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Packaged Drinking Water Plant Layout- 4 Step Guide

Sample packaged drinking water plant layout
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Packaged Drinking Water Plant Layout design is a very important step in setup of a plant. It not just gives a picture of how, what, where the elements are places, but also an effective tool to improve your overall plant efficiency.

Steps to Arrive at your Plant Layout

1. Mineral Water Plant Design and Plant Capacity

We have typically observed that this is the place where the entrepreneurs make maximum mistakes. Whenever, an idea of a Packaged Drinking Water Plant strikes to them; they hurriedly google it. Then Google, from it’s most intelligent sources puts results in front of them, which are dominantly the best which Google’s algorithm feels. They are usually the results (including the paid searches) from the mineral water Plants or the machinery supplier directories like the Indiamart, Alibaba etc. Their Job is to give the best to their advertisers, hence they prompt you with questions, the answers of which may be totally unknown to you. Then you just follow what the machinery supplier tells you (like 2000 LPH or 5000 LPH etc) which becomes YOUR plant capacity. Then the suppliers only decide your layout.

Is Google wrong ? Or Alibaba ? Or the Suppliers ? Or You ?

None of all actually. Nobody is wrong. But anything happens incorrect here does not hamper anyone else like you, as your money will be at stake. So it calls for you to actually know your plant capacity yourself.

Little reverse engineering here

You have to work little reverse. Its just like buying a Car. The first thing before you even go to a Car Showroom, You define the purpose for which you buy and then go to enquiry. Similarly, you need to know as to why you are setting up a Packaged Drinking Water Plant. Obviously, it’s to make some money. But more precisely, you need to know How will the money come to you. There will be something which you will sell, so what’s that ?

  • Is it going to be 1 Ltr Bottles ?
  • Or just 20 Ltr Jars ?
  • Or a Combination of Jars & Bottles ?
  • Just 1 Ltr Bottles , or also of 500 ml ?
  • Or you are willing to introduce some odd volume size ?
  • And how many bottles will you sell ? Daily, Monthly ? Annually ?

The Answers are tough, I know !

It’s not easy at all to find out answers to all these questions in advance , before starting a plant. But believe me , we have observed that 80% of entrepreneurs DO NOT KNOW this. And this can be the major reason of their failures.

How Can You Find this Out ?

By carrying out a Market Survey , you can do that. It can be a Physical Survey or a Digital, or a combination. You can hire some agency or can do with some guerrilla technique. We give some special tips to the participants on these during the Idea to Actualization Sessions .

The survey should produce you figures on how much per variation you will produce per day. This will be your production plan. From this you will exactly know the plant capacity.

2. A little reverse-work here !

Once you know the Plant Capacity, get details of the machinery & dimensions as well. This is the next step to design your Packaged Drinking Water Plant Layout. Also be aware of the rules of the B.I.S. on space allocations. (We share you details of this during our training sessions by which you understand how much space the machinery demands).

3. Design Man-Material Movement

Placing the machinery at proper locations demands exact know-how of the process flow. According to the process, design your plant in such a way that your workers need the least to and fro movement; so that they work with good energy levels. You also need to have a look at the BIS norms, which might be the guiding stones to maintain proper hygiene. However, most entrepreneurs do not emphasize this point of considering the human fatigue while designing their Packaged Drinking Water Plant Layout.

4. Mineral Water Machinery Placement :The last step

Once you allocate proper place for the machinery & equipment, your Plant Layout will be ready.

Learn the techniques first hand ..

Join our Training Courses, and design your Packaged Drinking Water Plant in a professional manner. Just pick-up the suitable session from the list provided on the Training Schedule Page and attend one. There are 100s of entrepreneurs attended this & almost 30% of them hace already started their businesses.

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Raw Water Required for a Mineral Water Plant

How Much Raw Water is Required for a Bottled Water Plant in India Daily

Mineral Water vs Packaged Drinking Water

As you might be aware that Bottled Water Plants in India are either Packaged Natural Mineral Water Plants or Packaged Drinking Water Plants. These names are defined by the B.I.S. [The Bureau of Indian Standards], which is the govt body in India to monitor the quality of the Drinking Water sold in Bottles in India. There are quality standards defined by the B.I.S. and these standards are also numbered.  The Packaged Natural Mineral Water bears IS 13428 and Packaged Drinking Water bears IS 14543 as their standard numbers.In India, you find Packaged Natural Mineral Water 22 plants as on date. And the remaining (5500 +) are “Packaged Drinking Water Plants” 

The Principle Difference

In principle, the difference is in the quality of the raw water. If the raw water has the same qualities defined by the B.I.S. as the Packaged Natural Mineral Water, then it will be Packaged Natural Mineral Water IS-13428, otherwise, needs to be treated using the R.O. Technology (Reverse Osmosis) to purify the Raw Water & produce the final drinking water the Packaged Drinking Water IS-14543. During this process it rejects certain amount of water. Effectively,there is a difference between the Raw Water Extracted from ground and the Pure Water Produced. Hence, the calculation of Raw Water for Mineral Water Plant becomes a fundamentally important thing here.

Before going further, a quick explanation of the rejects

The rejects are the impurities filtered out from the plant, in form of Reject Water. The reject water can be used for gardening, sanitation etc. 

How much is the difference ?

The difference depends upon the quality of the Raw water for mineral water plant. More precisely : How much impurity the raw water contains. To know the impurity of Raw Water, it needs to get tested from a laboratory. Once the report is available, we can know how much water can be used & how much will be thrown out. The difference depends upon the Raw Water Report. (Actually you just require a simple TDS meter to know how much water you can use & how much to reject.)

Is it necessary to know this ?

Yes. It is necessary for you to understand this thoroughly. As Business Owner, it is not expected from you that you should know the operational details. You are expected to hire proper, able persons on this job. Still, you should know why you need them & the basics of Raw Water to Pure Water.

Another reason why you need to know this is : You should be able to specify the exact Water Treatment Plant Capacity for your Mineral Water Plant. Usually, these water treatment systems are specified in terms of LPH (Ltrs Per Hour). Once you are aware of how much water you are going to produce daily, it’s very easy to calculate the hourly requirement. 

Give Exact Specifications for Water Treatment Plant & Other Machines too !

Once you know your own exact requirement, you can specify to suppliers correctly and hence you are likely to get more correct quotes from suppliers from websites like Indiamart, TradeIndia, Alibaba, etc. Define your search properly, compare various suppliers & get your best offer from them. Define your filters properly & call exact suppliers, compare them.

Mineral Water Plant Suppliers selection Criteria

How to Appoint the best supplier ?

This is very relevant, but go with the experienced in the field. Usually , people don’t do proper pre research & we have observed after doing over 150 installations that those who fail, do not get proper information. We have designed our Live Training syllabus to keep your mistakes to minimum. The intro session itself starts with this. Here’s a screenshot of the session’s main topics :-

time line for Mineral Water Plant Training 1st Day

A Business Owner should be ready for all situations !

The Groundwater quantity may go down with changing seasons; hence it’s better to know & be prepared as a business owner in advance as to how much is he going to need so he can fill up the gaps between demand & supply.

It will be also useful to calculate the size, capacity of the borewell as well, if you are buying new piece of land for your project.

Types of Raw Water for a Mineral Water Plant

Water is the basic resource. One can use Borewell Water, Municipal Water for their Mineral Water Plant. The Open Well also can be used as water source, but River Water Can’t be used as Raw Water Source as per the laws from the B.I.S. (Bureau of Indian Standards and P.C.B. (Pollution Control Board)

Why River Water is Not Allowed ?

River Water can get easily contaminated , hence it is not allowed. Borewell, on the contrary is the best source as the source is well protected within the soil itself. Talking about Open Well; it should be covered well & you will need to submit reports to B.I.S. from time to time. 

Can We Use the Groundwater Directly ?

No. You have to treat the water to the desired level of purity before Bottling. For this, a separate Water Treatment Section needs to be established within your Mineral Water Plant. We shall cover this in the Mineral Water Plant and Machinery. But for water, the impurity is in form of TDS (Total Dissolved Solids). They are removed from the Raw Water and this TDS containing water is rejected. The amount of water which is useful & rejected can be calculated.

Initially you do not need a Water Test Report

Usually, the mineral water plant suppliers will demand a Water Test Report of the Raw Water before giving you the quote. In a way, they are right. Then, you typically approach to an ISI approved lab or a local water testing lab with your raw water sample, which offers you a detailed Water Test Report, with all BIS specified parameters. No problem if you get that, but at this stage, when you have not even decided anything, it’s pointless to get this detailed report. At this stage, you require mainly 2 things :-

  1. How Much Raw Water Is Available to You
  2. How Much Pure Water You can get from the Raw Water

If you know just these 2 things, you can design your whole plant. Otherwise, if you go to any BIS approved lab, you will end up spending a huge amount, which is not needed at this moment. And even if you do this, you will again need to carry out tests once you are through with your finance & Green signal from all authorities, it is a BIS necessary thing. Just look at the following image to know how much the BIS approved labs charge for the tests.

Rates by ISI Approved Labs for Packaged Drinking Water

As discussed, you don’t need this. You can arrive at your desired results in just 10-15% cost of the above charges mentioned. During our Training or in the Home Study Course, we train you on this aspect. 

Get Your Water Sample Ready

If you have your Raw Water Source ready; just take out 1 Ltr from that & test it. Alternatively, if you want some better accurate results,t here are plenty of Testing labs located everywhere, but it is better to get it tested from a Water Treatment specialist. We too offer this service , in which we get the water tested & we also suggest you the treatment for the same. Please contact us if you are looking for the same.

Water is also a cost for your plant. Now, it’s going to be chargeable. Tomorrow surely, if not now. We do consider it as a cost component. And there are certain other cost components too, besides this. You can read a detailed post about the various Mineral Water Plant Cost Components in this article.

Designing Mineral Water PlantIf you attend our Live Training or buy the Home Study Course, you can also do it yourself (Calculation of all relevant costs); we teach you a secret simple method by which you can also know the Quality of the Raw Water as well as whether the Quantity available is sufficient or not.

 

We have trained over 1000 Aspiring entrepreneurs from 2015. Many of our students are finding our training very useful. You can check reviews from our attendees. 

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Land for Mineral Water Plant Resources Required

How Much Land Required for a Mineral Water Plant

Land Required for a Mineral Water Plant 

When someone takes a decision to start a Mineral Water Plant, the first thing he looks for is Land which will consist of an adequate Water Source Available. You may be having big land or might be having just a piece of land with you. Still, it is necessary for you to know exactly how much Land will be required for your Mineral Water Plant.

It is Divided into 2 Parts Mainly 

The Covered Area and the Open Plot Area. The Covered area is the Shed in which the actual production takes place; whereas the open area is for the utilities, parking space, the lawn, beautification, scrapyard and other things. Once you total out both of these, you arrive at the total plot area required.

How much will be the Shed Size ?

This purely depends upon the machinery you have decided to house in. This depends upon the Production Capacity of the plant. Once you have your capacity properly calculated ; you can decide the machinery matching that capacity. The Machinery suppliers supply you the dimensions. Then you need to draw a proper layout of the plant to get the exact Shed Size required for your Mineral Water Plant. 

Can It be setup on a G+1 Building ?

Yes, A Plant can be setup on a G+1 type of construction, with a limited space. The layout of the plant & machinery should be carefully done in such a case.

Land Location

While selecting the land, please see to it that it is well connected to all the major roads, so that your distribution vehicle , visitors coming to your factory or even your own workforce can come there easily.

We Cover This in Details In the Training

In our Home Study Course or during our Live Idea to Actualization Training for Mineral Water Plants; we cover this in great details through dedicated activity session. During the Live Sessions, participants are given an exercise to calculate their plant sizes, Machinery Design & Total Plant Investment Calculation. 

Also Check Other Resources 

Besides Land, also check other resources required like Water, Electricity, Man, Money etc. Read the detailed post on Mineral Water Plant Cost Components which throws more light on this.