible.

£840.06

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Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council

Please see attached document. Total £823.80. This figure does not include schools,

£823.80

South Bedfordshire

The Council has spent £821.37 on bottled water in the last year

£821.37

Wycombe District Council

We are able to supply the amount spent on water for water coolers in the last financial year, April 2006 to March 2007 the Council purchased 131 bottles at £6.25 per bottle, a total of £818.75.

£818.75

Rossendale Borough Council

The 2006/07 audited accounts has been analysed and the amount spent on water in that year was £808.

£808.00

Dover District Council

I can confirm that we have no bottled water at our main office site in Whitfield, but we do have bottled water coolers at some of our off site offices. There is a total of four sites that use bottled water coolers and the expenditure for the period 5 November 2006 to 5 November 2007 was £801.06.

£801.06

Broadland District Council

Broadland estimates it spends an average of £7-800 a year on bottled water

£800.00

South Ribble Borough Council

We spent £768 last year on bottled water. Of this amount over 50% was then sold on as part of our events and meetings services at two of our venues

£768.00

Ryedale District Council

The Council spent £763.94 on bottled water for the year 2006/2007.

£763.94

East Staffordshire

Only one office has bottled water 22.01.07 - 18.09.07 = £761.88. I have been informed that one of the bottles has been disposed of which should lead to a reduction in cost

£761.88

NorthWest Leicestershire District Council

This authority spent £760.00 on bottled water for the period September 2006 to September 2007.

£760.00

Craven District Council

“The cost of supplying bottled water to Skipton and Settle Town Halls in the period from 1st April 2006 to 31st March 2007 was £750.75. All other water dispensers in Council properties use mains water.”

£750.75

North East Derbyshire

FINANCIAL YEAR APR 2006 TO MAR 2007 THE COUNCIL SPENT £750.00 ON BOTTLED WATER

£750.00

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Melton Borough Council

Total: £727.60 (£6.80/bottle) £727.60

Ashfield District Council

£709.32

Tandridge District Council

Tandridge District Council spent £672 on Bottled Water for water dispensers in the past year.

£672.00

Spelthorne Borough Council

I can advise that the total expenditure for last year on bottled water was £635. We do have chilled water dispensers but these are mains fed.

£635.00

South Hams We spent approximately £5,583 in 2004/2005 and the same in 2005/2006 on bottled water. In June 2006 we took the decision to convert to direct water supply coolers and this saved us approximately £2,300 p.a. It also helps reduce our carbon footprint on deliveries.

£620.00

South Derbyshire District Council

I confirm that on the whole South Derbyshire District Council uses water machines which are connected to the mains, however, bottled water is occasionally ordered for meetings. We estimate that approximately £600 has been spent on bottled water during the last year.

£600.00

Mansfield District Council

Cost of spring water=£600; Annual rental=£240; Sanitisation=£200; Cups=£180

£600.00

North Lincolnshire Council

All council offices and depots are mains-fed including water supplied for water coolers. However, from 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007, the Council spent £600 on bottled water as a stand-by during hot weather, and small bottles for meetings etc.

£600.00

Wyre Forest District Council

I can advise you that in the last financial year, Wyre Forest District Council spent £594.51 on bottled water including those supplied for water coolers.

£594.51

Teignbridge District Council

£593.96 £593.96

Chesterfield Borough Council

Costs are £114.00, £157.68, £305.86, so the combined annual cost for last year is £577.72 Over the last year we have had 3 such devices across the Council (1,200 employees). Of the 3 areas, one area has already replaced their device with a mains fed alternative and the other 2 are considering it.

£577.72

Wirrall Council The Local Authority, here at Wirral has 90% of its water mains fed. In the past 12 months we have purchased approximately 154 x 18.5 litre bottles at a cost of £3.50 per bottle = £539.

£539.00

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Canterbury City Council

Our records show that in the last year we spent £531.46 on bottled water at all Council offices and buildings and £172.00 which was a one off payment for the staff covering the Tour de France.

£531.46

South Norfolk Council

The total for the last twelve months is £461.76 for the water coolers within our main offices, plus £51 for area committees starting at 4.30 pm, or in the evening, and held in remote locations where refreshments are not available. I have excluded vending of bottled water to leisure centre customers, for which costs are covered by income.

£512.76

Reigate & Banstead Borough Council

Reigate & Banstead BC spent £499.07 on bottled water from November 2006 through to the end of November 2007. Much of our drinking water is now supplied through mains fed water coolers; we only use bottled water where it is impractical to supply mains water.

£499.07

Hart District Council

Community & Partnerships - Estimated £2-50 (recent Local Strategic Partnership Meeting at a Hall where water provision could not be guaranteed) Planning Four large bottles purchased Summer 2005 or 2006 (when mains water unavailable) c. £250 External Planning Committee Meeting held in a theatre during Summer 2005. Due to extremely warm temperature, bottled water purchased on police instructions for members of the Public attending the meeting. Leisure Services £263.87 (excluding VAT) on bottled water in the financial year (April 1st 06 - March 31st 07) Corporate - Cost not readily ascertainable - Bottled water tried out for some Council Meetings in the late nineties, but quickly discontinued as too expensive

£489.37

Flintshire County Council

The Council spent £486.30 on bottled water in 2006/07. £486.30

Wear Valley District Council

The amount of expenditure made by the Council for bottled water during 2006/07 (the last year for which figures are available) amounted to £475.20. This relates wholly to the purchase of water cooler replacement bottles.

£475.20

Ellesmere Port & Neston Borough Council

We actually have mains-fed water coolers in the council offices. However, at meetings held in our Civic Hall (for which we used bottled water) the amount spent during the last 12 months was £472.

£472.00

Isle of Anglesey County Council

The Isle of Anglesey County Council does not normally buy any bottled water as mains fed water coolers are provided in Council Offices and if any water is required at meetings then this is supplied via jugs or cups filled either from a mains fed water cooler or from mains tap water....However bottled water was purchased on one occasion.....at a total cost of £450

£450.00

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Essex County Council

For most offices, there are 73 centrally managed plumbed-in water coolers……...The total amount spent on bottled or non-mains supplied water in the last financial year is therefore £1699 (£1250 of which is recouped through sales).

£449.00

North Shropshire

The total the Council spend therefore is £438.96 net of VAT.

£438.96

Monmouthshire Can't determine cost for bottled water as non-itemised. With regard to water coolers, I am able to supply this information. Monmouthshire currently has one water cooler that is not mains supplied the annual cost for providing this facility is £423.95. All other coolers within the building are supplied by mains water.

£423.96

Fareham Borough Council

The Council has spent £372.06 on bottled water in the last year. This expenditure relates to 2 water coolers installed and used at the Council depot premises. These coolers are located in areas where there is limited access to drinking water

£372.06

Surrey Heath Borough Council

TABLE SHOWING BOTTLED WATER ORDERED FROM APRIL 06-MARCH 07

£355.38Hertsmere Hertsmere spends £33 per council meeting. There were 7

such meetings. We estimate that in addition there may be up to £100 spent on one-off meetings. Therefore the total for 2006/07 was £231. Hertsmere does have water coolers, but they are Mains-fed

£331.00

Burnley In 2006/07 the Council spent £323.81 (excluding VAT) on bottled water

£328.81

Shrewsbury & Atcham Borough Council

Bottled Water Consumption - 1 November 2006 to 31 October 2007 - £325

£325.00

Rushmoor Borough Council

Rushmoor's annual expenditure on bottled water is currently £300. This is used at machines within our Customer Services Unit. Other drinking water supplies used by this Council are through a mains system.

£300.00

Wychaven 01 April 2006 to 31 March 2007, was £293 £293.00

South Holland District Council

The figure South Holland District Council spent on bottled water for the year 2006/07 is: £289.42

£289.42

Pendle Borough Council

The answer to your question is that this Council spent £260.40 on bottled water during the financial year 2006/07 which is the last year for which figures are available

£260.40

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East Northamptonshire Council

We only supply bottled water for main council meetings all other is mains fed to water cooling units. for the financial year 2006 - 07 we spent £244.22

£244.22

Teesdale District Council

£234.03 spent on water bottles in the financial year April 2006 to March 2007

243.03

Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council

We spent £237.24 on bottled water in the last financial year. Most of our water is mains fed

£237.24

Havant Borough Council

All bar one water cooler in Havant Borough Council are mains fed and the Council does not supply bottled water to office staff. It does however supply bottled water to manual workers during the summer months

£220.00

Kennet District Council

Kennet DC spend on water for 2006/07 **** 190.05. **** 11.80 . **** 12.22 . All other drinking water consumed at Browfort is mains fed.

£214.07

Wansbeck District Council

I have had a look through our figures for this and the total is £211.50, this is a relatively low as in 2002 we installed mains fed systems in all the Council buildings and only have one bottle water machine currently

£211.50

Vale of White Horse District Council

This Council does not hold this information. The Vale does not keep a record of how much is spent specifically on bottled water as expenditure on this will come under our catering services budget and is not broken down by product. I have been informed that occasionally bottled water is provided at meetings but as the Council Offices have mains-fed water coolers on site, most meetings use water from this source. I can however confirm that bottled water was provided at the Local Election Count held at the White Horse Leisure and Tennis Centre on Friday 4th May 2007. The cost for the bottled water provided at the election count was £200 including VAT.

£200.00

Mole Valley District Council

occasionally bottled water is provided at meetings but as the Council Offices have mains-fed water coolers on site, most meetings use water from this source…….The cost for the bottled water provided at the election count was £200 including VAT

£193.00

Babergh Babergh District Council have spent £186.20 between 04/06 and 03/07 on

£186.20

King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Dear Ms Posner, the Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk has only one small location that provides bottled water via a free standing water cooler dispenser. The annual rental for the dispenser is £52.00 + vat and the cost of water used in 2006 was £130.50 + vat. The Council did not acquire this facility until June 2006 so these figures apply for 6 months only.

£182.50

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Chichester District Council

In response to your enquiry, Chichester District Council spent £171.60 on bottled water in the last year. As you can see, we consume very little bottled water, as all our vending machines are only capable of supplying water which is mains-fed. The only dedicated water machine we have is also mains-fed. The only regular supply of bottled water coming into our offices is when buffet lunches are supplied at meetings, which is approximately 10 x 2 litre bottles a month on average

£171.60

Easington After checking our records, in September of 2006 all of the bottled water machines were replaced by mains fed units except in one location where, due to age of the building, there is no cold water mains supply. There is one bottled chiller installed and, after checking with our finance section, the cost is around £150.00 per year for the provision of water to this location.

£150.00

Castle Point From April 06 to March 07, Castlepoint Council purchased 18 19-litre bottles of water totalling £135.57 inc VAT

£135.57

Thanet District Council

Further to your request for information contained within your e-mail below, I can advise that Thanet District Council expenditure on bottled water totalled £122.54 for the financial year 06/07.

£122.54

South Northants Council

South Northants Council only has mains-fed water coolers, we do not provide any free-standing water coolers. Total spent = £121.50 + VAT. This bottled water is provided for some Member/Exec Team meetings.

£121.50

West Dorset District Council

2006/07 £104.07 £104.87

Kerrier The water coolers at our main buildings are mains fed. This financial year £53.91 has been spent on bottled water at our Housing Advice Centre. With 4.5 months of this year still to go, on usage so far this year, the total cost will be approximately £100.00 for the year

£100.00

Harrogate Borough Council

In response, I can inform you that Harrogate Borough Council spent £97 plus VAT on bottled water in the financial year 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007. In the same year 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007, £92 plus VAT was spent on water coolers. These figures are low as nearly all Harrogate Borough Council sites have mains fed water coolers.

£97.00

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Devon County council

In answer to your question about how much Devon County Council spent on bottled water (for water coolers but not mains fed water coolers) in the last year for which figures are available, our preferred supplier *******, has confirmed that since September 2006, we have purchased 25 bottles at a cost of £85.

£85.00

South Cambridgeshire District Council

The amounts spent on bottled water by this Council are: 2006/07 £36 2007/08 to date £32 Expenditure is low because the water coolers we have are mains fed.

£36.00

Forest of Dean District Council

We have one bottled fed cooler in our Tourist Information Centre which has only recently been installed. The total amount spent to date is £30.70.

£30.70

Bracknell Forest Borough Council

I am informed that during the period November 2006 - October 2007, 22 bottles of water were bought for meetings. At a cost of £1.20 per bottle, Bracknell Forest Borough Council spent a total of £26.40

£26.40

St Albans District Council

I can advise that St Albans District Council spent £21.54 in the last 12 months for supplies of bottled water, which was for a water dispenser in our Customer Service Centre.

£21.54

Hambleton District Council

We do not supply bottled water and all water coolers, bar one, were replaced with mains fed machines in 2005 as an efficiency saving. There is one remaining water cooler in a remote area office where we are housed temporarily, when we move to our permanent new office this will be replaced with a mains fed machine. The total spend for this machine in 2006/07 was £20.50. Please do not hesitate to get in touch if I can be of any further assistance

£20.50

Sutton With reference to your request for information about "Bottled Water" machines, in the main offices of the London Borough of Sutton we have converted over to 'Mains Fed Water Coolers'.

£0.00

Isles of Scilly With reference to your recent freedom of information enquiry regarding bottled water. The Council has no expenditure for bottled water. There are no suppliers of water coolers

£0.00

Berwick-upon -Tweed Borough Council

We no longer have water coolers and we never had bottled water. The Councillors took the decision to stop the contracts on water coolers as part of our savings programme a couple of years ago. We only had about five or six coolers anyway as we are a small council

£0.00

Cannock Chase District Council

We have spent nothing in the last year on bottled water, including that which would be used with water coolers. For information we do use mains fed water coolers instead. The only bottled water purchased is for retail purposes in our leisure centres

£0.00

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Ashford Borough Council

We don't use bottled water £0.00

Slough Borough Council

we do not provide bottled water, all our water coolers are mains fed with built-in filters

£0.00

Purbeck District Council

We can now confirm that this authority has one cooler, for which the supply of water is paid for solely by staff contribution. We have no requirement for other types of bottled water.

£0.00

Allerdale Borough Council

Water supplied to water coolers is mains-fed. £0.00

Waverley Borough Council

Water coolers mains supplied, meetings use tap water. Only bottled water used is for civic receptions and cost is 'minimal'

£0.00

Tynedale Council

Tynedale Council has mains-fed water coolers and has not spent anything in the last year on bottle water

£0.00

Three Rivers District Council

Three Rivers District Council did not purchase bottled water during 2006/07. All of the Council's water coolers are mains-fed

£0.00

Amber Valley This Council does not purchase bottled water or water for water coolers. Therefore, on this occasion, I am unable to help you with your request.

£0.00

Milton Keynes There are approximately 5500 members of staff that work for MKC and the majority of them work in the 3 corporate offices and use the mains fed water fountains, we do not have canteens in any of these buildings.

£0.00

Adur The Council uses main supplied water coolers and does not use bottled water. If you have any queries about this matter please contact me.

£0.00

Halton Borough Council

The council doesn't supply bottled water for staff £0.00

South Bucks District Council

the Council does not spend any money on bottled water as we have mains-fed water coolers in each of the rest areas/kitchens within the Council and these are used to fill flasks for meetings if required

£0.00

Thurrock The Council does not have a separate budget for bottled water. It would probably be absorbed within the Council’s supplies and services budgets. The amounts are very unlikely to be significant since Civic Offices uses a filtered mains supply. Information is not broken down for bottled water within existing budgets; therefore unfortunately retrieval is not possible.

£0.00

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Broxbourne the borough council office only provides water dispensers which are all mains fed

£0.00

Blaby District Council

That Blaby District Council does not use bottled water and all water coolers are mains fed.

£0.00

Tewkesbury Borough Council

Tewkesbury Borough Council does not purchase bottled water. The Council’s water coolers are mains fed and no bottled water is provided for meetings.

£0.00

Taunton Dean Taunton Deane Borough Council does not buy in bottled water for water coolers or in bottles for general use. Occasional use but amount is nominal

£0.00

South Somerset District Council

South Somerset: Didn't spend anything. £0.00

Charnwood Borough Council

Since 2004 Charnwood Borough Council has used mains fed chilled water dispensers. A small amount of 500ml natural mineral bottled water is available for sale in our staff canteen

£0.00

Rushcliffe Rushcliffe Borough Council does not buy bottled water. Water coolers are installed in staff kitchens on each level of the Civic Centre which are plumbed into the main water system.

£0.00

Runnymede Borough Council

Runnymede does not provide bottled water for staff either in bottles or water coolers that are not mains fed. Ie all coolers are mains-fed

£0.00

Weymouth Quick answer for you – all our water is mains fed, including our water coolers and we do not supply bottled water for meetings

£0.00

Mid Bedfordshire

Please be advised that this Council only uses a mains fed water dispenser.

£0.00

South Lakeland District Council

Please be advised that the Council does not spend money on Bottled water – all water within the Council buildings is supplied through mains fed water cooling systems.

£0.00

Penwith District Council

Penwith District Council's water machines are connected to the mains water supply. We don't use bottled water

£0.00

Richmond Upon Thames

Our Health and Safety department have informed me that the water coolers used in the central Council offices (Civic Centre, Regal House, York House) are mains fed and so not relevant for this request. We have not included non office accommodation in this (e.g. schools, libraries, care home, sports centres). To collate this data would take us far too long and would exceed the costs threshold as set out in the Freedom of Information (Fees and Appropriate Limit) Regulations 2004

£0.00

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Oadby & Wigston

Oadby and Wigston Borough Council does not purchase any bottled water for consumption by its staff. Our water coolers are mains-fed.

£0.00

North Warwickshire Borough Council

North Warwickshire does not use bottled water in its offices £0.00

Arun No money was spent on bottled water last year as the Council does not supply bottled water at any of its meeting etc. All of the Councils water coolers are mains fed.

£0.00

Rutland District Council

No expenditure on bottled water - all mains-fed £0.00

Uttlesford District council

No bottled water purchased £0.00

Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council does not use bottle of water or water coolers. All water used is from the Mains Supplies.

£0.00

Malvern Hills District Council

Malvern Hills District council uses only plumbed-in water £0.00

East Cambridgeshire

Kathlyn, We do not have bottled water in our offices, it is all mains fed,

£0.00

Croydon In May 2005, the Council switched from bottled water to a mains fed water cooler system. I attach the press release relating to this.

£0.00

Wokingham Borough Council

I can confirm to you that no money has been spent on bottled water for staff in our Corporate Offices – we do supply cooled water to our staff but it is through mains fed machines.

£0.00

Selby District Council

I can confirm the Authority does not used bottled water therefore no costs were incurred

£0.00

Stratford on Avon District Council

I can confirm that Stratford on Avon District Council does not purchase bottled water and all water coolers are mains-fed.

£0.00

Wealden Here at Wealden District Council, we do not use water coolers, other than mains fed and we use tap water for meetings etc. I have been unable to trace any spend on bottled water

£0.00

South Staffordshire

Here at South Staffordshire all our water coolers are connected to the water mains. Our canteen is outsourced so I am unable to obtain a figure for any that they sell however I am not sure if this would be included anyway as it is bottled water sold to our staff for their consumption and not purchased by the council.

£0.00

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Gedling Borough Council

Gedling Borough Council has not spent anything on bottled water not does it have any water dispensers in any of its offices; all water is mains fed.

£0.00

Brentwood Further to your request I can confirm that all our water machines are mains fed and that as far as I am aware the Council has not purchased bottled water for a number of years

£0.00

Mid Suffolk District Council

For the last year, Mid Suffolk has used mains-fed water. Prior to that, they used a tea-trolley

£0.00

Eden District Council

Eden took a decision to stop using bottled water in 2005 £0.00

Eastleigh Borough Council

Eastleigh Borough Council uses 10 x 24 bottles (550ml) of mixed sparkling and still water per year. These are, however, sold in the canteen at 65 pence per bottle, which is a higher price than bought, at an income to the Council. …All water dispensers within the Council are mains fed.

£0.00

East Lindsey East Lindsey District Council can confirm that they spent around £1500 in the last year on bottled water. These bottles of water are solely purchased for resale through our Leisure facilities. None of the water is purchased for staff consumption, as here at East Lindsey, we have water coolers which are all mains fed

£0.00

Cheltenham Borough Council

Cheltenham Borough Council does not normally purchase bottled water. All our water coolers are mains fed.

£0.00

Bedford Borough Council

Bedford doesn't use bottled water £0.00

Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council

Basingstoke haven't purchased bottled water for 3 1/2 years

£0.00

Boston At Boston a decision was made in 2006 to remove all Water Coolers and this was put in force from 1st October 2006. Prior to that we purchased all of our water cooler refills based on national contract rates from a local supplier. Spend in the financial year 06/07 was £2309, zero for 07/08.

£0.00

Elmbridge All water coolers within our Civic Centre are fed directly from mains water.

£0.00

New Forest District council

All water coolers are mains-fed £0.00

Richmondshire District Council

All water coolers are mains fed and no bottled water is served at meetings

£0.00

Bromsgrove District Council

all the water coolers within Bromsgrove District Council are mains fed

£0.00

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East Devon All the Council's drinking water is supplied via water coolers that is mains-fed; including all water provided for functions which is drawn from the mains. Therefore there have been no purchases of bottled water by East Devon District Council in the last year.

£0.00

Alnwick District Council

All the Council's drinking water is supplied via water coolers that is mains-fed; including all water provided for functions which is drawn from the mains. Therefore there have been no purchases of bottled water by East Devon District Council in the last year.

£0.00

North Wiltshire District Council

All the chilled water consumed at both the Main Office and Parsonage Way Depot is supplied via mains fed units, therefore there was no cost to the Council for bottled water.

£0.00

Stroud all our water machines are mains fed and that as far as I am aware the Council has not purchased bottled water for a number of years

£0.00

Sedgefield Borough Council

All our water coolers are mains-fed and water for meetings is provided by using jugs filled using the coolers.

£0.00

West Wiltshire District Council

All council's water coolers are mains-fed £0.00

Cotswold District Council

About 5 years ago we replaced all our bottled water coolers with the mains fed type

£0.00

Lichfield City council

£ nil £0.00

Caerphilly County Borough Council

We estimate that the cost of complying with your request would exceed the appropriate limit of £450 for local government, which is specified in the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limits and Fees) Regulations 2004. Therefore we are refusing to supply this information under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Hillingdon We do not hold this information as it is not expenditure on bottled water is not recorded against a specific cost code for bottled waste....the bulk of the drinking water in the civic centre is provided from the mains water supply through water coolers, rather than from bottled water…...

St Helens we cannot divulge that information as it is commercially sensitive,

Cumbria County Council

The Council purchases drinking water from a number of suppliers. These suppliers provide bottled and mains fed water coolers as well as a number of other items. Unfortunately information on our creditors system is not held in a format that can be queried to distinguish between the various products. I am unable therefore to comply with your request

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Blythe Valley The Council has no figures for the information requested. This is because all its water coolers are mains fed and used to provide water for meetings etc. Bottled water is rarely purchased, if ever. This does not deny that it may be ordered as part of a buffet meal but it will not have been itemised separately. The overall expenditure will be miniscule.

Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council

In virtually all instances any drinking water requirements by this Council are met from mains fed sources. On rare occasions the Council may use outside caterer………...cost of that water to would be insignificant.

Newcastle Under Lyme

In response to the FOI enquiry from BBC Panorama regarding use of bottled water, I am not aware of the Council purchasing bottled water for any purpose and the water coolers installed by my section are all mains fed units. I clearly cannot comment on water coolers installed at any other premises where I have not been involved in their installation.

West Berkshire Council

I have now confirmed with the staff in Facilities that in the Corporate buildings the water for drinking is supplied via water coolers hired from ******* (which pays a contribution to water supplies for the third world) which are supplied by piped water. The use of bottled water is not encouraged for events in corporate buildings (water coolers being available) and although some services may use bottled water occasionally it is not possible to extract this information from the catering accountancy data.

South Tyneside I can confirm that the Council does not centrally hold this information. The Council’s expenditure on water is allocated to a miscellaneous costing code, which covers a variety of Council items. To trawl through individual records would involve a disproportionate effort.

East Hampshire Further to your recent request for information I can confirm that East Hampshire District Council do not have any bottled water machines on site at our main offices at Penns Place. All the on site machines are mains fed and have been for the last three years. There is one water cooler in a small office / hut that is used by our car parks officers, when working in the North of the District. It is not mains fed as there is no water supply to building. They use between 6 and 8 Bottles of water per year.

Bassetlaw District Council

For the financial year 2006 - 2007 the Council paid A TOTAL of £31,870 on various vending drinks. This figure includes money spent on water which is available to all Council employees for free AND drinks from vending machines such as fizzy pop. Council employees have to pay for these drinks. Unfortunately there is not an individual breakdown for just water

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Conwy Borough Council

Do not account for purchases of bottled water in detail. Therefore purchases, if any occurred, are not identifiable as they would not be separately coded... We do however have a large number of mains fed water dispensers through the authority.………….We do however have a large number of mains fed water dispensers through the authority

London Borough of Southwark

Departments are encouraged to facilitate the use of plumbed water machines where ever possible. As a result, the Council does not have a corporate contract for this area and as such is not able to extract specific spend data for this category

Bridgnorth District Council

Council does not routinely stock bottled water. Occasional use - minimal and no figures available separate from catering.

Liverpool Couldn't provide the actual figure, but Liverpool Council made the decision to ditch bottled water in 2007 after deciding they could save themselves up to £48,000 a year

Copeland Borough Council

Copeland only uses bottled water in one office where there is no water supply. Other offices are all fed cooled water through the mains. Cost therefore would be 'minimal'

North Hertfordshire District Council

All council offices are mains fed, except a small outlying office, where the cost is tiny

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