Water is one of the most essential thing for human survival. In as much as it looks abundant, safe and portable drinking water seems scarce. For that reason, processing and packaging of water for sell is a huge business, as its demand almost equal to the population of a given place. However, bring a consumable goods, extreme care should be taken in its ptoduction. Sachet Water (Pure Water as it is popularly called in Nigeria) is lucrative in Nigeria, as it is very portable and affordable.
REQUIREMENTS FOR PURE/SATCHET WATER PRODUCTION
1. Get a place of business – You need to acquire or rent a place for your pure water business, depending on your budget or available capital. If you have the capital, acquiring your own property and developing it is the most desirable option as that will save you cost in the long run.
2. Branding -- Branding is very important in business, so in addition to your business name, design a very professional logo for your product because how people see it determines its marketability. Make your brand the best among equals.
3. Register your business name – Get the name of your company and product registered with the right people in charge of business registration.
3. Register your business name – Get the name of your company and product registered with the right people in charge of business registration.
4. Sink a Borehole – The most common source of water for commercial drinking water production like sachet water and bottled water is borehole, let there be borehole within your premises for constant water supply to your pure water production factory.
5. Install Overhead Tanks – This will serves as reservoir to supply water to the distillation system, it has to be overhead to ensure proper pressure to be able to pump down the distillation chamber.
5. Install Overhead Tanks – This will serves as reservoir to supply water to the distillation system, it has to be overhead to ensure proper pressure to be able to pump down the distillation chamber.
6. Install Distillation System – This could just be a micro filters and cup filters depending on your start up capacity, but if you can afford it, then you go for more comprehensive distillation system. Otherwise, use Purification process known as Ultra Violet sterilization bulbs process. After distillation, you need to take your product (the resultant water) to the laboratory for results.
7. Get NAFDAC Approved – As a legal business, one should register and get approval from NAFDAC(agency in charge of making sure that consumable goods in Nigeria are safe for consumption) for his or her pure water business.
8. Buy appropriate Machine: In the production of satchet water(pure water), the two important equipment needed for production are water treatment plant and satchet water filling machine. Also automatic sealing machine is required. You should buy automatic sealing machine that seals most number of satchet water per minute.
9. Employ Staffs – Minimum of 4 - 6 persons to work in your factory for a start then increase with time as the demand may be.
10. Distribution Mechanism – Buy truck for your distribution of rent but renting can be expensive and disappointing most of the times. My recommendation is that you buy your own truck if you can afford it at the beginning.
12. Get Power Generation – Due to the erratic power supply one presently experiences in the country, it is highly advisable to have. If a standby power generating set; 25KVA generator will serve you for the business.
MARKET INSIGHT
* The market for sachet and bottle water is national .With a population of over one hundred and forty million (140,000,000) people and an estimated national population growth rate of 5.7% per annum , average economic growth rate of 3.5% per annum in the past five (5) years ,Nigeria is a large ,expanding and sustainable market for sachet and bottle water. Though the market for sachet and bottle water in Nigeria, the business tends to sale more in the northern part of Nigeria where hot weather is prompting people into drinking more water than usual and lack of clean pump water contributed in giving the business a good push up.
* The market for sachet and bottle water is national .With a population of over one hundred and forty million (140,000,000) people and an estimated national population growth rate of 5.7% per annum , average economic growth rate of 3.5% per annum in the past five (5) years ,Nigeria is a large ,expanding and sustainable market for sachet and bottle water. Though the market for sachet and bottle water in Nigeria, the business tends to sale more in the northern part of Nigeria where hot weather is prompting people into drinking more water than usual and lack of clean pump water contributed in giving the business a good push up.
* Sachet and bottle water is consumed on daily basis by all and sundry irrespective of age, social class or religion. The raw material required for the production of sachet water is water while the other factors of production like land, capital, labour also comes to play.
* The return on this project is quite attractive and impressive that it would be difficult for any financial institution especially banks with discerning credit officers to turn down any loan request for funding this project. Promoters of this venture will also feel comfortable to release their hard earned money to finance this project.
* The successful implementation of this project begins with the preparation of detailed and bankable feasibility study report to ascertain the actual cost/benefit status of the project. As a part of the legal requirements, the promoter has to register its product with NAFDAC.
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