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December 1st 2011 The DEFRA water scheme
allows the whole cost of
qualifying equipment to
be claimed against tax in
the first year. For larger
companies the main rate
of corporation tax is 28%. So
when buying scrubber driers
that qualify as water efficient,
the purchasing company saves
28% on the cost of the machine.
For smaller companies this rate
is still a healthy 21%.
Qualifying machines are listed,
by model, on the Water
Technology List (WTL). Scrubber
drier water efficiency is
measured as the area of floor
cleaned per litre of water used –
(m2/l).
To become DEFRA approved,
walk behind scrubber driers
must exceed 60 m2/l at a floor
speed of 1.33 m/s, ride on
machines must achieve a
floor speed of 1.84 m/s.
All companies can claim
purchase costs against tax
in the first year.Claims can
only be made on investments in
new machinery and costs can
include installation and
transport expenses.
The Nilfisk group claims to
have the greatest amount of
water efficient scrubber driers
approved on the WTL. Around
50 Nilfisk models are now DEFRA
certified and can be found listed
on the WTL site www.ecawater.
gov.uk
"This is testament to the
valiant efforts of our product
development teams over many
years," says Leigh Mason, Nilfisk
Sales Director."Water is also now
a significant cost factor so this
initiative fits very well with our
total cost of ownership focus." More articles from Nilfisk -Advance Ltd: | 
