Water Treatment and Water Quality in Hospitality

Water Fountains and Dispensers

Ensuring safe and continuous hydration is essential in collective dining areas, offices, gyms, hotels, and buffet areas. In this category, you will find professional water fountains designed for intensive use, made of stainless steel and prepared for high-traffic environments. These units allow you to provide quality water consistently, reducing bottle consumption and enhancing the user experience.

Industrial refrigerated water fountains incorporate activated carbon filtration systems that remove chlorine, odors, and unwanted tastes, supplying still, cold, or sparkling water instantly. We offer compact and functional countertop models, ideal for complying with health regulations in public spaces and ensuring efficient, sustainable, and safe service.

Cold and purified water for communities.

Industrial Water Softeners

Water hardness is one of the main enemies of catering equipment and the most common cause of premature breakdowns. Industrial water softeners remove calcium and magnesium using ion-exchange resins, preventing scale buildup in professional dishwashers, industrial coffee machines, and combi ovens, significantly extending their lifespan.

We offer softeners with volumetric valves, which regenerate based on actual water consumption for greater efficiency, as well as timer-based models for installations with stable demand. These systems help reduce detergent use, improve thermal performance, and avoid costly repairs, making them an essential solution for any professional kitchen seeking reliability, savings, and regulatory compliance.

Total protection against scale and breakdowns.

Osmosis Systems

When conventional filtration is insufficient, our professional reverse osmosis systems guarantee pure, impurity-free water. Using semipermeable membranes, they remove up to 99% of salts, sediments, bacteria, and other contaminants, providing superior quality water for hospitality and communities.

This technology is essential for industrial ice makers, ensuring crystal-clear, chlorine-free ice; specialty coffee machines, preserving coffee aroma profiles; and industrial glass and dishwashers, guaranteeing shiny tableware without manual polishing. Equip your business with professional reverse osmosis to maximize hygiene, extend equipment life, and offer the best final product to your customers.

Pure water for crystal-clear ice and gourmet coffee.

Frequently Asked Questions about Water Treatment

1. What is the difference between a water softener and reverse osmosis?

The water softener removes ONLY hardness (calcium and magnesium) by replacing it with sodium, protecting the machines but leaving water with a slightly salty taste. Reverse osmosis removes hardness and also filters heavy metals, chlorine, bacteria, and sediments, producing pure water ideal for drinking or ice-making, but wastes water in the process.

2. Is a water softener mandatory for a dishwasher?

If your area has hard water (>15-20ºfH), it is absolutely essential. Without it, injectors will clog, heating elements will scale (using more electricity), and dishes will come out white and dull. Most manufacturer warranties are voided by scale-related damage.

3. What is a volumetric valve?

It is the "brain" of the softener, measuring the water that passes through. Unlike timers (which regenerate by time, wasting salt), the volumetric valve only regenerates after X liters of water have passed, saving a lot of salt and water.

4. How often should fountain filters be changed?

It depends on usage and water quality, but for health standards, sediment and activated carbon filters should be replaced every 6 months to 1 year to prevent bacterial growth inside the cartridge.

5. Why is ice white and not transparent?

Ice appears white due to impurities and hardness in the water. To achieve solid, crystal-clear cubes (gourmet style), you need an ice maker fed with osmotized or very low-mineral water.

6. Can softened water be drunk?

Technically it is potable but not ideal gastronomically. By removing calcium and adding sodium, it has a slightly salty taste and may not be suitable for low-sodium diets. For drinking, it is better to install a reverse osmosis or carbon filtration system after the softener.

7. What maintenance does a water softener require?

The main task is keeping the salt tank always filled with specific salt tablets. Additionally, an annual technical check is recommended to clean the injector, verify output hardness, and disinfect the resins.

8. Does the water softener require electricity?

Most modern models with electronic valves do need a standard outlet (230V). Hydraulic models work with water pressure but are less common and offer fewer configuration options.

9. What is reject water in osmosis?

To produce pure water, the osmosis membrane must be continuously rinsed. For every liter of pure water produced, the system discards an amount (reject) to the drain with concentrated impurities. Modern industrial units have optimized this ratio significantly.

10. How do I protect my steam oven?

Combi ovens are very sensitive. Ideally, use osmotized or demineralized water. If using only softened water, carefully monitor chlorides, as softened water can be corrosive to stainless steel chambers at high temperatures if not treated properly.

Where to Buy Industrial Water Treatment Equipment?

At MBH we are water quality experts. We analyze the hardness in your area and recommend the exact equipment you need, whether a softener to protect your dishwashing line or reverse osmosis for your high-end coffee machine. We provide replacement resins, filters, and membranes to ensure long-term maintenance.

What is water treatment in hospitality?

Water treatment encompasses all physical and chemical processes aimed at improving the quality of tap water for food or technical use. In hospitality, it mainly focuses on two fronts: softening (removing hardness to protect machines) and purification (removing tastes, odors, and particles for drinking or cooking), using technologies like ion exchange and reverse osmosis.

Advantages of having water treatment

Investing in water quality has a direct return. It achieves significant repair savings, avoiding scale-related breakdowns in coffee machines and ovens; lower chemical consumption, reducing detergent use by up to 50%; improves the final product quality (coffee, tea, and ice); and increases energy efficiency by preventing scale buildup on heating elements.