Equipment that changes the state of water is often the most difficult equipment to keep running in a commercial kitchen. When you make steam, ice or even coffee you drastically change the state of water. When you change the state of water, you change the state of the minerals dissolved in the water.
70% of ice machine failures are water related. The majority of steam and coffee brewer failures are water related as well. Water filtration is an easy way to reduce your water related failures. Manufacturers like Everpure produce point-of-use water filtration equipment that filters the solids out of water, and feeds a chemical into the water to reduce the amount of mineral build up caused by dissolved solids falling out of the solution. When considering the purchase of a large, expensive piece of equipment that heats or cools water make the investment in an Everpure system to reduce your failures and increase the longevity of your equipment.